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The Washington State Auditor’s Office has issued a detailed report clearing the Spokane Valley City Council – specifically Councilmen Ed Pace and Sam Wood, and Deputy Mayor Arne Woodard and Mayor Rod Higgins who were serving at the time – of violations of the Open Public Meetings Act and mismanagement of public funds in connection with the firing of former city manager Mike Jackson.

The Lewis and Clark High School drama department’s production of John Patrick’s “The Curious Savage” opens Thursday. “The Curious Savage” tells the tale of Ethel P. Savage, a kind and carefree woman who gives away her inheritance against the wishes of her greedy stepchildren.

They’ve spent a couple of months in the occasionally hot seats of the Spokane Valley City Council and they are beginning to get a feel for how city government works.

Investigators believe the engine of a propane powered forklift somehow sparked a fire that blew the doors off a warehouse at 4516 N. Barker Road on Nov. 2.

Investigators are making progress on identifying suspects in the theft of an estimated $16,000 worth of tools stolen in a vehicle prowl in the 22000 block of Penrose Road on Oct. 30.

If you had one sentence to describe Spokane Valley, what would it be? That was one of the questions Atlas Advertising, the consulting company that’s been hired to develop a marketing plan for Spokane Valley, was tasked with answering.

High school wrestling pretty much stands alone. The chances of earning a college scholarship in the sport are, at best, slim. Professional wrestling resembles the sport of amateur wrestling the way the lightning bug resembles lightning.

Students from Central Valley High School have earned AP Scholar Awards for their academic success on their Advance Placement exams.

Also this week: West Valley opens “Dracula,” West Valley Early Learning Center hosts open house, Roosevelt wins grant for school garden.

A pair of Lady Bears played a role in bringing Eastern Washington its first Big Sky Conference women’s soccer championship Sunday and will take the field when the Eagles cash in their automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.

The Spokane Valley City Council chambers was packed on election night because there were two public hearings on the agenda: one about the

The recent rash of vehicle prowls has died down in Liberty Lake, leaving police officers to respond to traffic accidents, suspicious vehicles and an old-fashioned egging.