Dishman News

A Spokane conservation group has acquired 80 acres in a land swap, including a popular climbing area known as the Rocks of Sharon and a granite-studded ridgeline with lofty views toward Steptoe Butte.

After years of debate and discussion, the Spokane Valley City Council approves a revitalization plan Tuesday night.

A 40-year-old Spokane Valley has been arrested after he abandoned a vehicle with a bomb threat taped to its window at an East Sprague auto dealership Thursday night.

It's almost the end of the road. There were a few changes made Tuesday, but the Spokane Valley City Council is ready to move forward with the first reading of the Sprague-Appleway Revitalization Plan next Tuesday.

Representatives from the city of Spokane Valley had little trouble directing traffic at last week's open house to discuss upcoming construction projects on Sprague Avenue.

The $4 million Beaumont YMCA construction project is off and running and is estimated to reach the finish line by April 2010.

Many of the same criticisms were voiced from the over two dozen who offered comments at Tuesday's public hearing on the Sprague-Appleway Revitalization Plan.

Amidst all the talk about commercial zoning, street resurfacing and development codes, Mike Stone and his colleagues in the Spokane Valley Parks and Recreation Department are thinking green.

Junior Achievement of the Inland Northwest inducted three local businesspeople into the organization's Business Hall of Fame on Friday night.

Thousands of Longhorn BBQ sack lunches, pallets of Gatorade, Porta Johns and helicopters.

Second-year Cub Scout Webelos Isaac Lamb plants one of 600 ponderosa pine seedlings donated by the Spokane County Conservation District at the Dishman Hills NRCA on Sunday.

It has been just under a year since the Valley View fire destroyed more than 11 homes and charred 1,200 acres of land.

Not enough information and time played big parts in the Spokane Valley City Council not reaching closure Tuesday on two ongoing topics: the Sprague/Appleway Revitalization Plan and a design-study for a new city ...

Spokane Fire Marshal Lisa Jones has determined that the Joel Building is structurally sound and will not need to be demolished.

There may yet be criminal charges filed as a result of last summer's Valley View fire.