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SPOKANE COUNTY -- Sheriff's Office officials are warning residents of an ongoing scam where the scammer threatens the recipient with bodily harm. In a news release, the Sheriff's Office said it has received a few reports regarding unsolicited text messages claiming the texter was hired to kill/assassinate the recipient. The one text continues, explaining the scammer has a conscience, and if the recipient is ready to pay some fees, their life will be spared. "Do not respond to these scammers," Sheriff's Office public...
WEST PLAINS — Cheney and Medical Lake school districts’ Educational Programs and Operations levies were passing with comfortable majorities on Tuesday night – but not quite as comfortable as similar levies three years ago. According to Feb. 9 special election results from the Spokane County Elections Department, Cheney Public Schools’ Proposition 1 EP&O levy was passing with a 55.21 % yes vote, while Proposition 2, a Capital Facilities Levy, was receiving 57.68 % of the vote. In Medical Lake, Proposition 1 was ahead by a 56...
SPRAGUE — Unofficial special election results tallied Tuesday night, Feb. 9, show the School District levy passing with overwhelming support. According to the Lincoln County Auditor's Office, the initial tallied showed with 145 votes in favor of the measure and 60 votes opposed. That's 70.73% support in the first count of the measure that included 0 ballots returned from Adams County precincts in the district. The replacement, two-year educational and operational levy would tax property owners $1.68 per $1,000 of assessed val...
CHENEY — A wind chill advisory has been issued for Spokane County for tomorrow morning as temperatues drop to the lowest point of the winter. Between 1 a.m. and 11 a.m., the National Weather Service is warning that wind chills here will drop to -15 degrees below zero. Wind gusts of up to 33 mph are expected. Affected areas include Cheney, Four Lakes, Medical Lake, Reardan, davenport, Spangle and other areas. "The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed s...
ROSALIA — Voters in this rural Whitman County community are supporting a ballot measure to convert two School Board seats to at-large positions. In an initial tally of Tuesday's special election, School District voters were supporting the idea, 65% to 35%. The measure would change the five, in-district School Board seats to three in-district and two at-large seats. Whitman County officials estimate they have an additional 230 votes to count today, Wednesday, Feb. 10, but did not say how many were in the district and how m...
LAMONT — A requested two-year replacement educational programs and operations levy continued to fall short Wednesday, Feb. 10, following a tally of late-arriving ballots in the special election. As of 3:51 p.m., the measure that would have collected $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation each of the next two years was failing, 24-28, garnering only 46.15% support. If approved, the tax levy was expected to bring in $130,000 in 2022 and $132,000 in 2023. The owner of a home valued at $200,000 would have paid $500 in t...
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