Inland NW links

Print media

Camas Magazine http://www.camasmagazine.com/: Same people as the old Spokane Magazine.
Coeur d'Alene Press Online http://www.cdapress.com/
You can pick up an Annual Manual any time at the Inlander office downtown, until they run out in June or July anyway.
The Inlander http://www.inlander.com/: Free local entertainment weekly, widely available in bookstores, restaurants, supermarkets, and public libraries; the easiest way to keep track of fun stuff to do around here. Make sure you pick up their free Annual Manual, published every August, and distributed twice more later in the year; it includes icons for winners by category of their yearly "Best Of" reader survey.
The Spokane Sidekick: Former free alternative entertainment paper, every other week.
The Local Planet: Another free weekly we had here for a few years, which was edgier and more controversial ... apparently too much so for Spokane area advertisers. Very disappointing (the advertisers, not the paper).
Out There Monthly http://www.outtheremonthly.com/: "The Inland Northwest Guide to Outdoor Recreation."
Inland Northwest Classified Ads http://www.nickel-wantads.com/: Including Exchange, Nickel's Worth.
The Spokane Journal of Business http://www.spokanejournal.com/: Keyword search, with full article text online; same ownership as the Spokesman-Review. See also the JofB archive database courtesy of the Spokane Public Library.
Spokane.net http://www.spokane.net/: Wannabe Internet portal sponsored by the Spokesman-Review newspaper; heavy graphics.
Spokesman-Review http://www.spokesmanreview.com/: Our local conventional old-school daily newspaper, or what's left of it. The site has keyword search, but they want money for the article text. (Or you can jot down the date and go to the library.)
Wheel Deals http://www.wheeldeals.com/: Used vehicles for sale, paper and online editions; keyword search.

Radio & television

I used to try to keep track of all the local FM radio stations here myself, but the commercial ones change too fast to keep up with.

FM 88.7 KAGU Classical http://www.ontheradio.net/radiostations/kagufm.aspx: Gonzaga U.
FM 89.5 KEWU Jazz http://www.ewu.edu/x5082.xml: Eastern Washington U.
FM 91.1 KPBX Fine arts http://www.kpbx.org/: Public radio.
FM 92.3 KYRS Eclectic http://www.kyrs.org/: Thin Air Community Radio.

Spokane Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane%2C_Washington: Some info on selected local radio stations.
Spokane Radio News http://www.spokaneradionews.com/: Most complete listing of local AM/FM radio I know of.

KCDT Idaho Public Television http://www.idptv.state.id.us/
TV 2 KREM CBS http://www.krem.com/
TV 4 KXLY ABC http://www.kxly.com/
TV 6 KHQ NBC http://www.khq.com/
TV 7 KSPS PBS http://www.ksps.org/: Public television.
TV 22 KSKN CW http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSKN
TV 28 KAYU Fox http://www.myfoxspokane.com/

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Government

Airway Heights, City of http://www.cawh.org/: So named because it's on a plateau just west of Spokane, along with Spokane International Airport and Fairchild Air Force Base.
Cheney, City of http://cityofcheney.org/: Twenty minutes SW from Spokane; home of the EWU main campus.
Coeur d'Alene Tribe http://www.cdatribe-nsn.gov/
Kootenai County http://www.co.kootenai.id.us/
Kootenai County Sheriff's Dept. (Coeur d'Alene ID) http://www.co.kootenai.id.us/sheriff/
Liberty Lake, City of http://www.libertylakewa.gov/: The local equivalent of Silicon Valley, I guess, if there is one.
Post Falls, City of http://www.postfallsidaho.org/
Spokane, City of http://www.spokanecity.org/
Spokane (City of) Community Development http://www.spokanecitycd.org/: Neighborhood links.
Spokane County http://www.spokanecounty.org/
Spokane County Sheriff's Office http://www.spokanecounty.org/sheriff/
Spokane (City of) Parks and Recreation http://spokaneparks.org/: Spokane has a lot of park space for its size. The crown jewels are probably Riverfront Park surrounding the falls in the city center, much older Manito Park and Botanical Gardens on the South Hill, and Finch Arboretum. Manito Park was designed by the Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm, who drafted a comprehensive parks plan for the city around 1908.
Spokane Police Department http://www.spokanepolice.org/
Spokane Regional Health District http://www.srhd.org/
Spokane Solid Waste Systems http://www.solidwaste.org/: Trash collection and curbside recycling (including newspapers and milk jugs) transfer stations and incinerator plant.
Spokane Transit http://www.spokanetransit.com/: Public transportation, with a downtown bus plaza and neighborhood Park&Ride hubs. Make sure you try the site's Trip Planner feature. Give it your exact departure and destination addresses, and it may suggest routes and connections you wouldn't have thought of on your own. You can have it optimize by trip time, walking distance, or number of transfers.
Spokane Regional Transportation Council http://www.srtc.org/: Sponsors of new for 2008 Spokane Regional Transportation Management Center traffic status Web site, with streaming traffic video.
InlandRail http://www.inlandrail.org/: A non-profit, non-partisan citizens' group dedicated to advocating for Inland Northwest rail transit.
WSDOT traffic Webcams, Spokane http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/spokane/: These pages with periodically updated stills from WSDOT traffic cams have been available for years.
WSDOT North Spokane Corridor page http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US395/NorthSpokaneCorridor/: Popularly known as the North Spokane Freeway. People have been arguing about this since WWII.
Spokane Tribe http://www.spokanetribe.com/
Stock local joke: if it's true that the sun will burn out in five billion years, then the North Spokane Freeway will be finished in the dark.
Spokane Valley, City of http://www.spokanevalley.org/
State of Idaho home page http://www.state.id.us/
State of Washington home page http://access.wa.gov/
USCGA Flotilla 81, Spokane http://www.spokanecga.com/: Coast Guard Auxiliary on local lakes and rivers.

