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Near nature, near top spender

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Spokane County, as a whole, sees between $1 billion and $2.5 billion in outdoor recreation expenditures annually, which puts it in the top six counties statewide for outdoor recreation expenditures, says a recent study commissioned by the Olympia, Wash.-b...

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Spokane-area construction values fell in 2014

The total value of Spokane-area building permits fell sharply last year compared with a year earlier...

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A palette-able trend

Start with a glass of wine or a microbrew, sprinkle in artistic expression, mix in friends, old and ...

Spokane County receives grant for Market Street work

Spokane County will begin in March the design phase of a $2.2 million project to improve a section o...

Road-through-park lawsuit against Spokane County OK’d

A Washington state appellate court panel here has reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that ...

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Marijuana retailers in Spokane grapple with pricing

As the recreational marijuana industry slowly rolls out throughout Washington state, retailers here are reporting modest initial sales. However, several challenges remain. As of Oct. 21, Spokane County has 55 approved marijuana producers, 39 approved ...

Spokane Regional Transportation Council gives nod to newest transportation program

The Spokane Regional Transportation Council has rolled out its 2015-to-2018 transportation improvement program for Spokane County, which contains 96 projects totaling $304 million. Anna Ragaza-Bourassa, a senior transportation planner with SRTC, says th...

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Post-recession job numbers in Spokane still aren’t back to even

As the Spokane area continues to recover after the great recession, one indicator of economic improvement is lagging behind here: job creation. Spokane County lost a total of about 13,500 jobs in 2009 and 2010, but as of last year had recovered only abo...

Spokane County Raceway has affiliated with International Hot Rod Association

Spokane County Raceway has announced it will switch governing bodies starting next year in a move that’s expected to bring at least one nationally televised drag race event to the track. With the switch, Spokane County Raceway will be the first Interna...

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Combating county’s high maternal smoking rate

Despite the well-known dangers of smoking cigarettes during pregnancy, the percentage of expectant women who smoked in Spokane County is almost twice the rate of pregnant smokers in Washington state as a whole, say Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) ...

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