Nicholas Deshais

Wally Forbush, 56, is a tower crane operator, and if you’ve been downtown in the last month, you’ve probably seen him at work.

The city and county governments of Spokane won a $5,000 award this week to combat cigarette litter around the county Courthouse and various city-owned properties in downtown Spokane.

The city has selected a company to design and build a new Post Street Bridge at a cost of $13.5 million.

The federal spending bill President Donald Trump signed last week plowed billions more dollars into transportation projects such as public transit, highways and rail, including some local projects in the Spokane area.

After 108 years, the historic East Olive Avenue Bridge is a goner.

In a gallery of photos hanging on the wall of a cavernous World War II-era hangar at Fairchild Air Force Base, Lt. Gen. Giovanni Tuck’s picture shows him smiling, between similarly beaming photos of Gen. Carlton Everhart and Col. Ryan Samuelson. The placement is not unintentional. Samuelson, commander of the base, reports to Tuck, who reports to Everhart, commander of the Air Mobility Command. The chain of command continues as, just three photos away, appears Secretary of Defense James Mattis. Then President Donald Trump.

Work to restore the Otis Hotel in downtown Spokane was stopped this month after air quality inspectors found signs of asbestos, and no sign the developer had hired a certified contractor to deal with the cancer-causing material.

A number of separate efforts signal that elected officials recognize the urgency of the nation’s growing housing crisis.

Developers planning to open a tavern in the “palmistry” building on East Sprague once run by the Marks family.

Pop the bubbly, roll up your pant leg and straddle that saddle, because in 2018 we celebrate.

Work on the former Ridpath Hotel complex continues, with permits issued for work on a top-floor condo unit and demolition of most of the adjoining Ridpath Motor Inn.

Work on the former Ridpath Hotel complex continues, with permits issued for work on a top-floor condo unit and demolition of most of the adjoining Ridpath Motor Inn.

This week, workers from Kilgore Construction began dismantling the yellow-roofed skywalk over Main Avenue, scrapping the metal in preparation for a newly designed structure matching the new skywalks connecting to the old Macy’s building.

Spokane’s numerous pedestrian bridges are not at risk of collapse, according to officials at the Washington state Department of Transportation and city of Spokane.

More than 40 percent of the state’s carbon emissions come from our cars and trucks, thanks to the 60 billion miles we drove in 2016, the most recent data available to the public. But there’s reason to believe change is coming.

Steve Warwick began selling Nikes in the early 1970s, becoming one of the shoemaker’s best customers. Now he is closing his store as a Nike Factory Outlet prepares to open its own store downtown.