Medical Lake News

Every year, preservationists produce lists of the most-endangered properties in their areas, which is a great way to raise consciousness, and alarm, when historic structures are in jeopardy.

On a day when most of their colleagues are off work, a small team of postal workers spent Friday canvassing Spokane, making sure last minute gifts made it to their destination in time for Christmas.

'Tis the season for wishes and dreams, of course. But the letters I received from three women last week didn't contain any conventional holiday hopes.

Eastern State Hospital staff has been taking criminally committed patients on community outings to such places as Spokane Indians baseball games, Manito Park and the STA Plaza for years, according to state records.

A thief broke into the construction site of the new Veteran's Cemetery in Medical Lake over the weekend and stole a pair of Patron-brand electric heaters valued at more than $700 apiece.

The state is considering moving all criminally insane mental patients to Western State Hospital in the wake of an escape from Eastern State earlier this year, a report released Thursday said.

A thief broke into the construction site of the new Veteran's Cemetery in Medical Lake over the weekend and stole a pair of Patron-brand electric heaters valued at more than $700 apiece.

Nicholas J. Todd, of Nine Mile Falls, and Jami D. Brayman, of Spokane. Steven F. Polello and Patricia L. La Fountain, both of Spokane.

Just legalize gambling and get on with it. This whole charade of we're protecting people from gambling as long as they are too stupid to find an indian reservation, is a joke.

Parents with children in the Yakima Valley School for the developmentally disabled see a bad omen in a consultant's recom-mendation that the school be downsized and ultimately converted to a community center with a limited number of beds.

The Central Valley School District was celebrating a critical victory on the ballot back in 1998.

Thursday morning was dangerous for drivers on area roads as thick and freezing fog coupled with high speeds led to a number of collisions.

This cross-post from AFSCME highlights the protest by members of AFSCME Local 573 in Washington State against Gov.

A dense fog advisory is in effect for the Spokane area until 11 a.m. Friday, but otherwise the forecast calls for dry weather around the Inland Northwest for Friday with a high of 53.

Eastern Washington phone line and DSL provider CenturyTel is renaming itself CenturyLink.

Tyler R. Lust, of Spokane, and Rose M. Lenier-Rieck, of Medical Lake. Kevin S. Pennington and Amy L. Byrd, both of Great Falls.

Phillip A. Paul in 1987 was declared criminally insane for killing an elderly woman after voices in his head told him she was a witch.

Lakeland Village, the residential facility for the developmentally disabled at Medical Lake, would be phased out in eight years for all but the most acute-care patients under a cost-cutting plan to close state institutions.

Barbara Fisher poses with the quilt sewn by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 196 in Medical Lake.

In Tuesdaya s 6-0 win over Medical Lake, she splits the defense of Jenny Smith, left, and Whitney Wren.