The 'Curing Spokane†video that went viral recently has its flaws, but critics are dismissing the underlying concerns and criticisms in the piece at their own peril – and the peril of the Spokane community as a whole.
The concerns about public safe
The recent lighting of Riverfront Park's U.S. Pavilion provides a light-bulb moment for Spokane residents about what the city's iconic attraction is becoming-and what could follow.
Imagine, for a moment, the next time Spokane hosts a
As the last of the snow melts-let's hope it's the last of it-the buckles in the roads and must-dodge potholes remind Inland Northwest drivers of the heavy toll snow, ice, and cold weather have on roadways.
The Journal news team has written a collection of stories on two dozen of the biggest construction projects in the Inland Northwest. Amazon. Riverfront Park. The North Spokane Corridor, and much more.
Goals of the state's Growth Management Act are in conflict with sentiments of neighbors to urban infill development in many cases, and local governments must muster the political will to see that such development can occur within existing urban growth
Border counties in Washington state face major challenges when competing with Idaho and Oregon for businesses looking to relocate or expand. Legislators, especially those representing the Spokane area, should back a bill that would provide a sustainable
The Washington state Legislature should delay approval of the School Employee Benefits Board program and look for a less-expensive option.
As it stands, the program would cost the state an estimated $900 million in the upcoming biennium and rise
As state lawmakers address housing affordability this legislative session, they should heed calls to revise laws and regulations that create barriers to homeownership.e
With the city's Nov. 6 stadium advisory vote falling nearly 2-1 in favor of retaining the Joe Albi site in northwest Spokane for a high school football facility, rather than build new on the North Bank near downtown, public sentiment would seem abundant
Wonder Spokane LLC has inked the Spokane office of Parametrix Inc. engineering firm as its first tenant in the recently renovated, former Wonder Bread Bakery building-now called the Wonder Building-on the periphery of downtown Spokane.
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