For people interested in keeping up with the 2012 city budget, a preliminary version will be filed on Sept 6th at the end of the work day, and copies will be available to the public.

Notice is hereby given that it is anticipated that the Spokane Valley City Manager will have the 2012 Preliminary Budget available by the end of the work day (5:00 p.m.) September 6, 2011, and by that date and time, will have filed such budget with the City Clerk and with the elected body. 

Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers will host her annual public town hall in Spokane on Wednesday, August 31. If you'd like to express your opinions about jobs, government spending, health care, energy, and national security then you may want to attend the meeting. A lottery system will be used to take questions. Those who wish to ask questions will be given a ticket once they enter the room.

An evening crash on Highway 95 resulted in 3 people being injured and the highway shutting down for an hour after one of the vehicles involved burst into flames.

The Idaho State Patrol reported late yesterday that Spokane Valley resident Chelsey M. Bucko, 24, was injured in an accident at 9 p.m. at Highway 95 and Rockford Bay Road. She was driving west on Rockford Bay and another driver was going north on Highway 95. An ISP press release reported that Bucko pulled out in front of the other woman, causing the two cars to crash.