News Releases for Week of Sunday, May 30, 2021

June 4

Area Fire Marshals and Surrounding Cities Enact Burn Restrictions

4:01 p.m. - Burn restrictions go into effect, Friday, June 4, 2021

Splash Pad Update 6/4

2:39 p.m. - Now open: splash pads at Audubon, Merkel, Friendship, Pacific, and Riverfront park!

The Friends of Manito Art Festival 2021 - save the date

2:11 p.m. - Meet local artists, browse their wares, and support Spokane's creative community in iconic Manito Park on July 31!

Manito Spring Plant Sale 2021

10:40 a.m. - Manito's Spring Plant Sale returns, June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, & 12. Reservations required as part of COVID protocols.

June 3

Fundamental Shift Maximizing Homelessness Resources

2:21 p.m. - Year-round provider, Bridge Housing programs add to regional system resources

City Provides Annual Report on Drinking Water Quality

2:14 p.m. - For 2020, the City met or exceeded all federal and state drinking water quality standards. See the 2020 report.

Suspect Arrested After Breaking into Convention Center

2:07 p.m. - Suspect arrested after breaking into downtown Convention Center and barricading himself in a bathroom

June 2

New Art at People’s Park Salutes Native American Ingenuity

8:02 p.m. - Completion nears on "Convergence" at People’s Park with sandblasting of 16 pictographs created by tribal youth from the Wellpinit School District.

Splash Pad Update

2:22 p.m. - An update on splash pads opening in 2021

June 1

City Launches Rent Assistance Program for Those Affected By COVID-19

2:55 p.m. - Partner agencies will deploy $6 million in U.S. Treasury funds

City Council Adopts Ordinance to Support Vaccination Clinics with SFD

2:46 p.m. - Spokane Fire Department will provide a series of pop-up vaccination clinics at neighborhood fire stations throughout the City of Spokane.

May 30

SPD seeking public's assistance regarding possible luring incident

9:53 p.m. - A male approached a juvenile female in Spokane's Nevawood neighborhood

Fatal collision shuts down Hwy 2

2:02 a.m. - Two people are deceased, and two more were transported to the hospital via ambulance