A pedestrian makes her way through heavy snow on Post Street in downtown Spokane Wednesday afternoon. The snowstorm, coupled with extreme icy conditions, triggered numerous traffic accidents throughout the region. The forecast calls for another 1 to 2 inches of snow on Thursday. COLIN MULVANY The Spokesman-Review (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
City and county offices and the county court system will be closed on Friday.
Mayor Mary Verner said this afternoon that she and County Commissioner Chairwoman Bonnie Mager made the decision after determining that the conditions were unlikely to be much better on Friday because of the unrelenting snowstorm.
Verner said, however, that the city has not cancelled garbage collection on Friday, and that some employees may be asked to work from home, if possible.
Mager, who is snowed in at her home near Cheney, said the county’s decision was made in a vote of county commissioners during an emergency phone meeting.
