May 20 2012 - Kernels finally return home, lose to Kane County, 5-3
For a week straight, they commuted to games at Burlington and Quad Cities . That’s seven consecutive days of getting home a little before midnight, grabbing a bite to eat, heading to bed, waking up, going back to the ballpark and hopping on a bus. |
May 12 2012 - Central Valley schools get new bus safety cameras
SPOKANE VALLEY– Drivers who illegally pass Central Valley School District buses will be caught on camera with the help of a new safety camera pilot program. The district is taking steps to improve student safety around school bus stops by deterring drivers who illegally pass school buses and endanger the lives of children crossing the street. A new safety camera system is activated by the ... |
May 09 2012 - A tour bus tragedy
None of the passengers who boarded a chartered tour bus at 10 p.m., April 28, at JT Kanazawa Station imagined the tragedy that lay ahead. The bus, bound for Tokyo Disneyland Resort (TDR) in Chiba Prefecture, crashed into a soundproofing wall on the Kanetsu Expressway in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, around 4:40 a.m. the next day, killing seven passengers and injuring 38 others, three of them ... |
May 02 2012 - Jim Kershner's this day in history - Mon, 09 Apr 2012 PST
A new form of transportation was set to debut in Spokane: an “auto-omnibus.” Today, we would call it a bus. It was an automobile capable of carrying 18 passengers. It was intended to call on the city’s hotels and take passengers to the train depots. This auto-omnibus had become a “fixture in the larger Eastern cities,” and the head of the taxi company in Spokane said he believed “it will prove ... |
April 30 2012 - Getting There: Busy Mead intersection getting roundabout - Mon, 30 Apr 2012 PST
The popular arterial route on the west side of Whitworth University is going to be closed to through traffic later this spring for major reconstruction, including installation of a roundabout. From Wall Street on the south to Mill Road on the north, the arterial provides a major north-south link through northwest Spokane. |
April 29 2012 - Bus crash in Gunma leaves seven dead
A bus packed with tourists headed for Tokyo Disneyland crashed early Sunday on an expressway in Gunma Prefecture, killing seven people and injuring 39 others in an inauspicious start to the Golden Week holidays. The bus, which left Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, at around 10 p.m. Saturday with 45 passengers on board, collided with a 3-meter-high wall on the Kanetsu Expressway at around 4:40 a.m ... |
April 20 2012 - East Central backs proposal to improve traffic safety - Mon, 02 Apr 2012 PST
Much of East Sprague Avenue in Spokane could be changed from a four-lane to a two-lane arterial under a plan intended to increase safety and enhance the urban environment there. The city of Spokane is using a $150,000 federal economic stimulus grant to develop the plan, which has support from residents and businesses in the East Central Neighborhood. |
April 10 2012 - Bus riders, officials oppose transit district budget cut
Board of Finance Chairman Avi Kaner, right, and Representative Town Meeting Transit Committee member Dick Lowenstein on Monday review proposed $114,000 cut for local bus services proposed in the town's 2012-13 budget. |
March 13 2012 - Gonzaga doesn't fear long road ahead
Gonzaga will play WVU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament after a 2,232-mile flight from their Spokane, Wash., campus to Pittsburgh. The Mountaineers will roll 55 miles by bus from Morgantown. |
March 09 2012 - Spokane Chiefs Blog: A fond farewell to the team bus
The Spokane Chiefs play the Vancouver Giants in the opening round of the Western Hockey League playoffs, but as "The Voice of the Chiefs" Mike Boyle explains, Spokane is still fighting for home-ice advantage in that series. |
February 24 2012 - Presidential hopeful wows his Spokane fans - Fri, 24 Feb 2012 PST
A lot of show biz has crossed the stage at the Bing, and Thursday was no different. Fans stood in line more than an hour before showtime. Some held signs or dressed up. A tour bus lurked outside, and police rerouted traffic. When the doors opened, people flooded in, filling the ground floor immediately and then streaming up to the balcony. |
February 24 2012 - Yorkville gets the best of Knight boys
KANELAND—After a long drive to Streator led to victory earlier last week, Kaneland was looking to ride the victory bus against Yorkville right in its own backyard. |
February 13 2012 - Federal review finds deficiencies in transportation plan - Mon, 13 Feb 2012 PST
The organization responsible for planning transportation spending in Spokane is getting its knuckles rapped in a newly released federal review. The Spokane Regional Transportation Council failed to include public transit and other alternatives to automobile travel in its main transportation plans, the government said in a report. |
February 12 2012 - Greyhound leaving downtown station after 50 years
Justin Carnahan is the lone passenger left in the Greyhound bus station in Yakima Feb. 9, 2012 after the Seattle-bound bus left the station. Carnahan still had three hours to wait before his Spokane-bound bus would leave. |
February 07 2012 - Washington's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards Program
OLYMPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jesse Sheldon, 17, of Spokane Valley and Skyler Lee, 12, of Longview today were named Washington's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. Jesse was nominated by Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley, and Skyler was nominated by Kelso ... |
February 03 2012 - School bus crash on Granart Road in Big Rock Township
HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK—On Jan. 27 at approximately 8:10 a.m., Kane County Sheriff’s Deputies, Sugar Grove Police, Big Rock Fire Department and Sugar Grove Fire Department responded to a report of a school bus crash on Granart Road, between Rhodes and Dugan roads in unincorporated Big Rock Township. |
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