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FREEMAN — An April 23 special election for the Freeman School District has apparently failed. As of counting Thursday, April 25, the Proposition No. 1 only had support of 43.30% of voters casting ballots. The unofficial tally at press time was 747 votes in favor of the measure and 977, or 56.64%, opposed. The School District had been seeking voter approval of a three-year excess tax levy that would have started this year. Of the six voting precincts in the district, only voters in Precinct No. 9044 were supporting the levy. H...
SPOKANE VALLEY — A woman dropping a sock containing alleged illegal narcotics was arrested by deputies April 16. Tiarra A. Pedrazza, 34, was booked into the Spokane County Jail on two counts of knowingly possessing a controlled Substance and a felony warrant for second-degree burglary. She remained in jail on additional, unrelated charges of theft and violation of a domestic violence protection order. Records show her bond was set at $7,750. Pedrazza was arrested at about 10:40 p.m. after deputies responded to a call of s...
SPOKANE — The Spokane County Library District is opening May programs with a Star Wars theme. Star Wars Jedi Academy invites youngsters to try out galactic activities and show off themed costumes. Families and kids can flex their building skills during LEGO Free Play and learn more STEAM during Take It Apart, Build It, Rock Garden Painting Party and Creating Rubber Band Racers. Teens can design Star Wars Temporary Tattoo-ines and learn about Documentary Filmmaking. If Star Wars is too far out of this world for you, the l...
SPOKANE VALLEY — A local man shoplifting a honeybun is being held in the Spokane County Jail on multiple cahrges. Mayger D. Jones, 23, is being held on $2,500 bond on charges of possession of a stolen firearm, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and third-degree theft. His arrest came at about 7:35 p.m. April 22 after deputies responded to a call of a man walking round the WinCo Foods grocery store, 9718 E. Sprague Ave., with a gun on his hip, records show. The caller, a store employee, reported the man, later i...
SPOKANE VALLEY — Deputies responding to a burglary call April 23 arrested a man found sleeping in vacant room. Malcolm J. Davis, 29, was arrested at about 9:15 a.m. at Hometown Studios, 12803 E. Sprague Ave., records show. He was booked into the Spokane County Jail on charges of second-degree burglary and third-degree malicious mischief, records show, noting he had also bonded out of jail in February for allegedly stealing a Braille phone from someone’s hand. As a result of the new arrest, his bond was revoked for the pre...
TYLER - A wind turbine corporation has been acquiring land leases across southern Spokane County from the Tyler area to Fairfield. Over the last five months, Cordelio Development Holdings LLC of Toronto, Canada, has acquired 20 leases across southern Spokane, northern Whitman and eastern Lincoln Counties. The purchases include parcels near Cheney, Fairfield, Latah, Waverly and Tyler, according to county records. Details of some of the purchased tracts have yet to be made...
DEEP CREEK—The Spokane Hutterian Brethren figured most of their seed potatoes were going to go to waste after their main customers in the Columbia Basin cut their contracts by 40%. So, Hutterians dumped the spuds in a West Sprague Road field. Instead, a video posted online by Denise Bennett of Reardan alerted locals to the free spuds. And it has brought thousands to pick up their share of potatoes from the hundreds of tons that have already been dumped. “I guess people are...
OLYMPIA — The state Department of Ecology has declared a statewide drought emergency for everywhere except cities with large storage basins. The drought update was issued Friday, April 19, with the agency predicting a warm, dry spring. According to the agency, the weather forecast will leave many watershed statewide with low water. The declaration allows state agencies to provide drought-related assistance in a more timely manner. Gov. Jay Inslee calked up this year’s forecast drought to global warming. “As our climate conti...
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