SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Spokane City Council voted 6-1 on Monday to override the Mayoral veto of a property tax ordinance. The ordinance originally passed 5-2 on November 14, 2022, and was vetoed by the Mayor on November 18. The…
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Mayor Nadine Woodward has appointed Kim McCollim as Spokane's new director of the Neighborhood, Housing, and Human Services division. McCollim has spent the past two decades with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after establishing…
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Spokane City Council has delayed voting on an ordinance that would determine the process and criteria for siting essential City facilities. The…
SPOKANE, Wash.--Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward announced her run for re-election. Woodward won the election in 2019 and had issues such as homelessness and crime at the top of her to-do list for the city. When asked about working with the…
SPOKANE, Wash. -- With multiple ordinances to consider about homeless camps on the table, some are concerned too many restrictions will do more harm than good. Mayor Nadine Woodward wants to see…
SPOKANE, Wash. – A new proposed pilot program is aimed at modifying residential zoning in an attempt to accelerate more housing in Spokane. Mayor Nadine Woodward, City…
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Mayor Jim Hammond and Police Chief Lee White will address the weekend arrests of white nationalists during a news conference Monday. Thirty-one members of the white nationalist group "Patriot Front" were arrested near Coeur…
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward has vetoed an ordinance that restricts when people can water their lawns. The Spokane City Council passed the measure in a 5-2 vote last month. It prohibits people from outdoor watering between 9…
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Spokane City Council could soon act on a plan to build a new Municipal Justice Center. Council President Breean Beggs and Councilwoman Lori Kinnear are putting forward a resolution to urge Mayor Nadine Woodward and her…
SPOKANE, Wash. -- A new Violent Crimes Task Force is going after repeat offenders. The Spokane Police Department wants to see the people committing the most crime in the community…
SPOKANE, Wash. -- What type of homeless shelters does Spokane need or want to see? It's a complicated question with no easy solution.…
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The search for a homeless shelter isn't getting any easier. After months of work, the city of Spokane says it's starting over on…
HAYDEN, Idaho -- The Mayor of Hayden is resigning from his position effective March 1. Steve Griffitts announced he was stepping down after the Hayden City Council meeting on Tuesday night. He said his decision stemmed from two council leaders…
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Convention Center that was used as a temporary warming center is in desperate need of repairs after the people using it left behind $90,000 worth…
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – Pam Haley has been named Mayor of Spokane Valley. Every two years, during the first meeting of the new city council, members choose a new mayor and deputy mayor from among their fellow council members. Haley…
LEWISTON, Idaho -- Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad is running for governor of Idaho. The Democrat made the announcement Monday in Lewiston. Rognstad is a fourth generation Idahoan…
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho state senator who won the election to become mayor of Lewiston says he’ll do both jobs this year with help from his friends. Republican Sen. Dan Johnson told The Lewiston Tribune in a story on…
It will go into effect Wednesday.
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Mayor Nadine Woodward has announced a new special advisor to help focus on housing and homelessness in Spokane. Chris Patterson, who grew up in the local foster care system, will advise the mayor on human services considerations.…
Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward received her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday and said she hopes other people will, too.
Mayor Nadine Woodward has ordered flags at all city facilities to be lowered to half-staff to honor the victims killed in Boulder earlier this week.
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Mayor Nadine Woodward has ordered all flags at city facilities to be flown at half staff to honor victims of the Atlanta spa killings. "Spokane sends it deepest sympathies and condolences to all those touched by the…
Mayor Nadine Woodward will give her annual State of the City address on Wednesday afternoon.
Mayor Nadine Woodward has declared a civil emergency in Spokane following Wednesday's deadly and damaging windstorm.
