Spokane

State Rep. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane, will soon be a state senator, barring an insurgent write-in campaign, after his only opponent withdrew from the race Monday.

The family of a 23-year-old Marshallese man who was killed by police after allegedly holding a knife to a toddler in 2022 may soon receive a settlement of $250,000 from the city of Spokane, avoiding a lengthy and potentially costly civil trial.

German concert pianist Johannes Fischer overcame a pair of difficulties during his American debut at Expo ’74.

The Spokane City Council will consider a new, longer ban on new development in Latah Valley area while development rules are overhauled and funding secured for a long-delayed fire station.

An unidentified youth fell from Expo ’74’s Skyride – a chairlift that spanned the fairgrounds – and ran away, apparently unharmed.

The Dishman Theater opened in October 1938 with a capacity of 516. The opening night film was “Having Wonderful Time” and starred Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Dressed in light green T-shirts, black pants and shoes and knitted green Shrek hats, the Centennial Middle School band played Smash Mouth’s “All Star” as they marched Saturday morning through downtown Spokane.

Spokane greenspace added 500 new trees this week.

The previous day’s power outage at Expo ’74 was a bigger problem than earlier reports had indicated.

A major property tax levy was officially pulled off of the August ballot Thursday after a unanimous vote by the Spokane City Council.

Spokane Valley City Councilman Al Merkel will continue to be sequestered from most city staffers after an independent investigation found a pattern of disrespectful behavior toward city staff.

Even though it has been a bit dry this spring, the conditions are still right for fairy ring mushrooms to pop up in our lawns.

In the mid-’80s, Cherylee Duncan found a tiny white ceramic bowl and pitcher at a thrift shop, and bought it. That first piece launched a collection of what she calls “lumpy whites.”

Expo ’74 was indeed a “world’s” fair, if the crowds so far were any indication.

The Spokane County Democratic Party has dual-endorsed two candidates running to represent Eastern Washington in Congress: former diplomat Carmela Conroy and OB-GYN Bernadine Bank.

A major Spokane property tax increase likely will be pulled from the August ballot to allow time for “additional analysis,” Mayor Lisa Brown’s administration announced Wednesday. .

The Spokesman-Review reported that “much of Spokane’s business community now spends its lunch hour at Expo.”

Spokane County is poised to pour $5.2 million into hands-on medical treatment to detox and treat drug addicts as elected officials try to slow the deepening fentanyl crisis.

Crowds at Expo ’74 continued to surpass expectations, totaling about 143,392 over the fair’s first three days.