Government

City's parks department plans to make Mission ballfield more accessible

Children with disabilities to have chance to play ball

July 14, 2016

The city of Spokane will begin construction in September at Mission Park on a baseball field and facility for youth with physical disabilities. The overall goal is to make the park the most accessible in Spokane for people with disabilities.

Cd'A Fire Department builds its fourth station

$1.2 million facility to be completed in December

July 14, 2016

Mike McLean

The Coeur d'Alene Fire Department is building a $1.2 million, 7,000-square-foot station in northwest Coeur d'Alene. The facility, which will be the department's fourth station, will have room for two fire trucks and will be staffed by seven firefig

Next phase of MLK Way extension to start

Work to cost $3.6 million, be completed by spring

July 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

The second phase of the city of Spokane's Martin Luther King Jr. Way extension project is expected to begin this week. The project, broken into three phases so far, is intended to provide a more efficient route for traffic moving along the south edge o

Restaurant project at Indiana-Monroe intersection shelved after city's input

Plan called for Burger King at former Shari's location

July 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Plans to develop a Burger King restaurant at the site of a former Shari's restaurant at the southwest corner of the busy intersection of Monroe Street, Indiana Avenue, and Northwest Boulevard have been shelved, sparking complaints from a commercial real

Bye-bye to medical marijuana dispensaries

Deadline elevates concerns for customer patients

June 30, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Senate Bill 5052, the Washington measure to close all medical cannabis dispensaries not licensed with the state's Liquor and Cannabis Board, will take effect this Friday, July 1. Signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee this past April, the bill, now titled

Riverfront Park work to roll

First of $64.3 million in jobs to start by summer's end

June 30, 2016

More than 18 months after voters approved a $64.3 million facelift for Riverfront Park, the city is preparing to start turning dirt there. City of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department Director Leroy Eadie says contractors could break ground before sum

Fairchild is finalist to receive new tankers

Air Force expects to select site by end of year

June 23, 2016

Staff Report

The U.S. Air Force said Fairchild Air Force Base is one of five finalists to receive the next round of KC-46A Pegasus air refueling tankers. Other bases on the short list are Dover Air Force Base, in Delaware; Grand Forks Air Force Base, in North Dakot

Spokane International Airport to start project in July along Flint Road

Work includes restrooms for cell phone waiting lot

June 16, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Airports has awarded Newman Lake-based contractor Wm Winkler Co. a $1.7 million contract for a Flint Road realignment project. Todd Woodard, spokesman for Spokane Airports, says the project is set to begin in July and is expected to conclude by l

Spokane Public Facilities District to revisit Sportsplex funding

Legislative request likely, as is local ballot measure

June 16, 2016

The Spokane Public Facilities District will ask the state Legislature again next year for part of the estimated $41 million needed to finance a proposed sports field house, called the Sportsplex, north of the Spokane River, PFD chairman Larry Soehren says

Q&A with Bill Savitz, of Ignite Northwest: Accelerating business

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June 2, 2016

Linn Parish

Bill Savitz spent most of his 40-year career at Garco Building Systems, working for and eventually co-owning the West Plains pre-engineered building maker. Now, the 59-year-old veteran of industry is building something new: a business accelerator. As CE