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News Releases for Week of Sunday, December 6, 2015

Dec. 11

Mayor submits responses to Council and joint committee

3:30 p.m. - Spokane Mayor David Condon responded to questions asked in a Nov. 30 letter from the City Council.

Programmed Flash ends at some intersections

1:21 p.m. - The City will be terminating programmed flash – setting traffic signals to flash during early morning hours – at four intersections on Wellesley.

Dec. 10

Leaf Pickup scheduled for Browne's Addition

12:43 p.m. - The City of Spokane continues its regularly scheduled leaf pickup in the Browne’s Addition neighborhood.

City Council Member Mike Allen to be Honored at Farewell Reception

Noon - Spokane City Council Member Mike Allen will attend his final meeting as District Two’s representative Monday.

Vehicle block heater causes South Hill fire

8:45 a.m. - No one was injured by a fire in a South Hill home sparked by a vehicle block heater.

Dec. 9

City Makes Last Push to Get Updated Information from Utility Customers

11:55 a.m. - The City has been updating its database so utility accounts are in the name of the owner of a property or a firm responsible for a property.

Dec. 8

Detectives Still Looking for Information Leading to Arrest in Homicide

3:23 p.m. - The incident occurred just before midnight, 11/7/2014, near the intersection of S. Elm Street and W. 10th.

Inclement Weather Joint Press Release

2:29 p.m. - Residents may again have to deal with more outages in the face of another, hopefully less powerful, windstorm.

Spokane Police Arrest Suspect in Kidnapping

11:50 a.m. - Witnesses reported seeing a female being forced into a vehicle in the 100 block of E. Gordon.

City places second police employee on layoff status

10:27 a.m. - The City has placed a second police employee charged with a felony on layoff status.

Dec. 7

Watch for Standing Water; Use Caution

5:25 p.m. - City of Spokane Wastewater Management crews have received several reports of standing water around the City today and are working to remove puddles.

City of Spokane Aquatics offers free swim lessons

4:26 p.m. - Swim scholarships offer 30 minute swim lessons on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays between Dec.14 and Dec. 30, 2015.

More than 3,000 tons of Storm Debris Collected at City Sites

3:55 p.m. - During the 18 days of free disposal for debris from the Nov. 17 wind storm, the City of Spokane collected 3,025 tons of debris.

Basic K-9 Academy Graduation this Thursday

3:27 p.m. - One K-9 and handler from the Spokane Police Department and three other K-9’s and handlers from the region will be graduating.

City councilmember calls on community to volunteer to help homeless

2:07 p.m. - Spokane City Councilmember Karen Stratton is asking for the community's help to provide transportation for the homeless to the warming center.

City announces construction season wrap up, snow season plan

12:30 p.m. - The City of Spokane is wrapping up the 2015 Construction Season and transitioning into snow season.

City Council members hire two new legislative aides

11:30 a.m. - Spokane City Council Member Amber Waldref and Council Member-Elect Lori Kinnear recently hired new Legislative Aides.