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Community Celebrates Completion of Euclid Road Bridge Replacement Project

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Today, Spokane County officials were joined by partners from Fairchild Air Force Base, the Washington State Department of Transportation-Eastern Region, and Fire District 10 to celebrate completion of the Euclid Road Brid...

Spokane County Medical Examiner Uses Forensic Genetic Genealogy in 1989 Unidentified Person Case

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- Spokane County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Veena Singh announced her office recently officially identified a previously unidentified person. The individual identified, 45-year-old Clifford Wayne Bippes, was found deceased by an emp...

Public Survey for Opioid Settlement Funds Now Available

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Spokane County has released a new survey to collect public feedback on the use of opioid settlement funds. 

In October 2022, the Washington State Attorney General’s Office, as part of a nationwi...

Spokane County Responds to Urgent Housing Needs, Opens Applications for Comprehensive Plan Amendment

SPOKANE, Wash. – Applications are open for Comprehensive Plan Amendments, after the Board of Commissioners heard from planning staff about increased housing needs in the coming years as the Comprehensive Plan Update gets underway for 2026.

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Additional Tax Relief Available to Wildfire Victims

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – Today, the Spokane County Assessor’s Office announced it has identified additional property tax relief available to those suffering from destroyed property because of the Gray and Oregon Road Fires.

“I ...