Voices

Said Larry Klavano: “This is Ketchum Hell. We call him Ketch. He is a South Hill border collie. How he got his name: I lived in Ketchum, Idaho, for 20 years. The local saying was ‘Ketchum Hell ... we can’t even find them,’ and they were talking about us locals.”

Despite a protest outside City Hall Tuesday and numerous speakers supporting fired city manager Mike Jackson, the majority of the Spokane Valley City Council refused to consider launching an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding Jackson’s termination.

Complex design work for East Sprague Avenue street and walkway improvements is forcing a delay in construction until next year

Music by the East Valley High School band and a hose-uncoupling ceremony ushered in a new era Saturday as Newman Lake Fire and Rescue officially opened its first new fire station in 50 years.

Bill Gothmann’s term on the Spokane Valley City Council ends in June, and he’s not interested in an extension. “I think it’s time for me to return to retirement,” Gothmann said.

This is one of the earliest springs I can remember in the Inland Northwest and I’ve been here almost 40 years. Forsythias are blooming a month early and there are swelling buds on a lot of other plants.

My husband now has the best eyesight of anyone in our family. He used to have the worst. Bruce has worn glasses since he was a very young boy. The big E at the top of the eye chart was not only fuzzy to him, he couldn’t even see the chart because the entire wall was a blur. We don’t actually know what his vision measured out to be. His optometrist explained that they pretty much stop counting at 20/400, so Bruce’s vision was considered 20/400-plus.

Giant Nerd Books on North Monroe features an eclectic selection of used books.

There will be a coronation ceremony on Saturdy in honor of Madi Casto, the 2016 Miss Spokane Interstate Rodeo.

Spokane County Commissioners bought a mobile, trailer-loaded cabin from local nonprofit the Inland Northwest Fuller Center for Housing to add to its offerings at Liberty Lake Regional Park this week.

Avista Corp. is working on plans to install a new landscaped drainage and infiltration basin on its campus along Upriver Drive and the Centennial Trail.