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News >  Spokane

Still taking the heat

Spokane fire Lt. Jack Greenamyer doesn’t keep track of how many lives he’s saved or the number of burning buildings he’s gone into, but he can tell you he still gets excited about going to work after 45 years on the force. On Monday, Greenamyer, 67, marked the anniversary of his hiring in 1965.
News >  Spokane

Vintage restoration

Arbor Crest Wine Cellars plans to continue its summer concerts and weddings this year while its damaged Cliff House undergoes restoration after a Dec. 23 fire. Jim van Loben Sels, general manager of the winery, said the insured loss could exceed $600,000.
News >  Spokane

Healthier habitat

The meandering stream that spills through Finch Arboretum in west Spokane has been getting a face lift. New trees and shrubs have been planted alongside the Garden Springs Creek to provide more shade at the same time that invasive and non-native plants are being removed.
News >  Spokane

Taking cycling, fitness to street

A bicycle and fitness event called Spokane Summer Parkways is being planned for two Sundays this summer on two miles of a north Spokane street. Howard Street from Riverfront Park to Corbin Park would become a thoroughfare for riders, walkers and skaters to enjoy.
News >  Spokane

Even parks can use a green makeover

The meandering stream that spills through Finch Arboretum in west Spokane has been getting a face lift. New trees and shrubs have been planted alongside the Garden Springs Creek to provide more shade at the same time that invasive and non-native plants are being removed.
News >  Idaho

Heavy skies to drop more rain

Heavy skies will continue to bring rain to the lower elevations of the Inland Northwest today through the holiday weekend, forecasters said.
News >  Idaho

Burglary, fight lead to Spokane stabbing

Spokane police this morning said resentments stemming from a fight last week may have been the spark that led to a melee at a residence in northeast Spokane early today where one man suffered a knife wound in his back.
News >  Idaho

Wet weather coming by nightfall

The Inland Northwest is about to enter a period of wet weather with the first in a series of mild storms sweeping into the region about sundown.

Special election ballots due today

Balloting in six school districts and Fire Protection District No. 4 in Spokane County closes today in a special election.
News >  Idaho

Warm-up forecast to start Sunday

National Weather Service forecasters today said they are expecting a significant warming trend starting this weekend with highs reaching the upper 40s by Sunday.
News >  Spokane

Jogger attacked in Riverfront Park

A high school student who was jogging in Riverfront Park was attacked early today, but a nearby witness saw the incident and helped run off the attacker, Spokane police said.
News >  Spokane

Eatery traffic yet to pick up

Tony Ferraro serves a mean meatball and some tasty gnocchi, but he’s having a hard time getting customers to belly up at his family restaurant on North Market Street this winter. Traffic to his Steer Inn on Market dropped off drastically last summer when the arterial street was closed through Hillyard’s historic business district for reconstruction.
News >  Spokane

Students, faculty rise up against cuts

More than 500 students and faculty staged a noon-hour walkout at Eastern Washington University on Thursday to protest cuts in state university spending and increases in tuition. The protest was mirrored at Washington State University in Pullman, where about 150 students and staff held a similar demonstration on the Terrell Mall.
News >  Idaho

Above-normal temperatures stick around

Mild weather will continue across the Inland Northwest through the middle of next week. Hiighs Friday once again will reach the lower 40s in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene.
News >  Idaho

Dense fog advisory lifted for Spokane region

A dense fog advisory has been lifted for Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas this morning, but forecasters warned that patches of fog may reappear after 10 p.m. across much of the Inland Northwest.
News >  Idaho

A forecast a groundhog would love

Groundhog Day dawned cloudy with a mix of rain and wet snow across the Spokane region in what forecasters said is a continuation of the relatively mild winter in the Inland Northwest.
News >  Spokane

Commuter uses bicycle to cut carbon footprint

Kim Sherwood makes quite a sight commuting 62 miles round trip by bicycle from his home at Newman Lake to his job in north Spokane. He wears an orange vest with reflective strips and flashing lights, pink sweatpants that were discarded from his wife’s wardrobe and an old white plastic tire bag as a poncho when it rains.