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News >  Spokane

She’s known for trash talk

If you want to avoid the wrath of Linda Buob, don’t litter. It bugs the 69-year-old so much that she picks up litter along various stretches of area highways and streets.
News >  Idaho

Arctic cold won’t let go

Arctic cold remains entrenched across the Inland Northwest, and forecasters said any serious change won’t come until Monday night and Tuesday.
News >  Spokane

Shuttles are green in deed

The first thing you will notice about the new hybrid shuttle buses in downtown Spokane is how quiet they are compared to conventional diesels. “What I love about the hybrids is I can hear the passengers all of the way in back,” said John Guarige, a driver for Spokane Transit Authority.
News >  Spokane

Stubborn cold hangs on

Arctic cold that refuses to go away apparently was a factor in a string of fires in the past few days in the Spokane region, officials said Tuesday. As the temperature drops to near zero, people turn to heating appliances for warmth and electrical circuits get overloaded.
News >  Spokane

Heavy snow possible Saturday

As arctic cold grips the Inland Northwest, forecasters are turning their attention to the next weather event: the possibility of snow Saturday and Sunday. A strong warm front may move into the region this weekend that could bring heavy snow to the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene region.
News >  Idaho

Wind chill dips to minus-10 this morning

Temperatures dropped to the single digits in most locations across the Inland Northwest this morning, and forecasters are promising even more frigid temperatures on Tuesday morning.
News >  Spokane

Temperatures set to dive

A strong arctic air mass was moving south from Alaska and Canada and expected to arrive in the Inland Northwest today. Lows could dip to a few degrees above zero in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene on Sunday and Monday nights, with below-zero readings possible to the north. Gusty winds from the east to northeast are expected to start later today and Sunday.
News >  Spokane

Blaze destroys couple’s home

A manufactured home was destroyed by a Thursday morning fire that set off ammunition stored inside. One exploding round struck a neighbor who was watching the fire, but she was not seriously injured, said Pat Humphries, spokesman for county Fire Protection District No. 4.
News >  Idaho

Cold, clear weather continues

Cold, dry air remains entrenched across the Inland Northwest, and forecasters said it’s going to get even colder on Sunday through Tuesday.
News >  Spokane

Mead man charged in wife’s death; son, 11, hurt

A Mead man was charged with first-degree murder in a Wednesday knife attack in which his wife was killed and his 11-year-old son was injured. Jeffrey N. Canino, 46, was under guard at a downtown Spokane hospital, where he was being treated for what police characterized as self-inflicted knife wounds.
News >  Washington Voices

Homes for the holidays

The Phelps House, a Free Classic Queen Anne mansion in Spokane, was already restored when Joe Poire and Vicki Carter bought it a year ago. A previous owner had removed apartments and returned the mansion at 2118 W. Second Ave. to its original use as a single-family home.
News >  Idaho

Cold and getting colder by Sunday

Cold, clear weather prevails across the Inland Northwest today, and forecasters said it will last until Friday when light snowfall could arrive in time for the weekend.

Northerly flow bringing clear skies

A shift in the weather pattern over the Inland Northwest is bringing crisp sunny weather today under a northerly flow that is expected to intensify with deepening cold this weekend.
News >  Spokane

Get out the puffy suit: Temperatures to fall

Wintry weather is expected to move into the Inland Northwest this week. “The trend is for much colder temperatures,” said meteorologist John Livingston, of the National Weather Service in Spokane.
News >  Spokane

1896 mansion is theater owner’s latest project

Katherine Fritchie can’t help herself. Give her a historic building and she’s going to restore it. Her latest project in Spokane is a fantastic Queen Anne Victorian mansion in Browne’s Addition that sat neglected and unloved for years.
News >  Spokane

Wildlife warnings go infrared

Idaho transportation officials think they’ve come up with a way to keep motorists and moose apart on a mountainous stretch of U.S. Highway 95 north of Moscow. A solar-powered infrared detection system was installed this fall along a 2,200-foot section of the highway on Steakhouse Hill on the west side of Moscow Mountain.
News >  Spokane

Renewed Market Street reopens to traffic

After 133 days of being closed, Market Street through Spokane’s Hillyard neighborhood has reopened to traffic with new pavement, sidewalks and street lights and safer crosswalks. During the height of construction this past summer, the street was an excavation pit.
News >  Spokane

Even after theft, nonprofit eatery’s doors swing wide open for holiday

One World Spokane will offer a Thanksgiving dinner from 2 to 5 p.m. today, nourishing Spokane’s underprivileged as it has for the past year. The nonprofit restaurant in the East Central neighborhood provides fresh, organic food to people who typically don’t have access to that fare. Instead of a menu with set prices, patrons pay what they can.