Garbage, recycling, and food & yard waste services are on their normal schedule this week. Reminder! Carts need to be at the curb by 6 a.m. on your regular collection day. To view the city holiday operations schedule for the Indigenous Peoples' holiday, please refer to our news release.

News Releases for Week of Sunday, April 21, 2024

April 26

Fire Investigators Ask for Help In Identifying Two Subjects

10:06 a.m. - Fire Investigators from the Special Investigations Unit seek public assistance in identifying two individuals shown in the provided photos.

SPD Seeks Assistance in Identifying Robbery Suspect

9:32 a.m. - Spokane Police responded to the 3000 block of East 29th Avenue on a report of a robbery.

April 25

Council Member Lili Navarrete Condemns Racist Propaganda in Spokane

9:48 a.m. - Council Member Lili Navarrete of District 2 issued a statement in response to recent racist posters in Downtown Spokane.

April 24

Downriver Park River Access Area Now Open

2:27 p.m. - Today, the City of Spokane reopened Downriver Park near TJ Meenach Dr. with an improved and expanded small watercraft access area.

Downriver Park River Access Area Now Open

1:53 p.m. - New infrastructure benefits river health and improves recreational access

Council Adopts Mayor's Proposal to Invest Opioid Settlement Dollars

12:05 p.m. - $1 million to go toward Spokane CARES program, High Utilizer and Complex Care Initiative

April 22

Investigators Release Cause of Fatal House Fire

3:50 p.m. - Investigators from the Spokane Fire Special Investigations Unit have concluded their inquiry into the fatal house fire at 1717 North Howard Street.

City of Spokane Celebrates Earth Day

12:03 p.m. - Various departments work year-round to reduce impacts on the environment.

Early Morning Fatal House Fire in West Central Spokane

8:23 a.m. - On Saturday April 20, 2024, at 4:10 a.m., the Spokane Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 1700 block of Howard.