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Spokane voters will be asked this November whether they want to pay a permanent 0.1% extra sales tax within city limits, after the Spokane City Council voted Monday to place the question on the November election ballot.

The Spokane City Council on Monday declined to take a position on whether the city should commit to enforcing a voter-approved law banning camping in much of the city.

WASHINGTON – In the hours after President Joe Biden on Sunday announced he would end his re-election bid, elected Democrats swiftly coalesced around his vice president. By Monday afternoon, nearly all Washington Democrats holding federal or statewide office had endorsed Kamala Harris as their party’s nominee for president.

Calls to 988 have increased steadily in the two years since the number was designated as the new nationwide mental health suicide and crisis lifeline.

A crowd gathers on the sidewalk outside the Liberty Theater, 718 W. Riverside Ave., to see “The Sheik,” starring Rudolph Valentino.

Prominent Democrats in Washington took to social media Sunday to praise President Joe Biden and his decision to withdraw from the presidential race, and some of them backed his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party’s presidential nominee.

There’s good reason Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the most likely replacement as the Democratic nominee for president, experts said Sunday.

Local Democrats on Sunday praised President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his re-election bid and pledged to unite behind the eventual party nominee.

Misty, a 9-week-old Siberian tiger cub, was one of the most popular attractions at Expo ’74’s Vanishing Species Pavilion.

West Plains resident Craig Volosing stood up in a June public meeting to allege County Commissioner Al French and Spokane International Airport engaged in “absolute silence” on water contamination first discovered in 2017.

Ballots dropped Friday for the Aug. 6 state primary elections. This year marks the first incumbent-free contest for governor since Jay Inslee was elected in 2012, barely beating out his Republican opponent Rob McKenna by a 3% margin of the vote.

A former Spokane City Council president, a lawyer and a longtime health insurance agent are vying to represent central Spokane in the Washington State Legislature.

Expo ’74 general manager Petr Spurney delivered plenty of good news as the fair neared its halfway point.

Cheney’s EMS tax, set to expire at the end of the year, is up for renewal on the Aug. 6 ballot.

Legislative district 7 position 1. analysis of individual candidates. 

Former Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward has filed a claim for damages against the city she once ran – alleging the City Council violated her free speech rights and engaged in election interference. 

The world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir – 350 strong – performed an Expo ’74 concert at the Spokane Coliseum.

Republican Spokane County Treasurer Michael Baumgartner continues to have a wide lead in campaign money over the other 10 candidates running for Congress in Eastern Washington.