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Spokane City Council approves fire department funding
The budget constraint is due to high overtime work by the fire brigade and anomalies in paid leisure use.
SPOKANE, Washington - Spokane City Council approved millions in additional funding for the city's fire…
Spokane Chiefs swap Jack Finley for Winnipeg for two strikers and a second-round pick
The Spokane Chiefs have acquired forwards James Form and Chase Bertholet and a WHL Prospects second-round draft pick 2024 from the Winnipeg ICE in exchange for striker Jack Finley and a seventh-round 2024 pick, the team…
Spokane Public Schools adds more than 200 preschool places, but gaps remain
Spokane Public Schools are steadily expanding their early intervention programs, but have still not caught up with demand.
During a presentation to the school board on Wednesday evening, staff said that more than 200…
Then and Now Gallery: Then and Now: Tobogganing in Spokane – Dec 5, 2021
Tobogganing, the winter sport of children sliding down snow-covered slopes in parks and back streets, had a different meaning in Spokane in the 1880s. The tobogganing season meant the ground had finally…
Spokane County MPs take away local children’s vacation shopping
December 5, 2021 12:03 PM
Posted on December 5, 2021 12:03 PM
COPYRIGHT KXLY 4 NEW PRODUCTS NOWSPOKANE, Washington. - Children in Inland Northwest had…
100 years ago in Spokane: a talking skull, a disembodied voice, and a phantom-like doll terrified a…
One correspondent was shocked by what he saw at the Big Electric Show, a six-day exhibition in Spokane.
A skull resting on a black plinth asked him "the time of day" and asked how the correspondent "liked the show".
In another…
Vehicle collision with pedestrian blocks roads in North Spokane | news
SPOKANE, Wash. - At around 2:00 p.m. Saturday, police responded to reports of a vehicle collision with a pedestrian near N. Perry and E. Ermina Avenues. Witnesses told 911 operators that the driver of a…
100 years ago in Spokane: The cold weather made some residents of the Manito Park Zoo ‘in a…
Winter put the animals in the Manito Park Zoo in an unhappy mood, according to the zoo's keepers.
"The moose are insidious and nobody wants to take any chances with them," said the zookeepers. "... The bears, apart from the…
Spokane Police launches new program to catch package thieves
December 3, 2021 9:09 PM
Posted: December 3, 2021 9:09 PM
SPOKANE, Washington - Everyone deals with package thieves year round. During the holidays,…