News Releases for Week of Sunday, July 18, 2021

July 23

Temporary City Cooling Resources to Open Sunday

4:02 p.m. - Community volunteers sought to assist with guest services

July 22

Council Seeks Community Input on American Rescue Plan Funds

4:38 p.m. - Community invited to participate in a ThoughtExchange process

July 20

Officer Brian Orchard Memorial

4:03 p.m. - Memorial to be dedicated to SPD officer shot and killed in the line of duty on the anniversary of his death 38 years ago

Manito Koi Pond Project Complete, Japanese Garden Re-Opens

12:11 p.m. - A project to save millions of gallons of water a year at the Koi Pond in Manito Park’s famous Nishinomiya Tsutakawa Japanese Garden is complete.

Council Approves Special Budget Ordinance for ARP Project Staff

9:09 a.m. - City Council passes a special budget ordinance establishing appropriations to provide funding for two American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) project employees

July 19

Second Alarm House Fire

11:17 a.m. - SFD responded to the area of Nelson Street and Euclid Avenue to a report of two houses on fire.

Liberty Park Wildland Urban Interface Fire

11:12 a.m. - Spokane Firefighters responded to a Wildland Urban-Interface Fire on Spokane's South Hill near 1625 East Hartson Avenue.

Peaceful Valley Wildland Urban Interface Fire

11:08 a.m. - Spokane Firefighters responded to a Wildland Urban-Interface Fire in the 2500 Block of West Riverside.

Two Kayakers Rescued From Spokane River

11:02 a.m. - SFD rescued two adults in the Spokane River near Downriver Golf Course when their inner-tube struck a rock and ejected them into the river.