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News >  Spokane

New technology will pull more pollution from Spokane’s sewage

One of the biggest public works project in Spokane’s history will begin this year, with the construction of a $126 million addition to the city’s sewage plant. The next level of treatment being added to the Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility will prevent nearly all phosphorus in the city’s wastewater and stormwater from entering the Spokane River.
News >  Spokane

Spokane City Council members get 44 percent raise

Spokane City Council members will get a nearly $14,000 pay increase beginning next year, a 44 percent raise, following a decision by the city’s Salary Review Commission last week. The decision came after three months of research by the five-member commission, which included reviewing salaries of other elected municipal officials in the state, Spokane’s median household income and cost-of-living data. Council members also provided testimony to the commission.
News >  Spokane

Bernie Sanders tells Spokane crowd he’s strongest candidate to beat Trump

Hundreds of Bernie Sanders supporters are waiting to see the Vermont senator this afternoon in his second visit to Spokane in less-than a week. But this afternoon’s crowd at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena doesn’t appear as large as the mass of people – estimated by the Sanders campaign at 10,000 – who lined up to see him speak at the Spokane Convention Center on Sunday.
News >  Idaho

Sanders trounces Clinton in Idaho caucus

As the crowds entered Boswell Hall, there was never much doubt that Bernie Sanders would take Kootenai County. As caucus participants filed into auditorium at North Idaho College, the side marked for Sanders supporters kept growing. It got so packed that overflow was directed to sit in Hillary Clinton’s section.
News >  Spokane

How the Democratic caucuses work in Washington, Idaho

Local Democratic voters get a chance to weigh in on the race for the presidency, as both Idaho and Washington will hold caucuses this week. Idaho’s Democratic caucuses are on Tuesday and will be held in each of the state’s 44 counties. Washington Democrats will caucus next Saturday.
News >  Spokane

Riverfront Park gets new leader as renovations begin

Jon Moog was named director of Riverfront Park last week in a unanimous vote by the Spokane City Council. Moog, a Navy veteran who worked for the city of San Jose for nearly nine years before landing the Riverfront Park job, said he looked forward to working for the park, which he called “the backyard of Spokane.”
News >  Spokane

Spokane City Council to consider ban on elephant hooks

On Monday, the Spokane City Council will consider an ordinance banning the use of “bullhooks” - implements that resemble fireplace pokers with sharp, steel-hooked tips and that are used to train and goad elephants into performing.
News >  Spokane

Spokane’s push to convert to natural gas-powered trucks hits a speed bump

The conversion of Spokane’s solid waste fleet from diesel fuel to compressed natural gas met some resistance in City Hall this week, as Council President Ben Stuckart said the “emergency” request for $2.8 million to buy new trucks stemmed from unrealistic promises he and other city leaders made regarding utility rate increases. “If we can’t afford, under this current rate structure, to buy this product we need, then we need to re-evaluate it,” Stuckart said. “We all made this promise, and I’m not just blaming this on Condon. Maybe we need to evaluate the promise.”
News >  Spokane

Tax in Spokane on movies, events could soon pay for art

Art in Spokane may soon get some new patrons: film junkies, Zags fans and concertgoers. Under a proposal by City Council President Ben Stuckart, arts funding would jump from $80,000 to about $250,000 a year. The funding would come from the city’s admissions tax, an existing charge on every ticket sold to enter a venue or attend an event, including movies, sporting events, concerts and art shows. A third of the tax taken in by the city would go to arts funding.
News >  Spokane

Unexpected costs, fractured relations arise in Riverfront Park makeover

More than 15 months ago, Spokane voters handed a resounding victory to the campaign seeking a massive facelift of the city’s “crown jewel,” Riverfront Park. At the time, Mayor David Condon, Council President Ben Stuckart, Parks Director Leroy Eadie and others assured voters that the $64.3 million generated by the bond would be enough to update the U.S. Pavilion, build a new ice rink, erect a new building to house the Looff Carousel and much more, all while keeping $4.5 million aside for contingency.
News >  Spokane

Indian Trail development moving forward

The developer of a controversial Indian Trail neighborhood project will no longer seek a change in land-use laws, a move that would have allowed the construction of up to 400 duplex units that has irked neighbors with traffic concerns. Instead, about 150 new residential units will be built under existing zoning rules.