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Spokane pushes for public safety tax increase after eyeing $9M cut to police
(The Center Square) – The City of Spokane’s elected officials approved Mayor Lisa Brown’s Community Safety Sales Tax on Monday night, sending it to the ballot for voters to decide in November. Brown proposed the one-tenth of 1% sales tax increase earlier this month in an effort to plug some of the city’s approximately $50 million deficit. The mayor previously pushed for another much larger property tax but pulled the measure, in part because the city council said it didn't have enough information about the...
Delta operations at Spokane International Airport continue to be affected by CrowdStrike’s global glitch
SPOKANE, Wash. – Many flyers at Spokane International Airport continued to experience significant delays Tuesday while Delta Airlines continues to be affected by the CrowdStrike global glitch. The software update from CrowdStrike crashed the computers of hundreds of international companies, but the most visible impact was to air travel,...
Spokane Chiefs Name a New Head Coach – Plus a Red Deer Opening
We saw two recent moves in the Western Hockey League. A former WHL Coach of the Year has been named head coach to the Spokane Chiefs. Plus, a WHL Associate General Manager will move on to professional hockey - leaving an opening for a team in the Eastern Conference. Spokane...
Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Thunderstorms and high winds are exacerbating it
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already the largest active blaze in the nation. The Durkee Fire, burning near the Oregon-Idaho border about 130...
Today's Headlines: July 23, 2024
Voters in the city of Spokane will decide whether to increase the city sales tax by a tenth of a percent to pay for public safety. The city council voted 5-2 last night to put the measure on the November ballot. Rather than the previously proposed — and then scrapped...
Ice cream eating contest to benefit terminally ill children
SPOKANE, Wash. – An ice cream eating contest will taking place at Brick West Brewing Wednesday to benefit the Wishing Star Foundation. The event, which is open to the public and will start at 6 p.m., will help fund granting wishes to terminally ill children. “Ten local teams will...
WA Animal Response Team Successfully Rescues Great Dane in Need
Grab the tissues, after reading and watching this tremendous rescue, you'll need them. Late Saturday afternoon, July 20th, the WA State Animal Response Team received a call about a great dane named Luna who was in distress. The pup was on the Lake Serene Trail and unable to make it down.
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