Nicholas Deshais

The bond between the beaches of Normandy and the grassy land around Medical Lake glowed in the sun Monday morning, as 1,300 people gathered to commemorate the nation’s war dead and those who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces.

Work begins this week on a $66 million project to transform Geiger, a sleepy two-lane road on the West Plains, into a three-lane conduit for commuters to and from the future Amazon fulfillment center, scheduled to be complete in September. Soon after, more than 3,000 people will be employed there. Plans for Geiger include traffic signals, roundabouts, a new bridge over Interstate 90, and improvements for buses, cyclists and pedestrians

A proposed agreement offers protections for local taxpayers, and the West Plains Airport Area Public Development Authority, including financial benchmarks, warranties and a nonrefundable deposit from the electric car and high-tech battery manufacturer.

A large housing development will move forward on Spokane’s South Hill, after an agreement between the developer, neighbors and the county’s hearing examiner was approved by the city council this week.

Spokane Transit Authority is beginning construction on a transit station on the campus of Spokane Falls Community College, according to city permit data.

Built 52 years ago, and characteristic of midcentury modern architecture, the Thomas S. Foley United States Courthouse was recently deemed eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

Friday at 4 p.m., the news came down the pike: the Post Street Bridge near Spokane City Hall was closed. A structural analysis had deemed the 102-year-old bridge unsafe for cars, and barricades were erected allowing just pedestrians and bicyclists to pass.

A bigger, relocated transit center is coming to the campus of Spokane Community College, according to permits issued by the city.

Gonzaga University is demolishing four houses on campus, and the land will be turned into open space, according to permit data at the city.

Billy loves Lisa no more. The 81-year-old grain elevators on Napa Street just south of Trent Avenue are being demolished, taking with them not only the last vestige of the North Pacific Grain Growers Co. cooperative but the shoddy, if beloved, red graffiti scrawl describing Billy’s feelings toward Lisa.

A coalition of Glenrose residents has threatened legal action to stop the development of a $2.2 million youth sports complex on 20 acres of rural land southeast of Spokane they say will “forever alter the Glenrose neighborhood.”

Avista Corp. Chairman and CEO Scott Morris has informed the Spokane-based utility’s board of directors that he will retire from the company effective March 1.

To show what might be possible for bicycling in Spokane, City Councilman Breean Beggs has brought Troels Andersen, a Danish cycling planner, to Spokane to help lead discussions this week about making Spokane a bicycling city. The goal is to make bike commuting as easy, enjoyable and commonplace as it is in Denmark.

More than 500 Lime electric scooters and bikes will return to Spokane beginning Monday, available for use during Bike to Work week.

Michigan is coming to southwest Spokane with the installation of a “J-turn” on U.S. Highway 195.

Two years and two months after the city closed Spokane Falls Boulevard between Lincoln Street and Main Avenue, it’s reopening the major downtown road again.

A million-dollar parking lot will be built on East Sprague Avenue, part of Avista Corp.’s work at the south landing of the University District Gateway Bridge, according to city permits.

Demolition and reconstruction work will begin six months after a parking garage near Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center was severely damaged by a fire, according to permits issued by the city.

Crestline Street on Spokane’s South Hill is no longer considered a major road, according to a decision by the Spokane City Council on Monday night.