As crews work to thin underbrush to reduce wildfire risk, climate and population conspire to make the season more dangerous. Here’s what’s happening and what you can do.
As environmentalists call foul, the Ruby River Hotel ticks off the checklist of requirements to build a large dock east of Division Street. Some worry the project would change the river forever.
Nearly a decade after Spokane Airport found forever chemicals in its groundwater, the state is requiring the city of Spokane and Spokane County to get affected well owners safe water.
Six hopefuls for Spokane and Spokane Valley city councils said the region should respond to global warming, but some worried budget shortfalls may hamper those efforts.
A new task force is providing the first official county response to the ‘forever chemicals’ crisis on the West Plains. Its leaders are considering declaring an emergency that would mobilize response funds.
The two governments jointly own Spokane International Airport, which discovered the chemicals six years before disclosing to the public. The decision could direct funding from the city and county for cleanup.
Spokane County sends much of its organic waste to a facility in Fishtrap, but it can’t process everything, and it can be hard to tell what’s admissible. We’re breaking it down for you.
The body would represent the first time the county has paid formal attention to the PFAS contamination crisis between Airway Heights and Spokane since the chemicals were found in West Plains groundwater more than 7 years ago.
