Spokane Mayor David Condon has ordered flags at all city facilities to be lowered to half-staff to coincide with Gov. Jay Inslee’s directive that state and U.S. flags at all state agency facilities be lowered on Thursday, May 25 in remembrance of late Gov. Mike Lowry.
Flags will remain at half-staff until close of business on Tuesday, May 30. Lowry served as governor from 1993 to 1997. Prior to serving as governor he was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington’s 7th district from 1979 to 1989.
Condon issued the following statement about the late governor:
“Gov. Lowry served our state with great passion and compassion. Spokane joins the rest of the state in honoring and remembering the late governor.”
