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Government

Stantec awarded contract to assess state rest areas

Project starts this month, to be finished in mid-2019
October 11, 2018
LeAnn Bjerken
The Spokane office of Stantec Inc., an international design firm with headquarters in Edmonton, Alberta, is one of three others that will be working on a recently awarded $575,000 contract to lead a statewide evaluation of 33 rest areas
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Spokane Transit Authority, Greenstone team up on pilot project

Effort is bus system's first with private partner
October 11, 2018
LeAnn Bjerken
Liberty Lake-based real estate development company Greenstone Corp. has announced a new partnership with Spokane Transit Authority that will enable residents, business owners, and employees in the Kendall Yards neighborhood access to free transit.
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Spokane Valley launches new infrastructure reporting system

SVexpress application employs GPS mapping
October 11, 2018
Virginia Thomas
Since launching a citizen infrastructure reporting app last month, the City of Spokane Valley has received more than a dozen reports through the app, says Elisha Heath, executive assistant to the city manager.
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—Samantha Peone

New statute modifies mammogram results notification

Law requires providers to inform women of dense tissue following screening
October 11, 2018
Samantha Peone
A new Washington state law takes effect within a few months that will require health care facilities, following a mammogram, to inform patients if they have dense breast tissue, says Dr. Rachel O'Connor
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—LeAnn Bjerken

New text service aims to keep defendants out of jail

While reducing failure to appear rates, tool cuts costs
September 27, 2018
LeAnn Bjerken
A newly implemented text-messaging service designed to remind defendants of upcoming court dates has the potential to reduce failure-to-appear rates and save money in Spokane County courtrooms as well as space in its jails, says a Spokane public defender
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—Natasha Nellis

2018 Rising Stars: Emily Arneson

STA ombudsman prefers helping people to billing them
September 13, 2018
Nina Culver
Last year, employment and public records attorney Emily Arneson knew she needed a new line of work even though she enjoyed what she was doing for a Spokane law firm. 'I really hated having to bill people for the work I was doing,” Arneson says. 'I
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Otis Hotel project's asbestos, lead woes to be resolved soon

Developer gets green light from Ecology; L&I inquiry is nearing its deadline
September 13, 2018
Samantha Peone
Following months of delays, the Otis Hotel redevelopment project has been cleared of lead contamination concerns by the Washington state Department of Ecology, says Portland, Ore.-based developer Curtis Rystadt. Additionally, the Washington state
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$5.1 million display hangar planned at Felts Field

Historic Flight Foundation to expand into building once it's completed
August 30, 2018
LeAnn Bjerken
Construction has begun on a new $5.1 million hangar at Felts Field airport. Todd Woodard, spokesman for Spokane Airports, says the building will be leased to the Historic Flight Foundation, which is based at Paine Field in Everett, Wash., for use as a
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—City of Spokane

City's water-saving incentive generates interest

Nearly 40 SpokaneScape projects approved so far
August 30, 2018
Virginia Thomas
Marlene Feist, City of Spokane director of strategic development for public works and utilities, says a program intended to help Spokane residents conserve water through landscaping is seeing some success. The SpokaneScape program incentivizes the use
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Excelsior receives $2 million state health facilities grant

Nonprofit says funds to be used to increase size of planned new structure
August 16, 2018
LeAnn Bjerken
Spokane nonprofit Excelsior Youth Center has been awarded a $2 million Behavioral Health Facilities grant. Andrew Hill, president at Excelsior, located at 3754 W. Indian Trail Road, says the youth center plans to use the funding to double projected
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