CIVICS: Traffic Calming in Spokane, homelessness contracts, Liberty Lake tackles “the climate element,” and Spokane Public Schools get a new board member.
County Commissioner French said the county had hired an attorney to “draft agreements” to pipe water to residents with forever chemical contamination. Prosecutor Haskell told Commissioner Chris Jordan the county was planning no agreements.
At the heart of the tight race for the seat covering the southwestern-most parts of the county: debate over PFAS contamination and the pace of development.
Public safety is top of mind in Spokane Valley, which will send a new state senator to Olympia in a couple of weeks. One candidate sees that issue as being much bigger than cops and includes healthcare, childcare and food security.
Spokane apostle Cal Pierce bought a $1M home through his nonprofit Healing Rooms Ministries — a 25-year project with a global presence and ties to far-right Christianity. He tried to exempt it from property taxes, but Washington denied his application.
Plus, a slate of controversial first readings at Spokane City Council, including an ordinance that would prevent landlords without business licenses from raising rent or evicting tenants.
CIVICS: Spokane city discusses their plan for winter sheltering, Spokane County Commissioners will decide whether or not to break up homeless encampments with no regard for shelter capacity.
Voters will decide in November whether Washington governments will be able to move away from fossil gas, a potent contributor to climate change, when they vote on Initiative 2066.
A sales tax from Spokane city and the continuation of a sales tax from Spokane County are up for a vote. What do they pay for and how much will they cost you? We have the answers.
Officials have raised questions about the origins of ‘forever chemicals’ on the grounds of Spokane International Airport. An investigation released last week said the contamination probably resulted from SIA firefighting training.
