A preliminary financial report released last month shows revenue and passenger counts at Spokane International Airport are on the rise, with data showing consolidated revenues of nearly $11.5 million through April, about 7.1 percent above budget. Todd W...
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A small group of Tekoa-based boosters of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail hope a tentative agreement they’ve reached with owners of farmland between their town and the North Idaho town of Plummer will connect a three-state network of rail trails. The group...
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City of Spokane officials are reaching out to community organizations and residents this month to gather input about housing quality in the city. Three public meetings have been held in June to review recommendations offered by Mayor David Condon’s Hou...
Full StoryProminent Spokane developers Harlan Douglass and his sons, Harley and Lanzce, are seeking a total of five amendments to the Spokane County comprehensive land-use plan. One request seeks to tweak language to clarify that development of access from major m...
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With cases of elder financial fraud on the rise, Edward D. Jones & Co., one of the nation’s leading suppliers of financial services for individual investors, sent 85 employee volunteers to Washington, D.C., last month to meet with legislators to discuss...
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Although a number of long-planned transportation system improvements are underway, it likely will take much of this road construction season—if not longer—for street crews to complete urgent repairs of winter and spring water damage. In Spokane, the ...
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The city of Spokane parks department says it plans to open the new Riverfront Park ice rink—and ticket office for the rink and Skyride facility—in November. “The desire is to make the ice ribbon a destination place as the holidays approach,” says...
Full StoryThe Spokane County Public Works Department plans to start two projects worth a combined total of $19 million as part of its continuing work on Bigelow Gulch and Forker roads. Martha Lou Wheatley-Billeter, Spokane County’s public works information and o...
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Filling a national shortage of real estate appraisers comes down to a matter of compensation catching up with demand, says Michael Robinson, owner of Hearthstone Appraisal PLLC, of Spokane. He adds, however, that some forces within the industry don’t ...
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The City of Coeur d’Alene has launched a $1.9 million remodel project of its City Hall building, at 710 E. Mullan, at the east end of the city’s central business district. The intent of the project is to prolong the life of the City Hall building in ...
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