(The Center Square) - Spokane County is preparing to establish a regional task force over the coming weeks to develop a tax proposal to fund a new jail after the last push fell short in 2023.

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Spokane County is gearing up for the August Primary Election with a proposal to renew and expand the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Protection Area. This measure ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- Early results of Tuesday's Spokane County Special Elections indicate Spokane County Fire District 8 will get the levy increase it was hoping for. As of 8:45 p.m. on ...

Spokane County is paying for duplicate services by operating both facilities. It could cut costs if it closed one and shifted agreements with other municipalities that are utilizing the facility.

The county commissioners will decide Tuesday whether to grant a one-month, $685,000 contract extension to NaphCare, the private contractor that provides medical services in the Spokane County Jail.

Spokane County may part ways with controversial medical services provider in Spokane County Jail next year Nick Gibson, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Tue, December 17, 2024 at 4:59 AM UTC ...

Earlier this week, Spokane County Commissioner Chris Jordan presented a draft ordinance that could allow the county to sell surplus land at a discount so it can be used for affordable housing.

Tuesday's police shooting marks the third and fourth law enforcement involved shooting in Spokane County this year. Of those four shootings, three have been deadly. In 2023, there were six law ...

Four SUV-sized boilers sit in a big, plain building behind the Spokane County Courthouse. The powder blue behemoths have sat there for decades, and they do an important job. They burn natural gas ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — An increase in the salary for some Spokane County officials was approved on Wednesday. The salary for Spokane County commissioners increased from around $120,000 to $ ...

Spokane County politicians are about to get raises. Starting Thursday, the annual salary for a Spokane County commissioner will climb from $120,000 to $125,000. The commissioners aren’t the only ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Today Spokane County has announced that Michael Sparber has been named as the new Senior Director of Law & Justice and Cathrene Nichols has been named Senior Director ...