An aluminum boat with orange hoses hanging off the stern slowly plied the waters of Newman Lake on Tuesday morning spreading liquid herbicide over invasive Eurasian milfoil.
Drivers last week might have wondered about that huge drill rig along the northbound lanes of Division Street at Gordon Avenue. Wonder no more: A contractor is installing a series of variable message signs at nine locations along Spokane city streets.
Spokane County commissioners voted Friday to challenge a pair of Spokane city initiatives that could change the way local business and government function. They join a coalition of economic development interests in seeking judicial review on the legality of the two initiatives called a Community Bill of Rights and a Voter Bill of Rights.
Spokane County commissioners voted Friday to challenge a pair of Spokane city initiatives that could change the way business and government function locally.
Steady rain and a southwest wind Thursday gave a feel of reality to a mock airplane accident at Spokane International Airport. “It’s a miserable day, but that’s when these things happen,” said Larry Krauter, airport director and CEO, who was wearing a bright yellow raincoat.
Drenching rain and record cold ushered out the last day of spring, but to some, this week’s weather represents a “million dollar rain,” arriving in time to nourish grain crops and dampen potential forest fires. John Abatzoglou, assistant professor of geography at the University of Idaho, said he believes the rain is worth well more than a million bucks.
A Pacific storm system is expected to arrive over the Inland Northwest today and bring a major change to the sunny, warm weather in recent days. “Cool and rainy conditions are expected to persist into Friday with the potential for significant three-day rain totals for North Idaho and Northeast Washington,” National Weather Service meteorologist Greg Koch said in a briefing Monday.
Spokane drivers continue to ignore cellphone laws despite the risk of a $101 ticket. State troopers and other officers cited 1,448 drivers in Washington May 20 through June 2. That’s more than the 1,059 tickets handed out last year during the annual “Click It or Ticket” enforcement campaign.
Plans for a redesign of Huntington Park along the lower Spokane Falls are getting tweaks from the public. Ideas for the $2 million makeover have already been modified in response to comments from neighborhood representatives and the city of Spokane’s Design Review Board.
A modernization of the way Spokane trains and places workers to match needs in the local labor market won approval of Spokane County commissioners on Tuesday. They voted unanimously to change the Spokane Area Workforce Development Council from a Spokane city department to a new nonprofit organization that will be more independent and flexible.
Spokane County Commissioners told members of the county planning commission to go back to work on a set of zoning rules for wedding and special event centers on Green Bluff and in other small-tract agricultural areas of the county. Farmers and other residents of the popular farm area in northeast Spokane County have been divided on whether event centers should be allowed to operate.
A project to replace freeway lighting in downtown Spokane is going to save the Washington State Department of Transportation a lot of money on energy and maintenance costs, at the same time giving drivers a brighter view down Interstate 90. Outdated sodium vapor lamps are being replaced with light-emitting diode lamps, which use about 40 percent less power.
A plan to close a segment of Ben Burr Road just south of 57th Avenue has been abandoned in favor of a proposal to relocate the road 150 feet to the east. Spokane County Commissioners in 2011 gave preliminary approval to close a portion of Ben Burr Road and reroute it on 61st Avenue to Palouse Highway to make room for a proposed commercial development.
Sunni Cannon looks out from her backyard on a panoramic view of fields and mountains to the north of Green Bluff. It’s the perfect place for an outdoor wedding.
A historic B-25 bomber flew into Felts Field on Monday in advance of the third annual Felts Field Neighbor Day on Saturday. The B-25, based at Paine Field in Everett, will be on display to the public throughout the week, and paid flights can be arranged through Historic Flight, the company that owns the plane through its foundation.
Road construction has moved into northwest Spokane in a major way with work on the state Highway 291 route along Francis Avenue west of Division Street and then northward on Nine Mile Road. Traffic is reduced to one lane in each direction between Wall and Cedar streets through about the middle of June so Avista Utilities can install a new natural gas line.
The south side of the Dishman Hills Conservation Area has become more welcoming to trail users. An improved road and trailhead constructed at the north end of Stevens Creek Road will have its grand opening Saturday.
The FBI today said that a total of five threatening letters, three of which tested positive for the poison ricin, were mailed from Spokane earlier this month.
SPRAGUE, Wash. – If seeing the classic lines of old Detroit steel stirs something inside you, then a trip to tiny Sprague might be worth the gasoline. Dozens of aging cars and trucks going back to the Model T are parked on lots in this Lincoln County town along Interstate 90, less than an hour southwest of Spokane.
Spokane developer Harley Douglass was found in breach of contract Friday for not paying $800,000 owed in a land deal. Spokane Superior Court Judge Maryann Moreno ordered Douglass to pay developer Tod Lasley of T.J. Landco Co. the remaining amount on what had been a $3.6 million deal – plus attorney fees.
A 38-year-old janitor was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in connection with mailing two ricin-laced letters in Spokane. Matthew R. Buquet is accused on one count of mailing threatening communication to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle.
A 9.5-acre piece of land next to the Antoine Peak Conservation Area is being acquired by Spokane County after the owners asked the county to buy it. County commissioners on Tuesday approved a purchase and sale agreement with the Johnson Family Trust for the property at 19516 E. Lincoln Road.
