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News >  Spokane

Plenty in store for new tenants at The M Apartments

UPDATED: Wed., June 13, 2018

The long-awaited opening of The M apartments in the former Macy’s building is so close, you can smell it, and it smells like paint. Crews are on every floor of the nine-story building, putting the finishing touches on the third and ninth floors, and still working toward getting the rest of the floors complete by fall.

News >  Spokane

Union accuses STA official of racist comments on Facebook

UPDATED: Tue., June 12, 2018

The union representing workers at Spokane Transit Authority said Tuesday it discovered “disturbing, racist comments” made by the agency’s director of human resources.

News >  Transportation

Getting There: Spokane’s Mission Avenue Subway was blocked in 1936. Should we have built it?

Mon., June 11, 2018

From the Mission Avenue Subway to the battle to save 100 locust trees – century-old conflicts on Mission and Maxwell avenues still resonate today.

News >  Business

Developers see transformation for dilapidated Downtowner Motel

Sun., June 10, 2018

The Downtowner Motel isn’t in the top tier for overnight accommodations in Spokane. But if initial plans filed with the city this week take hold, the nightly – or weekly – rates at the downtrodden motel will be replaced with monthly rents.

News >  Business

Developers see transformation for dilapidated Downtowner Motel

Sat., June 9, 2018

The Downtowner Motel isn’t in the top tier for overnight accommodations in Spokane. But if initial plans filed with the city this week take hold, the nightly – or weekly – rates at the downtrodden motel will be replaced with monthly rents.

News >  Business

Indaba Coffee Roasters plans fifth location, its second in downtown Spokane

Sat., June 9, 2018

Indaba Coffee Roasters is opening a fifth location in Spokane, and its second downtown.

News >  Spokane

‘Doomsday’ plane that follows president arrives at Fairchild

UPDATED: Fri., June 8, 2018

An E-4B checked into Fairchild Air Force Base Friday afternoon for a visit that was described as “routine.”

News >  Spokane

Spokane picked by HUD for initiative aimed at helping the poor off federal aid

UPDATED: Thu., June 7, 2018

Spokane will be one of the first cities to implement a new initiative aimed at helping the poor off federal assistance.

News >  Spokane

Frontier announces direct flights from Spokane to Vegas

UPDATED: Tue., June 5, 2018

Beginning in August, Frontier Airlines will offer twice weekly, nonstop service to Las Vegas from Spokane.

News >  Spokane

City sells 5-acre maintenance property on Mission for $2.7 million

Tue., June 5, 2018

A 5-acre industrial site sold to the city of Spokane for $1 in 1899 just fetched $2.7 million from a private developer.

News >  Spokane

Massive Spokane distribution center called ‘Project Rose’ smells a lot like Amazon

UPDATED: Mon., June 4, 2018

The primary structure would have a footprint of 639,000 square feet, but the four-story building would encompass more than 2.5 million square feet, According to information filed with the state.

News >  Spokane

Getting There: Other Washington cities show more progress in fleet electrification than Spokane

Mon., June 4, 2018

In 2007, Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a law that said cities, counties and other local governments and entities had to switch their vehicle fleets to run solely on electricity or biofuel by June 2018. That’s right now. And the city of Spokane has exactly one electric vehicle.

News >  Spokane

Ridpath Club Apartments on track for fall completion

Mon., June 4, 2018

All of the 206 units, and the restaurant on the ground floor, should be completely done and open by September.

News >  Business

Spokane City Credit Union building undergoing $650,000 renovation

Sun., June 3, 2018

The 1970s-era Spokane City Credit Union bank building on North Monroe Street is getting a complete rehab.

News >  Business

Spokane City Credit Union building undergoing $650,000 renovation

Sat., June 2, 2018

The 1970s-era Spokane City Credit Union bank building on North Monroe Street is getting a complete rehab.

News >  Business

Seventh Avenue apartment complex latest project planned in South Perry District

Sat., June 2, 2018

Yet another vacant lot in the South Perry District will be developed into housing.

News >  Local Government

Survey: East Sprague respondents support pedestrian bridge construction, fewer travel lanes

Thu., May 31, 2018

Property owners and business people on East Sprague Avenue agree: They want fewer lanes on the road. A recent city of Spokane survey found that owners on Sprague between Bernard and Scott streets want change when the road is remade next year. If city engineers heed the survey’s results, the stretch will look similar to the design of Sprague’s complete renovation about a mile east that opened in the fall.

News >  Spokane

Post Street Bridge’s historic arches will remain amid construction

Wed., May 30, 2018

The rising cost of steel worldwide and the historic value of concrete poured 100 years ago has led to an unexpected change in the project replacing the Post Street Bridge: its historic arches will remain.

News >  Transportation

Getting There: Polite merging is slowing us all down

Mon., May 28, 2018

When it comes to merging, the aggressive motorist usually wins the day, jamming his way into place, cutting ahead of patient and defensive drivers and reinforcing the idea that they best way to merge is to be jerk.

News >  Military

In scattered memorials, Spokane remembers its nation’s wars – but what do the monuments mean?

Mon., May 28, 2018

Memorial Day is a time to remember the people who died while serving in the military. Monuments are just one way to remember the dead, yet what those memorials represent, and their reasons for being there, are sometimes more complicated than simple remembrance.

News >  Agriculture

Aquifer falling, central Washington farmers ask: Where will the water come from?

UPDATED: Sun., May 27, 2018

Schemes to irrigate central Washington have stalled and unraveled for more than a century. New efforts are underway to divert water from the Columbia or other sources, but uncertainty remains.

News >  Business

Residential tower and brewery/restaurant combo planned for downtown Spokane’s

Sat., May 26, 2018

Two projects – a new seven-story residential tower, and a brewery and restaurant in adjoining historic buildings – are being developed in downtown Spokane’s west end by the same team of two sets of brothers: Jordan and Joel Tampien, co-owners of 4 Degrees Real Estate, and Matt and Ryan Goodwin.

News >  Business

Residential tower and brewery/restaurant combo planned for downtown Spokane’s

Sat., May 26, 2018

Two projects – a new seven-story residential tower, and a brewery and restaurant in adjoining historic buildings – are being developed in downtown Spokane’s west end by the same team of two sets of brothers: Jordan and Joel Tampien, co-owners of 4 Degrees Real Estate, and Matt and Ryan Goodwin.

News >  Spokane

Proposed high-rise would rise 31 stories in downtown Spokane and become tallest building

Fri., May 25, 2018

Initial plans for a $65 million, 31-story high-rise at the entrance to the University District in downtown Spokane have been filed with the city.

News >  Spokane

Bank of America building – tallest in downtown Spokane – put on market

UPDATED: Wed., May 23, 2018

The Bank of America Financial Center, a 288-foot-tall office building built in 1981 at Riverside Avenue and Howard Street, was listed for sale Wednesday morning, according to Jason Rosauer, senior vice president and partner with Kidder Mathews, which represents the building’s owner, Unico Properties.