It took 28 firefighters and extra work to lay a hose line by hand before Spokane firefighters could stop a dangerous fire that started in an apartment garage and nearly spread to adjacent residences late Tuesday.
Residents of a damaged apartment house in northeast Spokane stared at the charred remains on Monday morning, trying to figure out how to put their lives back together. Fifty-four residents of Houston House Apartments, 607 E. Houston Ave., were left homeless following the Sunday afternoon fire, according to Red Cross in Spokane.
Residents of a damaged apartment house in northeast Spokane stared at the charred remains this morning trying to figure out how to put their lives back together. Fifty-four residents of Houston House Apartments, 607 E. Houston Ave., were left homeless following the Sunday afternoon fire, according to Red Cross in Spokane.
Building a bike and pedestrian bridge over a railroad line might seem like a straightforward project. It’s not. The University District east of downtown is hemmed in by the BNSF Railway Co. main line, which runs along the south side of the Riverpoint campus east of Division Street.
The forecast for 6 p.m. on Sunday is calling for a temperature of 48 degrees and a 13 percent chance of showers lingering from a rain storm that is expected to exit the region Sunday afternoon.
A missing Post Falls man and his teenage daughter were located by an Air Force rescue crew in a remote section of North Idaho on Thursday morning just before the crew was dispatched to a second forest site where four people were stranded near Grangeville. All six were trapped from heavy snow that struck the mountains Monday night and Tuesday, officials said.
A missing Post Falls man and his teenage daughter were located by an Air Force rescue crew in a remote section of North Idaho this morning just before the crew was dispatched to a second forest site where four persons were stranded near Grangeville.
An effort at retaliation went badly for a Spokane Valley man on Wednesday night. Roger D. Holmes, 39, went to the apartment of a neighbor armed with a military knife intent on revenge, according to police. He ended up in a downtown Spokane hospital with scissor wounds to the head and now is facing a charge of first-degree assault against the 47-year-old neighbor.
Dry but cloudy weather may give way to light rain later today, forecasters said.
A weak storm system off the coast of California is spreading higher clouds across the Inland Northwest.
The crush of vehicles moving north on Division and south on Browne streets through downtown Spokane is intimidating enough for any pedestrian trying to cross. Growth of the University District a few blocks to the east combined with increasing services and activities in the area have revealed a need to rethink the layout along the two arterial streets, officials said this week.
Cloudy, cool conditions are going to persist through the end of October with early November likely to be much the same if not several degrees warmer, the National Weather Service said this morning.
A winter storm warning for the mountains of North Idaho this morning was allowed to lapse as the first major snowfall of the season began to taper off.
Mobility in the central part of Spokane will be the subject of a wide-ranging public meeting on Tuesday at the city’s Riverpoint campus. The possibility of high-performance streetcars running between the University District and downtown is one of the ideas under consideration.
A major Pacific storm is brewing offshore today and is poised to strike the Inland Northwest tonight and Sunday with ample rain and wind gusts to 40 mph. A cold front on Sunday could set the stage for the first major snowfall in the mountains of the region, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a hazardous weather outlook there.
A 32-year-old Spokane Valley woman was arrested early today while she was gassing up a stolen Jeep in the Wandermere area, Spokane sheriff’s deputies said.
The sunny side of autumn is going away today to be replaced by clouds and rain this weekend.
National Weather Service forecasters said clouds are likely today with a high of 59.
Today is going to be the last in a string of sunny autumn days as a high pressure area begins to move east, opening the door to what’s shaping up to be a major change in the weather.
Spokane County District No. 4 fire commissioners are taking a conservative approach in asking for renewal of the district’s six-year property tax levy for emergency medical services. State law allows the district to seek up to 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation annually for EMS, but the district is seeking a new six-year levy of 33 cents per $1,000 of value.
A woman who reported that she was assaulted and threatened by an ex-boyfriend in a cross-county ride was rescued by law enforcement officers in Colfax on Tuesday afternoon.
Sun and high temperatures in the 60s will continue through the remainder of the work week, and forecasters are now saying Sunday will bring a strong Pacific storm with rain and wind.
The Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox is being recognized nationally with a preservation award for the $31 million restoration completed in 2007. The Fox, at Sprague Avenue and Monroe Street in downtown Spokane, is one of 23 projects nationwide that will be honored Oct. 29 at the annual conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Austin, Texas.
