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Weather, material shortages cause delays for Liberty Lake construction projects

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 10, 2022

It’s all too easy for construction projects to run into challenges, and that has certainly been the case in Liberty Lake this summer. Material shortages have waylaid the new freeway overpass, hot weather prevented the use of the golf course parking lot and the reconstruction of Kramer Parkway has struggled.

News > Transportation

Getting There: $78M Post Falls I-90 interchange to start construction early

Mon., Aug. 8, 2022

The project will replace and upgrade the existing Interstate 90 and state Highway 41 interchange to “improve safety, move people more efficiently, increase capacity,” said John Tomlinson, communications manager for ITD. It will also improve pedestrian access.

News > Spokane

Getting There: Thor-Freya road construction beset by threats, thefts, vandalism, contractor claims

Mon., Aug. 1, 2022

Cameron-Reilly LLC, the general contractor in charge of completing the ongoing reconstruction of Thor and Freya streets, claims those and other issues have plagued crews since the roadwork started in mid-March, with company ownership placing the blame on the Camp Hope homeless encampment at East Second Avenue and Ray Street.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Post Falls man injured in garbage truck crash near Pullman on Thursday afternoon

UPDATED: Fri., July 29, 2022

Richard A. Becker, 60, was airlifted to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center from the scene of the crash, according to a news release. Just after 1 p.m., the garbage truck Becker was driving north on state Route 195 northwest of Pullman suffered a blown tire on the right front side, causing the 2016 Peterbilt truck to leave the roadway and strike a dirt embankment.

News > Nation/World

Spokane airport a big winner in infrastructure deal, Buttigieg says

UPDATED: Thu., July 28, 2022

Expansion at Spokane International Airport paid partially by federal dollars will be part of the industry's strong rebound after pandemic-related restrictions, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said Thursday.

News > Nation/World

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg praises West’s green energy potential in Coeur d’Alene on Thursday

UPDATED: Thu., July 28, 2022

Buttigieg said "there's a lot to be excited about" in the package that was unveiled Wednesday as part of a sweeping presentation on American infrastructure delivered on the final day of the Western Governors Association annual meeting. The transportation secretary, the fourth cabinet member of the Biden administration to address the group this week, touted the future of electric vehicles, autonomous transportation and the infrastructure improvements that could be made with the previous, $1.2 trillion infrastructure law passed by Congress last year.

News > Local government

Getting There: Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport’s new terminal will be five times bigger

Mon., July 25, 2022

With Pullman about to get an airport terminal five times as big as the existing one, officials hope more residents in the Palouse will choose to fly closer to home.

Opinion > Column

100 years ago in Spokane: The growing railway strike showed subtle signs of success

Thu., July 21, 2022

Events were moving rapidly in one of the largest strikes in Spokane history, in which 1,800 railroad shop workers had walked off the job.

News > Auto

Getting There: Spokane City Line stations getting public art reflecting neighborhoods, history along its 6-mile route

Mon., July 18, 2022

Spokane Arts has selected nine artists to tell the city's history in public art pieces at the new bus rapid transit line's stations, which will open in July 2023.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Coeur d’Alene man dies in head-on collision near Bonners Ferry on Saturday evening

UPDATED: Sun., July 17, 2022

The man, who was not named, was headed south on U.S. 195 when his Toyota SUV crossed the center line just after 10 p.m. and struck a Chevy pickup driven by a 30-year-old woman from Cocolalla, according to a news release. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts.

News > Idaho

‘The road is not going to be given up’: Public access to Lake Pend Oreille at Camp Bay at center of dispute

Sun., July 17, 2022

Bonner County District Court could soon decide the fate of a disputed public road with access to Lake Pend Oreille, if the parties do not come to an agreement before then.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Post Falls man dies several days after motorcycle crash near Worley

UPDATED: Sat., July 16, 2022

From staff reports

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police officer killed and four people hurt in Priest Lake golf cart crash

UPDATED: Sat., July 16, 2022

From staff reports

News > Crime/Public Safety

One killed in Interstate 90 road-rage shooting in Spokane Valley, troopers say

UPDATED: Sat., July 16, 2022

One person was killed in what troopers are calling a road-rage shooting Friday night in Spokane Valley.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Six dead in crash involving at least 20 vehicles on Interstate 90 in Montana

UPDATED: Fri., July 15, 2022

From wire reports

News > Auto

Hatch Road Bridge reopens Friday, ending long detour on Spokane’s South Hill

UPDATED: Fri., July 15, 2022

The Hatch Road bridge, closed since late March, reopened Friday, giving motorists back a connection off of U.S. 195 that had prompted a lengthy detour for travelers approaching Spokane from the south.

Opinion > Column

100 years ago in Spokane: A ‘radical’ union man stirred striking railway workers by calling one of his peers ‘a doddering old fossil’

Thu., July 14, 2022

The huge railroad strike was not even close to solved – in fact, it was getting bigger.

News > Spokane

Getting There: Spokane’s city buses can sing, but STA doesn’t want them to

UPDATED: Mon., July 11, 2022

Some might describe the sounds as high-pitched, flute-like whistles. Others think listening to them is tantamount to torture.

News > Transportation

How Biden’s rail expansion could impact Washington train service

UPDATED: Sun., July 10, 2022

Jul. 10—As President Biden's ambitious passenger rail expansion plan faces an early test on the Gulf Coast, Washington train advocates have expressed concern about how it could affect the Pacific Northwest.

News > Spokane

Spokane County spending $37 million on transportation construction this year

UPDATED: Sat., July 9, 2022

Construction projects for the Bigelow Gulch-Forker Road Urban Connector and the Euclid Road Bridge are the two standouts among Spokane County's 2022 transportation construction projects.

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Getting There: $78M Post Falls I-90 interchange to start construction early

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Weather, material shortages cause delays for Liberty Lake construction projects

Getting There: $78M Post Falls I-90 interchange to start construction early

Getting There: Thor-Freya road construction beset by threats, thefts, vandalism, contractor claims

Post Falls man injured in garbage truck crash near Pullman on Thursday afternoon

Spokane airport a big winner in infrastructure deal, Buttigieg says

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg praises West’s green energy potential in Coeur d’Alene on Thursday

Getting There: Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport’s new terminal will be five times bigger

100 years ago in Spokane: The growing railway strike showed subtle signs of success

Getting There: Spokane City Line stations getting public art reflecting neighborhoods, history along its 6-mile route

Coeur d’Alene man dies in head-on collision near Bonners Ferry on Saturday evening

‘The road is not going to be given up’: Public access to Lake Pend Oreille at Camp Bay at center of dispute

Post Falls man dies several days after motorcycle crash near Worley

Spokane police officer killed and four people hurt in Priest Lake golf cart crash

One killed in Interstate 90 road-rage shooting in Spokane Valley, troopers say

Six dead in crash involving at least 20 vehicles on Interstate 90 in Montana

Hatch Road Bridge reopens Friday, ending long detour on Spokane’s South Hill

100 years ago in Spokane: A ‘radical’ union man stirred striking railway workers by calling one of his peers ‘a doddering old fossil’

Getting There: Spokane’s city buses can sing, but STA doesn’t want them to

How Biden’s rail expansion could impact Washington train service

Spokane County spending $37 million on transportation construction this year

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