Government

Wildfire-fighting company Aero-Flite to relocate to Spokane International Airport

Arizona-based company could create 22 jobs initially, more later

November 20, 2014

Areo-Flite Inc., a Kingman, Ariz.-based wild land firefighting company, is in the process of relocating its operations to a hangar on the south side of the airport, next to the air traffic control tower. The company's relocation is the subject of an a

Deer Park starts to replace wastewater lagoon liners

$7.5 million project could be finished by end of '16

November 20, 2014

Katie Ross

The city of Deer Park has begun a $7.5 million project to replace the plastic liners in its three effluent storage lagoons, which together can hold up to 135 million gallons of wastewater.

Road-through-park lawsuit against Spokane County OK'd

Appellate court overturns trial court's case dismissal

November 20, 2014

Kim Crompton

A Washington state appellate court panel here has reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that Spokane County commissioners improperly authorized the construction of a road through dedicated parkland in the Wandermere area north of Spokane to serve a

Spokane County Assessor's Office endeavors to keep pace with growing market

Property values increase, near peak reached in '09

November 20, 2014

Judith Spitzer

With nearly 72 percent of the votes in the recent election, Republican Vicki Horton has four more years as Spokane County Assessor-and a mandate to keep doing what she's doing.

Big expectations for big expansion at the Spokane Convention Center

Development brings exhibit hall space to 100,000 square feet

November 20, 2014

Katie Ross

The first phase of the $50 million, 92,000-square-foot Spokane Convention Center expansion project should be completed by mid-December, says the Spokane Public Facilities District.

Guide to help employers get workers back on the job

Effort aims to put people on clock within three days

November 20, 2014

Judith Spitzer

A Washington State University Spokane nursing professor has published a guide to help employers and employees with job-related injuries get back to work, using a $138,000 grant from the state's Safety & Health Investment Projects (SHIP) Grant Program.

Spokane International Airport, tenant association object to proposed FAA hangar policy

Hangar regulations viewed as overreaching

November 6, 2014

Katie Ross

Spokane International Airport and the Spokane Airport Tenant Association claim a controversial airport hangar use policy proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration has significant flaws. The policy outlines the use of hangars at any airport that re

Growth rate slows for Spokane County's biggest tax bills

Avista retains No. 1 ranking among property owners

November 6, 2014

Mike McLean

Tax bills levied on the top 50 property owners in Spokane County for 2014 totaled $46.3 million, up 4.4 percent from the total tax bills for the top 50 property taxpayers in 2013, county records show. The rate of increase, though, was substantially slowe

Fairchild Air Force Base doubles down on KC-135

Passed over on new KC-46, West Plains installment wants more old tankers

November 6, 2014

Katie Ross

Col. Charles 'Brianâ€ McDaniel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander at Fairchild Air Force Base, says he's identified his main objective for the base, since taking command on July 25. 'For me, I want it to be the center of excellence in air refueli

Spokane Regional Transportation Council gives nod to newest transportation program

$304 million to be spent on 96 projects in county

October 23, 2014

Katie Ross

The Spokane Regional Transportation Council has rolled out its 2015-to-2018 transportation improvement program for Spokane County, which contains 96 projects totaling $304 million. Anna Ragaza-Bourassa, a senior transportation planner with SRTC, says th