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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 ...
(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown celebrated her administration’s first year in office on Thursday, touting a list of accomplishments after a trying 12 months. Brown previously ...
(The Center Square) – Spokane County passed its 2025 budget on Monday, decreasing total spending by nearly 6% while using up $57.4 million of its overall fund balance. The $864.8 million budget ...
The Spokane Falls were the tribe's center of trade and fishing. The Spokane consisted of three bands that lived along the Spokane River. [4] The Spokane people shared their culture and Salishan language family with several other tribes, including the Coeur d' Alenes, Kalispels, Pend Oreilles, Flatheads, Kootenays, and Colvilles among others. [4]
[41] [42] The current elected Sheriff of Spokane County is John Nowels, whose term began on January 1, 2023. [43] Transportation planning within the county is handled by the Spokane Regional Transportation Council, a metropolitan planning organization that was created in 1962. It distributes federal and state funds for transportation projects ...
Oct. 10—Police will concentrate their resources over the next month on Spokane's downtown to tamp down crime in the city's core. The effort is a pilot program for what Mayor Lisa Brown and newly ...
Agriculture in Spokane is very important to the overall economy, and according to Wayne Rasmussen, continued future success of this sector will depend on efficient farm management and support of agricultural research and development at regional universities as well as support to local farmers with information for sound decision making regarding ...
(The Center Square) – After what started as a month-long effort to tackle crime and vagrancy downtown, Spokane Police Chief Kevin Hall said Monday that the CORE plan only resulted in 13 service ...