2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (1034+ words) Spokane bike paths are getting new paint and flex posts. It can be a breeze to bike around Spokane's quiet neighborhoods, but if the route to your destination takes you across a dangerous arterial, it's easy to forgo cycling for…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (967+ words) The first container of test glass was filled and transferred through Hanford's Waste Treatment Plant in 2023. After decades of delays, workers at the Hanford nuclear site this October finally began treatment of the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste leftover from…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (849+ words) Currently, more than 188, 000 people live in Kootenai County. The county's Metropolitan Planning Organization predicts that number will exceed 300, 000 by 2040. Local applications to subdivide land into smaller parcels to sell to developers have more than doubled in recent years. Starting in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (319+ words) The Northwest Power and Conservation Council is hosting a public hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 3 to offer a chance for people to comment on its draft of the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program. The hearing, scheduled from 4: 30 pm to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1509+ words) The end of December marked a major sustainability milestone for energy customers across Washington, as utilities stepped away from emissions-heavy coal power. Burning coal is one of the major drivers of air pollution and carbon dioxide emissions across the U. S. , accounting…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (300+ words) Um, not really. I just always buy those reusable bags and I save a lot of them, too, so I don't really ever have to buy them. I actually really like the fact that it's been pushed for us to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (748+ words) Washington could ditch the thicker "reusable" plastic bags like these. The idea was that the thicker plastic bags would be reused more often than the thin plastic bags, and that customers would transition to bringing their own sturdier fabric or…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (671+ words) Porous concrete reduces flooding by allowing runoff to filter through the material, unlike the pooling and channeling that happens with traditional concrete." Concrete is one of the dirtiest industries in the world, with cement manufacturing contributing to at least 8% of…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (970+ words) Most people go about their lives without realizing the plethora of invasive plants that plague both public and private lands." For Thurman Johnson, Spokane County's noxious weed and stewardship specialist, it's an occupational habit to constantly identify noxious plants that…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1734+ words) Meanwhile, another inspector approaches the driver, asking questions about where the boat was last in the water and for how long. For most, this process takes about two minutes and they're back on the road again. "But if they're coming…...