Plus, Spokane city committee discussing $100k in direct support to immigrant communities and local governments will meet to hear a contamination cleanup update from the airport.
Spokane City Council approves eviction prevention program as Washington’s eviction filings soar to a historic high for the second year in a row.
Torres was wrongfully detained in violation of his Fifth Amendment rights, a district court ruled Thursday.
The council will also discuss banning ICE from using all city property, and SPD Chief Hall will talk immigration and homelessness enforcement.
CIVICS: Plus, positive momentum on permanent housing for homeless folks, abstinence sex ed and new resources for West Plains PFAS contamination.
CIVICS: Plus, Spokane Falls Boulevard redesign and Spokane County takes accountability for PFAS.
Here’s what you need to know, who you should follow for reputable information and what the Spokane community is doing in response.
Plus, a new chair person for STA, city council commission appointments and an executive compensation conversation for the library director.
CIVICS: Spokane County set to spend millions on TASERs, body cameras and surveilling private drones.
CIVICS: Spokane City Council could ban software artificially inflating rents, set their legislative agenda and laying groundwork to ban kratom.
CIVICS: Plus, extra overtime on offer for SpoVal cops during holidays, Spokane Valley projects a deficit in 2026 and Spo City could declare 2025 the year of the Cooperative.
CIVICS: Plus, a stormwater impacts study paid for by the airport.
