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News Releases for Week of Sunday, March 1, 2020

March 6

City Gets Access To Resources to Address Housing & Homelessness Crisis

2 p.m. - Council’s legislative priorities for housing funding pass legislature

South Hill Kitchen Fire Quickly Extinguished

1:53 p.m. - Firefighters quickly extinguish kitchen fire and keep it from progressing to adjoining rooms and the attic space.

March 5

Freya Street and Upriver Drive Crash

4:25 p.m. - A serious crash at Freya and Upriver Drive sent three people to the hospital. The driver of one of the vehicle’s was later arrested for DUI.

March 4

City Invites Interaction With Parking Devices

10:29 a.m. - Citizens invited to give new parking meters and kiosks a try

March 3

Spokane Police Asking for help Locating a Missing Child

5:24 p.m. - The Spokane Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing child from northwest Spokane.

Council Harmonizes Noise Regulations Outside Health Care Facilitates

5:22 p.m. - City Council passed an ordinance that harmonizes noise disturbance prohibitions in the context of health care providers and facilities.

SPD Responds To Two Fatal Collisions

5:20 p.m. - SPD responded to, and is investigating; two separate collisions between midnight and 4:30 AM, each collision resulted in a fatality.

SPD Arrest Two Men Driving Stolen BMW

5:18 p.m. - Spokane Police arrested two men who were driving a stolen BMW in the Lidgerwood neighborhood.

Early Morning Apartment Fire in East Spokane

5:07 p.m. - On Wednesday, Feb 26, the SFD responded to a report of smoke issuing from the windows of a 3-story residential structure near Stone and Main streets.

Esmeralda golf course opening Friday, March 6, 2020

2:51 p.m. - Irrigation replacement is 95% complete, updating the manual system and saving approximately 6M gallons of water/year while improving quality of play.

March 2

Saturday Evening Vehicle Extrication

4:49 p.m. - Saturday, Feb. 29, fire crews from Spokane City Fire and Spokane Fire District 9 were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident in north Spokane.

Early Morning Vehicle Crash / Technical Rescue

4:46 p.m. - March 1, multiple units of the Spokane City and Spokane District 9 Fire Departments were dispatched to a technical rescue in the Indian Trail area.

Two Charged With 2nd Degree Murder from Rodeway Inn Investigation

4:43 p.m. - The Major Crimes Unit and SPD officers have two people in custody for 2nd degree murder related to the death investigation at the Rodeway Inn.