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Local airfields

Felts Field (SFF) http://www.spokaneairports.net.xohost.com/felts_main.htm Felts Field http://www.airnav.com/airport/KSFF: 85-year-old general aviation airfield, with an Art Deco terminal building, including the excellent Skyway Cafe, which could be described as a breakfast-and-lunch diner variation with drivers coming in from one direction and pilots from the other. Felts Field Aviation has been the FBO at Felts Field since 1976.¹
Spokane International Airport (GEG) http://www.spokaneairports.net.xohost.com/ Spokane International http://www.airnav.com/airport/KGEG: Full-service airport, ten minutes from downtown. Served as an Army Air Corps B-17 and C-47 training facility during WWII under the name Geiger Field. The former Air National Guard base across the field from the civilian terminal (access via Geiger Blvd.) is now dominated by FBO SpokaneAirways.²
During the Cold War, Fairchild AFB was the home of 92nd Bomb Wing (Heavy) Strategic Air Command.
Fairchild Air Force Base (SKA) http://www.fairchild.af.mil/ Fairchild AFB http://www.airnav.com/airport/KSKA: Regional air refueling hub: home of 92nd Air Refueling Wing, Air Mobility Command, 141st ARW, Washington Air National Guard (the Ace of Spades) and 336th Training Group, USAF Survival School. Excellent Skyfest air show most years since 1962, with the Thunderbirds about every other year.
Coeur d'Alene Airport–Pappy Boyington Field (COE) http://www.airnav.com/airport/KCOE: Near Hayden ID, north of Coeur d'Alene, charters and general aviation; renamed in 2007 in honor of the local WWII hero.
Deer Park Airport (DEW) http://www.airnav.com/airport/KDEW: North Spokane County; general aviation.
Sandpoint Airport (SZT) http://www.airnav.com/airport/KSZT: Bonner County ID; general aviation.

1. Felts Field was Spokane's only civilian airport until 1946; that's why it says "Spokane Airport" on the street side of the terminal. Washington Air National Guard had its beginnings at Felts in 1924 as the 116th Observation Squadron, whose first aircraft were three Curtis JN-6-A2 "Jenny" biplanes. The west end of the flight line still has the historic brick squadron headquarters building (unfortunately redeveloped as offices) and brick hangar with Ace of Spades emblem. You don't see too many brick airplane hangars.
2. From 1947 to 1976 Air Guard fighter pilots living here flew air defense missions from the Geiger Blvd. side of the airport, in a series of aircraft types: P-51 Mustang, F-84, F-86 Sabre, F-94B, F-89D, delta-wing F-102, and F-101B Voodoo. I once personally saw two on-alert F-101's start up and take off in formation, on a foggy night, watching from Spotted Road just outside the fence. They began their takeoff roll and quickly disappeared in the fog, but after they lit afterburners I could see them climb out.

Public libraries

For local college libraries see the College & university section on my Inland NW page 4.

Coeur d'Alene Public Library http://www.cdalibrary.org/
Post Falls Public Library http://postfallslibrary.kcl.org/
Spokane Public Library http://www.spokanelibrary.org/
Spokane County Library District http://www.scld.org/

School districts

Educational Service District 101 http://www.esd101.net/ Serves school districts in Spokane County and six other counties; one of nine ESDs in the state of Washington.
Central Valley School District http://www.cvsd.com/
Cheney School District http://www.cheneysd.org/
East Valley School District http://www.evsd.com/
Mead School District http://www.mead354.org/
Medical Lake School District http://www.mlsd.org/
Nine Mile Falls School District http://www.9mile.org/
Spokane Public Schools http://www.spokaneschools.org/: Also known as School District 81.
West Valley School District http://www.wvsd.com/
Coeur d'Alene School District http://www.cdaschools.org/
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Post Falls School District http://www.pfsd.com/

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