Transportation

A new four-lane divided highway is expected to make travel between the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla safer and faster.

The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Spokane Transit Authority a $2 million grant Friday to further the design of transportation improvements through one of Spokane’s busiest streets.

The rural ferry linking Stevens County to the Colville Reservation could go out of service more often under updates to the Columbia River Treaty.

Spokane Transit Authority now has its first double-decker bus, but the vehicles will not be ready for service until the second half of 2025.

While Spokane may not see a very white Christmas this year, those traveling to the west side or Idaho likely will.

SANDPOINT – The 2-mile bridge connecting U.S. Highway 95 over Lake Pend Oreille could be replaced and expanded sooner than previously expected.

The Idaho Transportation Department is looking for public input on more than a dozen proposals to reconfigure the roads and highways surrounding Rathdrum Prairie in Kootenai County.

The Spokane Transit Authority is requesting public input on a slate of service changes coming to the system next year that could boost service for those outside of Spokane’s city limits.

The Department of Natural Resources is moving forward with an exchange of property in Latah Valley. But what might happen to some of Spokane’s last undeveloped land is still up in the air.

A 58-year-old aviation author, airport owner and real estate businessman who released a documentary this week about his nearly nine-month polar circumnavigation and peace mission flight was uninjured when he crashed his plane, dubbed “Citizen of the World,” Monday afternoon at Felts Field in Spokane.

Spokane Transit Authority's board of directors announced this week that it has appointed two existing executives within the agency to lead it as officials search for a replacement for CEO Susan Meyer, who retirement in June.

Leave early, go slow and “pack your patience.”

A Spokane County commissioner once told this newspaper that the vast majority of the calls they receive from constituents have something to do with local roadways.

With a light dusting Saturday and a couple inches forecast this week, snow season has officially arrived in Spokane, and the plows are ready.

As winter is well on its way, road work projects are winding down, and Spokane has one street closure scheduled this week as construction persists on the North Spokane Corridor.

Larry Krauter, the architect of much of Spokane International Airport's recent expansion efforts, is leaving the job as Spokane Airports CEO to take a similar job in Cincinnati. 

Instead of waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to build an air traffic control tower, Coeur d’Alene Airport decided to build its own.

The Spokane Transit Authority is expanding its footprint in Spokane Valley, in more ways than one.