WAVERLY – Palouse farm native Glenn Leitz is seeing the dream of restoring the one-room Prairie View School become reality. The decaying wooden building with a classic bell tower was disassembled last fall and moved in pieces to a new site in the town of Waverly in south Spokane County.
A Spokane felon with 29 convictions is suspected of stealing 16 new bicycles from a shop, as well as two vehicles. Police arrested Christopher John Cannata, 41, on Friday and he remains jailed on a $300,000 bond. He is accused of burglarizing the North Division Bike Shop where 21 Trek bikes were taken on Dec. 24. Many of the bikes – still in boxes – have been recovered.
National Weather Service forecasters said a weak weather system today is bringing light precipitation to the region. Light freezing rain was reported at 3 p.m. at Spokane International Airport.
Spokane County’s regional transportation system can expect $10.9 billion in funding through 2040. But that won’t be enough to pay for all the region’s transportation needs, according to a newly adopted plan.
The lack of snow and rain in the second half of 2013 has left the Inland Northwest way behind on accumulated precipitation. The National Weather Service on Thursday posted a chart indicating that Spokane is in its 16th driest half-year on record. Snowfall records in Spokane date to 1889.
An asphalt causeway in the middle of Country Homes Boulevard north of Five Mile Road is going to be removed and replaced in a major construction project next year. For years, the mile-long causeway has channeled stormwater runoff from Five Mile Prairie northward to a stormwater facility at Price Avenue and Wall Street and eventually to the Spokane River.
Computer equipment used to dispatch law-enforcement officers in Spokane County is 20 to 25 years old. Replacing that equipment with a 21st-century computer system cannot happen soon enough, as far as Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich is concerned.
A snowstorm Friday foreshadowed the official beginning of winter today and slowed traffic around the Inland Northwest. Spokane International Airport reported 3 inches of snow at 4 p.m. Friday as snowfall began to ease at nightfall.
A small flock of bufflehead ducks has taken up residence in a short stretch of fast-moving water beneath the Post Street Bridge in downtown Spokane. These energetic birds feed by diving to the bottom of the river and collecting the various organisms they find.
For the past 30 years, the city of Spokane has wanted to build new facilities to house its large-vehicle fleet operations in one location. On Monday, the City Council approved a $14.2 million contract to design and build it.
Spokane County commissioners moved one step closer on Tuesday to drawing a jetliner maintenance company to Spokane International Airport. The commissioners are poised to issue $19 million in tax-exempt bonds to finance a maintenance facility for Aviation Technical Services, which is based in Everett with operations in Moses Lake.
Efforts to define an expanded role for an independent Spokane police ombudsman are going to continue for seven more weeks. The Spokane City Council voted to defer consideration of an ombudsman ordinance and a proposed labor contract between the city and Spokane Police Guild until Feb. 3.
The Spokane City Council voted 4-3 to toughen an ordinance that makes it illegal to sit or lie on sidewalks in the downtown area during business hours. The Monday vote fell along a familiar political line with council members Nancy McLaughlin, Mike Fagan, Mike Allen and Steve Salvatori casting yes votes.
The Spokane City Council voted to defer consideration of an ombudsman ordinance and a proposed labor contract between the city and Spokane Police Guild until Feb. 3
The Spokane City Council on Monday night voted 4-3 to toughen an ordinance that makes it illegal to sit or lie on sidewalks in the downtown area during business hours.
Market Street in the Mead area is slated for major improvements starting next year. The Spokane County commissioners last week accepted a $1.5 million grant from the state to rebuild Market from Farwell Road to Parksmith Drive.
Spokane City Council members will have a full plate of issues as they convene their last meeting of the year on Monday. Mayor David Condon’s proposal to give broader investigative power to the city’s police ombudsman will be one of the top issues.
Spokane International Airport is on the verge of landing a new employer that specializes in maintenance of Boeing jetliners. But it would need new facilities, and local officials are preparing to sell $19 million in tax-exempt bonds to pay for construction of a plant that would be leased by Aviation Technical Services, which is based in Everett and has operations in Moses Lake.
