Airway Heights News Archives

“Our retailer interest is beyond what we had expected.”

A Sunset Hill landowner is proposing a 400-unit, seven-building condominium complex near Interstate 90. via The Spokesman-Review

“In the right living model, we're going to teach them to monitor themselves”

In 2008, the Airway Heights Corrections Center will become the first prison in the nation to eliminate all disrespectful behavior, including the use of profanities, behind bars. via KXLY

“We just want to get the public awareness out”

Emergency crews have cleared a collision involving two cars and a semi that snarled westbound Interstate 90 traffic from just past the Argonne exit to beyond Pines Road this morning, but traffic was still slow. via The Spokesman-Review

The Washington Department of Corrections has agreed to pay an inmate $107,500 to settle his grievances over prison public records. via KOMOradio

“We're assembling the truss in our plant and then disassembling it and shipping it over”

Garco Building Systems Inc., the Spokane subsidiary of NCI Building Systems Inc., of Houston, is manufacturing a custom-designed, 82,000-square-foot aircraft hangar to be erected at Vancouver International ... via Spokane Journal of Business

“The issues you see on the ballot are regional in nature and they involve a cooperative effort between the county and every city in the region”

Having agreed Thursday to spend about $4 million to buy an Airway Heights race track, the county must now convince voters to spend an even bigger sum of money. via The Spokesman-Review

“We have heard from folks al the way from Canada to Montana to Idaho to Portland who have said keep this asset and we are on the road coming up with our vehicles and we will spend our money at this track because it is one of the gems in the northwest”

Spokane County is now in the racing business after purchasing Spokane Raceway Park in Airway Heights at auction Thursday for nearly $4.3 Million. via KXLY

“This case is no more about the right to suicide than Lawrence v. Texas was about the right to sodomy. Rather, this case is about 'the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men,' namely, 'the right to be let alone.'”

Posted today at 11:05 am by Laura Onstot Today the state high court ruled 8-1 today that the few privacy rights afforded inmates do not allow them to refuse food and hydration - even if the state uses force to ... via The Daily Weekly

“We're trying to target increasing levels of carbon dioxide, and find out what's causing them to increase”

Barb Chamberlain maneuvers her way through traffic at the corner of Washington and Indiana on Thursday in Spokane. via The Spokesman-Review

“This imagery is no different from what any person can readily capture or see walking down the street”

By Tom Sowa toms@spokesman.com The Web gives maphounds and geography geeks many options. via The Spokesman-Review

“I recommend you follow the advice of your consultant”

Cheney council approves new sewer connection fee By DAVID TELLER Staff Reporter Half the battle is over, the other half still looms. via Cheney Free Press

My husband says if he ever opens a tavern, he'll call it the Dog Park, and post the rules of Petiquette right above the bar. via Spokane 7

Christopher Anderson/Spokesman-Review Debbie Gese, center in brown, has 30 seconds to convince Mary-Rachel Foot that she should be a contestant on "Deal or No Deal" during auditions at Northern Quest Casino in ... via The Spokesman-Review