Spokane Valley Mayor Pam Haley nominated three people to the city’s powerful Planning Commission without interviewing any of the eight candidates. When a freshman council member called the candidates himself, Haley accused him of breaking the rules.
The Airport has known about the ‘forever chemicals’ contamination in West Plains groundwater for 6 years. Rather than telling the public — even when required by law — CEO Larry Krauter and other officials quietly lobbied against regulation of the chemicals
Forever chemicals have made groundwater unsafe across the West Plains. Spokane International Airport officials knew for years they were partly to blame, but kept it quiet.
Widely used in many products, including firefighting compounds mandated for use at airports (like Spokane’s) and military bases (like Fairchild). They deplete slowly and are linked with serious health problems, including cancer
As Liberty Lake’s City Council considers taking decision-making control over library policy, disagreements over power, democratic governance and what constitutes obscenity define the debate.
The mayor had vetoed an almost identical ordinance earlier in the year, and supporters on council lacked the votes to override the veto. For the next month only, they have the votes.
A photo of the mayor posing with a constituent wearing an anti-trans shirt came two days before a heated election and two months after her controversial appearance at a Christian nationalist concert.
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