The Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox is being recognized nationally with a preservation honor award following completion of $31 million restoration in 2007.
People who want to comment on the future of transportation in Spokane have the option of playing a new online game to make their views known. Should Spokane push for completion of the North Spokane Corridor? Should it seek widening of Interstate 90 between Barker Road and the Idaho state line? What kind of bus system or rapid mass transit is best for the area?
Dry air that has moved over the Inland Northwest following a cold front this morning has set the stage for widespread frost tonight, forecasters said this afternoon.
U.S. Highway 95 south of the Spokane River bridge in Coeur d’Alene was closed for more than two hours on Wednesday evening following a one-vehicle crash.
Drivers in southeast Spokane are already running into jammed traffic trying to get off the hills along Freya and Ray streets because of a two-day closure on 11th Avenue at Thor Street for a water main project.
A bomb squad blew up a suspicious bag left in an employee parking lot Wednesday morning at Deaconess Medical Center. The Spokane Explosive Device Unit detonated the bag late in the morning after traffic near Fifth Avenue and Monroe Street was blocked for hours.
Drivers in southeast Spokane may run into traffic jams for the next two days trying to get on and off the South Hill along the Ray and Freya street corridors.
Patches of fog and frost showed the cooler side of autumn this morning, but forecasters said a period of mild and sunny weather can be expected in coming days.
Paul W. Mann, a longtime advocate of historic preservation in Spokane, has been named to the board of advisers for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mann will become one of three representatives on the board from Washington.
Sunday’s cold front has chilled the Inland Northwest today, and forecasters said that temperatures should drop close to or just above freezing tonight.
Construction of the North Spokane Corridor took a big jump forward in recent days with the installation of bridge girders at the future Wandermere interchange at U.S. Highway 395. The work comes as the project timeline nears the one-year mark until completion of the northern leg of the north-south freeway route.
National Weather Service forecasters this morning said a gray and humid day is likely in Eastern Washington and North Idaho as Thursday’s rain storm exits the area.
More rain is likely this weekend after a stubborn storm doused the region with a steady drip-drip-drip on Thursday. A quarter inch of rain fell by Thursday afternoon in downtown Spokane, and a third of an inch fell in Deer Park.
A storm system that battered the southwestern U.S. earlier this week is sending waves of moisture northward today, and is triggering rain as far north as Spokane.
Patchy fog at sunrise in the sheltered valleys and near the rivers of the Inland Northwest has forecasters warning drivers to be cautious in those areas.
The Japanese garden at Spokane’s Manito Park offers a quiet, meditative experience – but not on nice weekend days. On Saturday more than 2,000 people, drawn by the warm sunshine, visited the outdoor attraction, creating what parks staff described as a wall-to-wall crowd.
Spokane Transit Authority officials are asking for the public’s help in cutting 7 percent from the bus agency’s budget next year. A recently released list of potential cuts is the starting point for a community discussion about how to trim bus and van services to more closely match STA’s income.
