Voices

The George and Blanche Christensen House has earned a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

The North Spokane Library will be closed Monday to prepare the Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Exploring Human Origins: What Does It Mean to Be Human?” The exhibit will open Tuesday, running through Feb. 2. It features educational panels, interactive kiosks, videos and hands-on displays.

There are lots of resources available for gardeners who want to make their spaces friendlier to pollinators and beneficial insects.

Spokane County will get 10 additional beds at Eastern State Hospital for mental health patients as the result of an agreement with Central Washington counties. The deal is necessary after some services in the community saw cuts.

Christmas is all about miracles – about the unexpected showing up in the middle of the ordinary.

City offices and services will be closed or delayed because of the holidays. Spokane City Hall will close at noon Thursday and Dec. 31, and will be closed Friday and Jan. 1, in observance of Christmas and New Year’s Day. Spokane Public Libraries will be closed Thursday, Friday and Jan. 1. The Spokane Municipal Court will also be closed both Fridays.

Spokane Public Schools students who want to attend a school other than their neighborhood school still have time to do so until Jan. 18 at spokaneschools.org/enrollment. On the enrollment site, families can research school and program options and apply for their top choices.

They’re those teams that make you ask, when your open your season ticket package, who is this? Do they even have a team?

Voters rejection of new library makes redesign of Spokane Valley Balfour Park necessary