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A closer look at Portage Bay Bridge's Boyer hillside regrade

By SHAWNA GAMACHE

Crews working on the Washington State Department of Transportation's $1.38 billion SR-520 Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke lid are set to remove and replace approximately 20,000 cubic yards of soil from the Boyer hillside this summer.

Wildfires destroy hundreds of structures and force 60,000 Spokane-area residents to evacuate

By LINDSEY WASSON and JOHN HANNA

The fires have burned more than 12.5 square miles around Spokane and 390 square miles across the state.


Reuse Commons opens in Lake City

By SHAWNA GAMACHE

A new community hub to expand reuse, repair and sharing services launched July 14 in Lake City's former Aurora Rents Building at 12558 Lake City Way N.E.



Route to T-Mobile Park readies for its glow-up

By SHAWNA GAMACHE

The district is looking for artists to create murals and “Instagram-worthy graphics.”


Judge lets DHS proceed with border wall construction through town's levee system

By REBECCA SANTANA

A federal judge is allowing the Department of Homeland Security to go ahead for now with plans to build a border wall through a levee system protecting a small Texas town on the border with Mexico, rejecting arguments by the town that the wall could lead to flooding.


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