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News >  Spokane

Getting There: U.S. 195, others will get funding priority

Construction of an interchange on U.S. Highway 195 at Hatch Road could join a list of high-priority projects for future transportation funding in the Spokane region. The other high priorities are the North Spokane Corridor, Sullivan Road improvements, an improved arterial on Bigelow Gulch Road, widening of Interstate 90 from Barker to Harvard roads and maintenance of existing roads.
News >  Spokane

Effort to recall Tucker is official

Recall charges were filed Friday against Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney Steve Tucker alleging that he has failed to perform his duties and has violated his oath of office. Shannon Sullivan, who led a successful recall of the late Spokane Mayor Jim West in 2005, handed her charges to Auditor Vicky Dalton, who will now send them to the state attorney general’s office to write a ballot synopsis.
News >  Idaho

Colder air due over region

A dip toward winter temperatures started this morning across the Inland Northwest and should continue well into next week, National Weather Service forecasters said.
News >  Spokane

Sullivan plans to file recall charges against Tucker

Shannon Sullivan, who led a successful recall of the late Spokane Mayor Jim West in 2005, has a new target: Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney Steve Tucker. Sullivan said Thursday she plans to file recall charges today accusing Tucker of malfeasance, misfeasance and violation of his oath of office, citing primarily his reluctance to intervene in cases of police misconduct.
News >  Spokane

Recall effort will target Tucker

Shannon Sullivan, who led a successful recall of the late Mayor Jim West in 2005, said today she has a new target: Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney Steve Tucker.
News >  Idaho

Snow threat ends for now

A drier air mass is moving into the Inland Northwest today, ending the threat of snow for the coming week.
News >  Idaho

Snow expected in Idaho-Montana mountains

A quick moving storm system is expected to dive southeastward along the Idaho-Montana state line tonight, bringing potentially heavy snow to Lookout Pass along Interstate 90.
News >  Spokane

Snoqualmie Pass now open

Eastbound and westbound Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass are now open after several closures over the course of Tuesday due to heavy snow.
News >  Spokane

Manito pond cleanup ready for public’s help

The Friends of Manito is asking for the public’s help in probably the most ambitious project in the organization’s history: cleaning up and restoring the body of water formerly known as the duck pond. The group on Monday announced a public phase of a fundraising campaign to install water treatment equipment in a wider project to improve what’s now being called Mirror Pond at Manito Park.
News >  Spokane

Neighbors rescue fire victims

Jeff Bickell won’t soon forget Sunday morning. That’s when he ran down his North Side street to see his neighbor leaning out of a second-story window, gasping for air, her house on fire and her toddler in her hands. “I said, ‘Just drop her. Just drop her. I will catch her,’ ” Bickell said.
News >  Idaho

Snow expected by morning in Spokane, CdA

Another round of November snow is expected across the Inland Northwest by morning with mountain areas likely to see significant accumulations. The snow should change to rain during the day Monday in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene.
News >  Idaho

Neighbors rescue North Side family from burning home

Jeff Bickell won’t soon forget Sunday morning when he ran down his North Side street to see his young neighbor leaning out a second-story window, gasping for air, her house on fire and her toddler in her hands.
News >  Spokane

Woman who jumped from Monroe bridge rescued from river

A woman was rescued Wednesday from the Spokane River after surviving a 135-foot jump off the Monroe Street Bridge. As soon as she lept from the west side railing at the center of the bridge, police rescuers who had just arrived to the scene ran to their patrol cars and headed downstream.
News >  Spokane

Two people die when home burns

A man and woman of retirement age died early Wednesday when a fire ripped through a new manufactured home the two had occupied since last summer. The fire occurred in the first part of an unusually busy morning in which firefighters put out three residential fires and rescued a woman who jumped off the Monroe Street Bridge.
News >  Idaho

Winter weather advisory in effect locally

A winter weather advisory was posted for this afternoon and evening for the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene areas while a more serious winter storm warning was in effect for areas in the mountains.