Ted McDermott

Assistance from the federal government and better-than-expected local sales tax returns has the public transit authority looking at future building projects, through 2022 and beyond. 

Rebar is showing on the surface of the Central Ferry Bridge connecting Whitman and Garfield counties. The WSDOT says it doesn't have enough money for repairs, and is instead slowing traffic to minimize damage.

GRAND COULEE, Wash. – Darvin Fales stood on the North Dam of Banks Lake on a recent morning and looked down through the town of Grand Coulee toward the water of Lake Roosevelt shimmering in the distance.

The Ray-Freya Alternatives Analysis – as the city-guided, consultant-driven report released this month is known – lays out a large number of other ideas for creating new paths and active-transit connections around Ferris.

If you were south of Coeur d’Alene, where Paul Zambino lives, last week, you probably wouldn’t even know the larch were there.

The list, released last month and slated for approval next month, is a collection of improvements that have been needed for decades, neighbors argue. 

Three options have emerged for the Children of the Sun trail connecting Hillyard to the East Central neighborhood as work on the North Spokane Corridor heats up over the next several years. One would include elevating the trail alongside the interstate, but bike and pedestrian interests are less than enthused about the idea.

COOLIN, IDAHO – “There’s a lot of emotions tied up in this,” Bob Bond said. “Sadness, frustration, anger – you name it.”