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Bridge work to close State Route 290 and Hamilton Street ramps to and from I-90
SPOKANE, Wash. — The James E. Keefe bridge will be closed for repairs in the evenings beginning on Sunday, July 28. The Washington State Department of Transportation says travelers who use the interchange at State Route 290 and Hamilton Street to get to and from Interstate 90 should plan extra time to account for travel delays.
Dry cold front ushers in breezy winds and areas of elevated fire danger
Daytime highs will be in the mid to upper 90s and triple digits on Wednesday, with our next dry cold front set to arrive Wednesday evening into Thursday producing gusty winds and the potential for heightened fire danger. There is now a red flag warning for Okanogan county in central...
Weather Impact Alert: High Fire Danger for eastern Washington
SPOKANE, Wash. — An approaching storm system will start to increase winds across the Inland Northwest. And the overall dry and windy weather means that some will be under threat of higher fire danger in the next 24 hours. Red Flag Warnings have already been issued for the Okanogan...
Family Promise's FLASH Program helping house families
SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane mayor Lisa Brown has said she wants to transition from a mass shelter system to a smaller site, or scattered, system to address the city's homeless problem. But the City of Spokane Valley is already seeing success with a scattered system in a pilot program run by Family Promise.
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...
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