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City Councilman Breean Beggs to run for city council president

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 5, 2018

City CouncilmanBreean Beggs has filed to run for city council president, saying he hopes to continue his work on criminal justice reform and help the council and the mayor’s office work work together.

News >  Spokane

Spokane City Council considers $5.8 million property tax increase for police, firefighters

Tue., Dec. 4, 2018

The city of Spokane may ask voters to approve a $5.8 million increase in property taxes to pay 30 firefighters and hire 20 new police officers in a special election in February.

News >  Spokane

Salem Lutheran Church to open warming shelter in gym

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 30, 2018

Salem Lutheran Church’s gym will soon become the first in a network of new warming centers to serve those who might not have anywhere else to go this winter.

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News >  Spokane

City Council preparing to fund new shelter space

Thu., Nov. 29, 2018

Spokane City Council is poised to approve funding for 60 additional shelter beds, one of the first steps in a network of new or expanded warming shelters.

News >  Spokane

Spokane City Council overrides veto, stalling region-wide 911 integration plan

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 27, 2018

After outcry from dispatchers and the city’s firefighters union, the Spokane City Council overode the mayor’s veto and blocked a planned regionwide 911 integration which critics say may not improve public safety.

News >  Local government

Early endorsements stack up for mayoral candidates

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 26, 2018

The two men who have already announced intentions to replace outgoing Mayor David Condon have almost a year before their names might be on the ballot.

News >  Spokane

Activists plan rally after city threatens to remove homeless protesters’ belongings from outside City Hall

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 25, 2018

After a group of homeless people camping in front of city hall in protest were notified that their belongings would be cleared away in 48 hours, a group of protesters will form a human wall between them and any city officials who attempt to take their belongings Monday morning.

News >  Spokane

Spokane City Council to vote on fake service animal law

Fri., Nov. 23, 2018

The Spokane City Council will soon vote on an ordinance that would impose a civil infraction for people who are caught misrepresenting their pet as a service animal.

News >  Spokane

Turkeys fly off shelves at local meat markets

Wed., Nov. 21, 2018

Local meat markets sell hundreds of turkeys in the days leading up to Thanksgiving.

News >  Spokane

Mayor vetoes council’s ordinance which stopped countywide integration of 911

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 20, 2018

Spokane Mayor David Condon has vetoed an ordinance that would stop a countywide 911 integration by requiring city dispatchers to only work with city police and firefighters.

News >  Spokane

City Council suspends sit-lie law amid shelter-bed shortage

Tue., Nov. 20, 2018

After litigation concerns and the loss of 150 shelter beds in September, the Spokane City Council voted to suspend a law that banned people from sitting, or sleeping on sidewalks downtown.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Body discovered near Santa Clara, Calif. stadium where Spokane 49ers fan disappeared

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 19, 2018

A body was discovered a few miles away from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, where a U.S. Army veteran from Spokane disapeared during a football game.

News >  Local government

As one-man hunger strike continues, city lawmakers reexamine sit-and-lie ordinance

Fri., Nov. 16, 2018

The city of Spokane may re-examine a law that critics say criminalizes the homeless for sleeping or sitting on public sidewalks when they have nowhere else to go, after a man staged a hunger strike in front of City Hall.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Integrated 911 center could go forward without city of Spokane

Thu., Nov. 15, 2018

City of Spokane dispatchers may not be apart of a new region-wide communications center after City Council required its dispatchers to exclusively work with city public safety employees.

News >  Spokane

Spokane to purchase new armored vehicle

Wed., Nov. 14, 2018

The city will soon spend about $305,000 on a new armored vehicle for the Spokane Police Department, which uses money one City Council member said should be used on new patrol cars.

News >  Spokane

Council delays vote on relaxing Spokane City Hall visiting rules amid concerns it would become daytime shelter

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 13, 2018

A proposal that some say will turn City Hall into a daytime homeless shelter has been shelved for at least a month after city employees raised concerns about safety and cleanliness.

News >  Spokane

City Council approves annual property tax increase

Mon., Nov. 12, 2018

Spokane City Council approved a 1 percent property tax increase Monday, which will be used to pay for police and fire department vehicles.

News >  Spokane

City Council approves new rates and fees for downtown businesses

Mon., Nov. 12, 2018

Spokane City Council approved fee changes for businesses and property owners living inside the downtown Business Improvement District Monday.

News >  Spokane

Spokane City Council to hear proposal for Business Improvement District rate increases

Mon., Nov. 12, 2018

Spokane City Council will consider raising fees for hundreds of downtown businesses inside the Business Improvement District during a hearing at their Monday meeting.

News >  Military

With combat experience spanning seven decades, vets gather at Arena Sunday

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 12, 2018

Local leaders honored veterans and those killed in action at during Sunday ceremony.

News >  Local government

Immigration officials continue to operate at Spokane Greyhound bus station despite city ordinance

Fri., Nov. 9, 2018

More than 200 people have been apprehended by border patrol around the Spokane Greyhound bus station since 2013, 30 of which were arrested last fiscal year.

News >  Local government

Under Kate Burke proposal, Spokane City Hall visitors could stay all day; critics say plan could turn lobby into day shelter

Fri., Nov. 9, 2018

City Council could soon vote on a proposal to allow people to stay in City Hall’s lobby all day, which one council member said could turn the building into a warming shelter.

News >  Local government

Spokane real estate excise tax revenue again expected to hit post-recession highs

Thu., Nov. 8, 2018

Spokane’s strong real estate market has again helped boost city street and other projects.

News >  Spokane

Graham narrowly leads Wilson in 6th Legislative District race

Tue., Nov. 6, 2018

Republican Jenny Graham is ahead of her Democrat opponent Dave Wilson by a mere 250 votes in the 6th Legislative District position two race. Graham has earned 50.32 percent of the votes, while Wilson holds 49.68 percent of the 39,094 votes.

News >  Spokane

Jeff Holy defeats Jessa Lewis for state Senate seat

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 6, 2018

Republican Jeff Holy will move on to the state Senate.