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Spokane’s Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections

Get a sense for the safety of our city’s streets — and your neighborhood — with a virtual tour of Spokane’s most dangerous intersections with our City Hall reporter and our urbanism columnist.

By Erin Sellers and Lauren Pangborn

/ 20 Nov 2024

What’s coming in Spokane’s bike and active transportation infrastructure in 2026

Where the money goes

It's a testament to this community that we have made it this far, but compared to the budgets of other news operations in our area, ours is tiny. How do we do so much with so little?

By Luke Baumgarten and Valerie Osier

/ 19 Nov 2024

WIDE RANGE: Keep Big Bird, kill journalism?

STA lays out its big transit dreams for Division and beyond in the Connect 2035 plan

Connect 2035 charts all the agency's high hopes for the next ten years, but still, some say it's not dreaming big enough.

By Erin Sellers

/ 19 Nov 2024

Spokane Valley joins Spokane in the fight for fair board representation

CIVICS: Plus, Central Valley is having a special meeting to ask the US Congress to limit transgender kids’ sports participation.

By Erin Sellers

/ 18 Nov 2024

Part of High Bridge Park set to be leased to American Indian Community Center for $1 a year

PODCAST: City Hall closure, Queer in Idaho, Election results & what they mean

Luke and Erin discussed the closure of City Hall due to threats of violence, the most recent Spokane election results (and what they actually MEAN) and an update on gender affirming healthcare options in Idaho.

By RANGE

/ 15 Nov 2024

Lilac Loop, 27 by 2027, Urban Mobility Network: whatever it’s called, Spokane’s planning for it

There’s a new plan to build 27 miles of low-stress walking and cycling routes by 2027 — aka an Urban Mobility Network. See if the network is coming to your neighborhood.

By Lauren Pangborn

/ 14 Nov 2024

Another local school district is targeting transgender student athletes

Plus, in Spokane Valley parks after hours? That could soon be a misdemeanor.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 11 Nov 2024

Is French fried? Probably not.

A rundown of the local races we’ve been covering and where they stand today. What’s set in stone, what’s too close to call and what the local landscape will look like heading into next year.

By Erin Sellers, Luke Baumgarten and Aaron Hedge

/ 7 Nov 2024

COLUMN: Why student-led organizing gives me hope

Litter a lot? That could be a gross misdemeanor

CIVICS: Traffic Calming in Spokane, homelessness contracts, Liberty Lake tackles “the climate element,” and Spokane Public Schools get a new board member.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 4 Nov 2024

The Tax that 99.95% of People Don’t Pay

I-2109 | The details you need to vote on repealing a capital gains tax that raises hundreds of millions of dollars for education and early learning — a tax that fewer than 1 tenth of 1 percent of people ever pay.

By Luke Baumgarten

/ 4 Nov 2024

What the failure of Initiative 2117 means for Spokane’s transit

Al French and Larry Haskell at odds over French’s claims on West Plains contamination progress

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.

By Aaron Hedge

/ 2 Nov 2024

What do your council candidates want to do about climate change?

SRHD board defers treatment services decision again

The drawn-out process on studying the possibility of privatizing opioid treatment services is starting to have real consequences.

By Erin Sellers

/ 1 Nov 2024

Allegations against Washington gender-affirming surgeon stir fears of backlash for trans patients