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News >  Spokane

Group wants city to spend $4 million to renovate Indian Canyon golf course

A golf course with a storied past may have a moneyed future, as advocates urge city officials to fund a multimllion dollar renovation of the degraded course. Friends of Indian Canyon Golf Course wants $4 million from the city park board to repair and improve the 80-year-old course, saying it will match the outlay with $2 million of its own and bring national golfing events to the city.
News >  Spokane

De-icer used by city of Spokane contains PCBs

The deicer used by the city of Spokane on its streets contains trace amounts of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. Those toxins made news most recently when the company responsible for producing the pollutants, Monsanto, was sued – by the city of Spokane.
News >  Spokane

Spokane parks spokeswoman resigns after police spokeswoman shifted into her role

Nancy Goodspeed, the longtime spokeswoman for Spokane’s parks department, announced her resignation from the city Thursday after she said she was told her duties would change. Goodspeed had been making a gradual return to her duties after brain surgery as a result of Parkinson’s Disease, which kept her out of City Hall from February to August. In those intervening months, the city had moved police spokeswoman Monique Cotton to the parks department to act as its primary spokesperson.
News >  Spokane

Condon vetoes proposal on mobile homes; council overrides it

Mayor David Condon issued his second veto yesterday, and it was subsequently overridden by the City Council - within two hours. The veto focused on a comp plan text change better defining what a manufactured home park is. Supporters say it will give greater protections to low-income people. Detractors say it threatens property rights.
News >  Spokane

Former police spokeswoman said text from Straub made her ‘uncomfortable’

The former police spokeswoman who was transferred out of the department earlier this year in an episode that has been linked to the eventual firing of police Chief Frank Straub said she was made to feel uncomfortable by a text sent to her by the chief. A message Monique Cotton received from Straub in 2013 said “See you soon. Love you. You are an awesome partner and best friend. You always will be!”
News >  Spokane

What driverless cars will see

The New York Times has a fantastic article about the hallucinogenic view driverless cars will have when they start driving us around.
News >  Spokane

Spokane’s cell tower moratorium ends with stricter rules

New rules governing the location of cell towers were praised and unanimously passed by the Spokane City Council on Monday. It was a long way from six months ago, when Allen had predicted a lawsuit as all but certain after the council unanimously approved a moratorium on cell tower construction in the city.
News >  Spokane

Condon, Stuckart keep top spots at Spokane City Hall

For the first time in more than four decades, Spokane voters have given a mayor a second chance. Mayor David Condon coasted to victory with 62 percent of the vote in today’s election. A Spokane mayor hadn’t been re-elected since 1973.
News >  Spokane

Spokane voters reject worker bill of rights

A controversial measure to bolster worker rights in Spokane failed at the polls tonight, as 62 percent of voters rejected it. City of Spokane Proposition 1 would have amended the city charter to require large employers to pay workers a “family wage,” ensure equal pay for equal work regardless of gender or race and add protections against termination. The measure would make the rights of corporations secondary to people’s rights.
News >  Spokane

Downtown Partnership skeptical of police precinct move

Mark Richards, president of the Downtown Spokane Partnership, voiced concern to the Spokane City Council Monday night about the police department's plan to move its downtown precinct from its current location next to the STA plaza.
News >  Spokane

Truth-testing Spokane City Council candidates

The ballots are out, and candidates want your vote. But getting your vote can be a tricky proposition, so they try all kinds of methods. Pictures of them and their smiling spouse and kids. Dramatic commercials. A little bit of mud thrown at their opponent.
News >  Spokane

Plans aired for $35 million sports complex near Arena

Plans to build an Olympics-level indoor sports facility on the north bank of the Spokane River got a little closer to reality this week, as a report showed that the facility would generate four dollars in economic impact for every dollar spent to build and operate the complex during its first five years. The 185,000-square foot “sportsplex” is planned to sit on five acres of land just east of the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, and would house a 200-meter hydraulic banked indoor track, the same type used in the Olympics. The track would be just one of 10 in the country.