Government

$5.1 million display hangar planned at Felts Field

Historic Flight Foundation to expand into building once it's completed

August 30, 2018

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

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

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

Lydig, Integrus awarded Sportsplex project

Work on $42 million venue expected to start early next year

August 16, 2018

Samantha Peone

The Spokane Public Facility District's board of directors has approved the design-build team of Lydig Construction Inc. and Integrus Architecture PS, both of Spokane, to develop the $42 million Sportsplex near downtown, says Stephanie Curran, CEO of the

Flirting with fiber in Spokane

Group zeroes in on a couple of options for municipal high-speed internet

August 16, 2018

Virginia Thomas

Members of a city-appointed working group charged with exploring options for a fiber optic network in Spokane say they've narrowed their focus to two possibilities: a public-private partnership or a private company. The concept is not without its

Transit center in works at Riverstone in Cd'A

New project out for bids, to be completed mid-2019

August 2, 2018

Virginia Thomas

A new transit center is planned for the Riverstone area of Coeur d'Alene. Kootenai County Public Transportation Director Jody Bieze says the project, to be built at the northwest junction of Riverstone Drive and Seltice Way, is out for bids through Aug.

Landmarks commission receives national recognition

Honor celebrates work highlighting midcentury modern architecture

August 2, 2018

Mike McLean

The Spokane Historic Landmarks Commission has received a national award for its work on an inventory of midcentury modern architecture here. The Commission Excellence Award, which honors outstanding efforts and achievements by local preservation

New statute affects condo, homeowners associations

Law for common-interest communities applies to all developers, sellers, others

July 19, 2018

Brett Sullivan

On July 1, major changes to Washington state law governing homeowners and condominium owners associations took effect. Representing approximately 12 years of effort by lawyers, developers, builders, and real estate professionals, those changes affect all

Spokane International Airport begins $24.1 million in projects

Work includes parking lot, runway improvements

July 19, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane International Airport representatives say this month marks the start of four construction projects, including routine runway and taxiway maintenance, two new parking lot expansions, and tenant improvements with a total cost of nearly $24.1 million

Vets on the Farm expands beyond Spokane County

Program now has helped former military personnel in total of seven counties

July 5, 2018

Samantha Peone

Since the Spokane Conservation District founded the Vets on the Farm program in Spokane County in 2015, the program has expanded into six other counties in Washington and worked with roughly 200 veterans in some capacity. The program also recently partn