Nicholas Deshais

Snowmelt reveals many things. The first crocus, tulips and daffodil blossoms of spring. The trash and dog poop that people left behind, thinking somehow the snow would make those left-behinds magically disappear. And potholes. Lots of potholes. In 2018, the city filled 4,610 potholes. The year before that, it repaired 4,795 potholes. This year, so far, the city has filled 1,392 potholes.

The owner of a home with a racially restrictive covenant attached to it has asked a judge to completely remove the discriminatory provision from his deed.

A second location for an international chain of math learning centers is opening in Spokane, according to permits issued by the city.

The work on six units of the Knickerbocker Apartments, 507 S. Howard St., will install new showers, new kitchen cabinets and update the apartments’ electrical wiring.

The Southern Poverty Law Center fired its co-founder and chief litigator Morris Dees on Wednesday, the civil rights organization announced.

Board members of the local clean air agency say Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart has inappropriately injected politics into the regulatory process and accused him of being beholden to the cannabis industry over the interests of public health.

The local clean air agency “overreaches” with its regulatory authority and hampers economic development in an effort to “justify their existence,” said Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart.

An Eastern Washington University archivist who worked in his spare time as a regional rail historian and preservationist was killed Sunday night in a traffic collision west of Spokane.

Washington state lawmakers are considering new laws and taxes to lower pollution as vehicle emissions testing ends this year.

Historic covenants that prevented people of color from buying or living in Spokane homes must remain part of the public record, according to Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton. “They’re offensive. Those clauses are absolutely offensive, but the reality is they are our history and they need to remain part of the public record,” she said. “That is what happened. People were hurt. People were damaged. People were restrained from where they had to live. And people really had to fight to nullify those clauses.”

The Watts Project will transform the former Watts Automotive shop, 1312 W. First Ave., into a 6,600-square-foot brewery production facility and tap room called Brick West Brewing.

The Spokane parking study suggestion that may cause the most heartburn among motorists urges the city to increase on-street hourly rates.

A traffic study of 29th Avenue on Spokane’s South Hill recommends removing a center lane barrier at Pittsburg Street and extending Crestline Street to connect with Southeast Boulevard.

This is the year of the Central City Line. No, you won’t see the sleek electric buses running between Browne’s Addition and Spokane Community College through downtown Spokane until 2021. But this is the year Spokane Transit Authority plans to ask the federal government to pony up for most of the $72 million project.

The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has hatched a plan to create a “safe, seamless and scenic pathway” connecting Washington state to Washington, D.C. As the group’s name suggests, it will rely on abandoned rail corridors to create the trail, which will pass through 12 states and D.C., and will run within 50 miles of 50 million people.

A road must run through the center of a proposed “walkable mixed-use urban neighborhood” on Spokane’s South Hill near the busy intersection of 29th and Southeast Boulevard, according to a decision by the county’s hearing examiner. Both the developer of the project and neighbors oppose the ruling.

Hidden Mother Brewery will begin renovating a North Washington Street building into a Spokane taphouse, according to permits issued by the city.

Basketball legend John Stockton failed in a bid to block the development of 65 acres of wetlands near his Priest Lake residence.

For 20 or so years, Spokane’s Lindgren Brothers company would make maps of every U.S. state, every national park and many other notable tourist destinations. The company would go on to lead the charge in the national craze for decals.

Five people have lost their jobs at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture as the stand-alone state agency struggles to find its financial footing. Wesley Jessup, the museum’s executive director, said the layoffs were not yet final.