The City of Spokane says slow traffic and lane reductions will happen on Washington Street between 3rd Avenue and Spokane ...

City officials, joined by eager kids, cut the ribbon on a new sport court at Underhill Park in the East Central neighborhood Thursday morning. The $628,000 project included new paving, lighting, ...

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WA Supreme Court strikes down Spokane’s Prop 1, ruling it exceeded local initiative powers. City’s existing homeless camping rules remain in place.

The Washington State Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling that held Spokane’s so-called “Hansen Initiative” exceeded the scope of the local initiative power.

In a high-stakes battle over homelessness policy, the Washington Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, ruled Thursday that Spokane voters cannot use the ballot box to rewrite the city’s rules on ...

Athol Fugard, an acclaimed South African playwright whose works explored the brutality of his country’s apartheid regime, using anger and empathy to protest the dehumanizing effects of racial ...

The downtown skyline is shown from the South Hill in Spokane, Wash., on June 4, 2018. The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has sued the city of Spokane, alleging that its anti-homeless ...

Roughly 2,000 people living in Spokane were homeless as of January, marking a 15 percent decrease from 2023. Spokane, located in eastern Washington, has a population of about 230,000 residents.

FILE - The downtown skyline is shown from the South Hill in Spokane, Wash., on June 4, 2018. The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has sued the city of Spokane, alleging that its anti ...

South Sudan has four players who have appeared in an NBA game. They’ve scored a combined 1,228 points and started 19 games. Didn’t matter. It was 8-0 U.S. after 2 1/2 minutes.