Local government

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown has backed down from an effort started by her predecessor to disperse addiction treatment services from the city’s downtown core, after a concerted push by businesses to oppose the plan.

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown has proposed major changes to the sales tax measure voters will consider this November, including a sunset provision, though the proposal comes months too late to change the ballot measure itself.

Mike Varallo had thought he found a way to pay for the next four to five months of his electricity bill without dipping into his limited funds.

Chewelah is currently working on a major water system upgrade that will help resolve a high level of a certain mineral in the water. This comes 50 years after its last upgrade.

An investigation into Spokane Valley Councilman Al Merkel's social media platform has concluded that he is "likely in violation of the Washington State Public Records Act."

The city of Spokane has announced another proposal to cut costs by offering union employees an early retirement incentive, taking another step to close the city’s budget gap that is projected by officials to be $14 million going into next year, an improvement over the $25 million hole elected leaders were peering down in January.

Spangle Cemetery Board asking voters for 1 year levy to maintain pioneer cemetery.

The city of Spokane is struggling to meet its obligations under the state Public Records Act, a tool meant to allow everyone, whether they’re reporters, lawyers, cranks or concerned citizens, to crack open Washington governments and understand how decisions get made.

Spokane’s ticket-issuing speed cameras, all of which are located near schools, will turn on Tuesday with the first day of a new school year.

In the fight over how Spokane fields its 911 calls, Mayor Lisa Brown and the Spokane Regional Emergency Communications remain at an impasse.

A large portrait of Jim Chase, the first Black mayor of not only Spokane but any major city in Washington, was unveiled Wednesday by City Council President Betsy Wilkerson, who is today the city’s only Black elected leader, during a ceremony in the city hall art gallery that bears his name.

Sixty-seven households struggling to afford a home may soon find relief as housing units are built, bought or rehabilitated after the Spokane City Council approved spending another $9 million to assist with 10 developments.

When Kevin Hall was younger, he didn’t foresee a career in law enforcement.

There’ll be no more necking, tom foolery or loitering at two prominent eastern Spokane County viewpoints for the foreseeable future.

As energy companies continue to eye large wind farms in Eastern Washington, Spokane County commissioners are setting the terms for what they’ll look like within the county’s borders.

Spokane Police Department Communications Manager and former KHQ reporter Julie Humphreys will be let go after more than four years working for the city, officials confirmed Tuesday.

The developers tasked with turning a former gravel pit into the next Kendall Yards have asked the county if they can alter course.

The Spokane City Council gave its backing on Monday to Mayor Lisa Brown’s choice to serve as the city’s next police chief.

Gerri Johnson walked out of her boutique the day the Gray fire broke out to see embers falling from the sky.