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OLYMPIA – The state Department of Natural Resources is implementing burn restrictions on DNR-protected lands in Eastern Washington, beginning Friday, April 10. DNR officials cited a front scheduled to pass through the region the next couple of days creating dry conditions and forecasted gusty winds as a reason for instituting the ban earlier than normal. According to an April 9, news release, all outdoor burning, which includes permit and rule burning (small debris disposal fires), is not allowed in eastern Washington. T...
SPOKANE -- The Inland COVID-19 Response team is hosting a community conversation on Wednesday evening to discuss how the region is handling the public health and economic emergency. Dr. Bob Lutz, health officer for the Spokane Regional Heath District, Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward, Spokane Valley Mayor Ben Wick, Spokane County Commissioner Al French, and Washington State Senator Andy Billig, will co-host the telephone town hall beginning at 6 pm. Speakers will deliver brief opening remarks. The rest of the time will be...
OLYMPIA – In an afternoon press conference that was part policy, part pep talk, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee outlined several steps taken to bring help to small businesses and individuals impacted by the measure taken to battle the COVID-19 disease. Inslee said there were signs of encouragement in the state’s attempt to slow the spread of the severe acute respiratory disease that resulted in 8,682 confirmed cases and 394 deaths, according to state Department of Health statistics through April 6. “Based on the science that...
MEDICAL LAKE -- The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's helping in identifying an individual wanted for questioning in a series of vehicle prowls that took place in Medical Lake April 6. According to an April 7 news release, the male was captured on two separate home security cameras. He is described as a white male, approximately 20-30 years old, thin, wearing all black, and riding an orange and black bicycle. The Sheriff's Office activity log for...
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee and Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal today announced the extension of school closures for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. The order keeps both public and private schools closed in accordance with the governor's original order on March 13. The governor's proclamation prohibits in-person instruction through June 19, with exceptions for students with disabilities and English language learners for whom distance learning would present challenges. Facilities remain...
SPOKANE COUNTY -- A man who said he was just doing a homeowners dishes was shot by the homeowner in a possible occupied residential burglary last night. According to a Spokane County Sheriff's Office report, deputies and Airway Heights police officers were called to the home on the 2600 block of North Colville Road -- northeast of Airway Heights and north of Palisades Park just off Trails Road -- at about 11:55 p.m. on a call of a burglary in progress. The report said the homeowner and his wife were upstairs watching TV and...
