Services affected by the Veterans Day holiday today: • All county, state and federal offices are closed in Spokane and Kootenai counties. • Spokane Valley, Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls city offices are closed. • City of Spokane offices are open, but city parking meters don’t have to be plugged. • All garbage pickup and curbside recycling will proceed on a normal schedule. • Post offices will be closed. • Spokane Transit Authority buses will operate on their regular schedules. • Most banks will be closed; check with individual branches. • Most state liquor stores will be open.

Holiday events

Some of today’s Veterans Day events: • 10 a.m. Program sponsored by local veterans organizations, with wreath-laying by the Gold Star mothers, a speech by former Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and awarding of two Purple Hearts. Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. • 11:30 a.m. Vietnam War veterans tribute with bagpipes and wreath-laying. Vietnam Memorial, Riverfront Park, downtown Spokane. • 3 p.m. Opening of the Pearl, transitional housing for homeless vets. 173 S. Adams St., Spokane.