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Also in 1893 the Board of County Commissioners for Spokane County held a design contest, soliciting plans for a fire-proof masonry building that could be constructed for no more than $250,000. Twenty-nine-year-old architect Willis A. Ritchie's submission was selected, and Ritchie was awarded 5% of the cost of construction.
Spokane (/ s p oʊ ˈ k æ n / ⓘ spoh-KAN) [8] is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canadian border, 18.5 miles (30 km) west of the Washington–Idaho border, and 279 miles (449 ...
Spokane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census , its population was 539,339, making it the fourth-most populous county in Washington. [ 1 ] The largest city and county seat is Spokane , [ 2 ] the second largest city in the state after Seattle .
Two brothers, lifelong Bartlesville residents, acquired the historic former Washington County Courthouse.
The courthouse has been open for the last four years to tours from the public, but effective Nov. 18, those tours will stop. Until then, the building will remain open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on ...
It is centered on Spokane, the state's second largest city. Since 2025 , the 5th district has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Michael Baumgartner , a Republican . The seat was held by former Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley between 1965 and 1995 before he lost reelection to reelection to George Nethercutt in 1994 .
Aug. 29—In 2017, Spokane County promised to pay Costco about $5 million if it built one of its wholesale retail stores in its jurisdiction. Now it's time to pay up. County CEO Scott Simmons said ...
The Federal Building and U.S. Post Office in Spokane, Washington, opened in October 1909. It was the first major federal building constructed in the "Inland Empire" that encompasses portions of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. The growing city of Spokane needed a larger post office and space for Federal offices.