Holiday Closures

Sat., Aug. 31, 1996

The Labor Day holiday will affect some public services:

All Spokane public libraries are closed until Tuesday.

County libraries will be open with regular hours Friday and Saturday. Branches will close Monday.

There will be no mail delivered Monday, but post office box service will be provided at the Riverside and Liberty Park locations.

All other government offices, banks and liquor stores will be closed Monday.

Garbage collection throughout the metropolitan area will be one day late next week.

Spokane Transit Authority service will be on a holiday schedule Monday, running from 8:45 a.m. to 7:22 p.m., when the last bus leaves downtown. All Valley routes will be shut down.

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