As the Eastern Washington COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force approaches its third year of cracking down on thefts of COVID-relief funding there’s no slowdown to prosecutions in sight.
A year since the Spokane City Council legalized expanded housing codes that allow for missing middle housing to be built in previously single-family zones, city leaders are receiving applications, issuing permits, and tweaking bugs in the code.
Shortly after the general election earlier this month, the Journal of Business hosted Spokane Police Chief Kevin Hall for its most recent Elevating The Conversation podcast.
Spokane dermatologist Dr. William Philip Werschler and his businesses have been accused of using $1.5 million in COVID-19 relief funds to purchase sports cars, buy real estate, and pay off personal debt.
Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics is seeking assistance from the Port of Whitman County, Washington, to purchase land and apply for federal cleanup funds for a potentially contaminated property.