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Around 1870, when the Texas and Pacific Railway was built, the city was founded as Windmill Town. In 1881, it was renamed as Merkel in honor of the first settler in this area, S. M. Merkel, from Germany. In 1882, the first mercantile store and in 1883, the first post office opened. [6]
One of the coal-fired turbines at City Utilities' John Twitty Energy Center dates back to 1976. The utility is starting to plan how it will boost its generation capacity as some older units reach ...
Public Utility Districts of Washington (state) (6 P) Pages in category "Municipal electric utilities of the United States" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
Apr. 2—The investigation into Spokane Valley city Councilman Al Merkel's conduct toward city staff is moving forward — just not smoothly. Merkel said his interview with an outside investigator ...
Feb. 26—Before Spokane Valley City Councilman Al Merkel started ruffling feathers on the city council, he was irritating his neighbors. Merkel grew up in a car family and has carried that ...
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Merkel's house in Brookfield, Wisconsin was the target of picketing led by Father James Groppi several times 1969, given Merkel's support for cuts to welfare. After the second round of picketing at his house, Brookfield adopted an ordinance prohibiting residential picketing; when protesters returned the following week to picket, they were ...
The Spokane Valley City Council gave Valleyfest $17,000 in 2022, but voted against giving the festival any money in 2023 after council members Woodard, Pam Haley, Rod Higgins and Laura Padden ...