Samantha Wohlfeil

W hether you've lived in Spokane all your life or recently moved here, chances are you've heard the names of some neighborhoods in the city. The northeast is known for Hillyard. East Central is the gateway from Spokane Valley and communities to the east. But there are likely neighborhoods you wouldn't be able to label on a map at trivia night. "Downtown?" That's officially "Riverside." You probably know Shiloh Hills, which was only formally recognized in 2016, as the north commercial part of the city, next to the Y at Division and Newport Highway.

In Kootenai County, this election includes two races for seats on the Board of County Commissioners. The only competitive race is for the District 3 seat. Current Republican Commissioner Leslie Duncan faces independent candidate Roger Rowland.

After a primary election battle that saw a margin of only 49 votes separating two of the Democratic contenders and forcing a statewide hand recount, Democrat Dave Upthegrove came out on top to face Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler in the race to become Washington's commissioner of public lands.

Presidential elections often get the highest voter turnout, which is already proving true in Spokane County. With five days left to vote, nearly 48% of...

Eliza Billingham photo Outgoing U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers literally passed the baton to Michael Baumgartner, who will represent Eastern Washington in Congress.

In Spokane County, a single person died of a fentanyl-related overdose in 2018, according to official records. Each year since, the annual number of casualties...

Erick Doxey photo The Spokane GOP is considering applicants as Michael Baumgartner steps down from his role as county treasurer.

The Washington Supreme Court has been taking testimony, with two more hearings to come. I s it reasonable to expect a public defender to manage 300 or 400 cases in a year? Are they able to truly get to know each defendant, the details of their case, and track down anything that could get a juror to question their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?

Spokane Regional Emergency Communications could soon move out of this building. A s Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown's administration wraps up its first year, one of the major questions that remains unanswered is whether the Spokane Police Department will join the regional 911 dispatch center.

While builders argue the state should enforce the recently passed natural gas initiative, others argue it was too broad.