Moses Antone, 70, a member of the Squamish Tribe in British Columbia, was busy putting the finishing touches on two longhouses on the Expo ’74 grounds.
Books can be bought by the bag or the box for next to nothing Saturday at the Friends of the Spokane Public Library sale at the Shadle Park Branch, ending a three-day fundraiser to help support the organization.
The old-fashioned toot of the steam whistle heralded the arrival of steam locomotive No. 8444 – one of the last operating steam locomotives – near the Expo ’74 grounds.
The Spokane Arena will soon undergo a $10 million renovation to update its retractable seating and replace its lighting, including the ribbon winding around the facility and lighting up Spokane’s night sky.
A reporter for the Spokane Daily Chronicle walked through the Expo ’74 grounds and talked to the workers rushing to get the fair ready for the May 4 opening.
Landlords in Spokane will have to warn tenants 120 or 180 days in advance before raising rents if an ordinance proposed Monday is passed on April 29 by the City Council.
Spokane Chronicle business writer Frank Bartel wrote in January of 1973 that visitors to Expo ’74 “will get a very close look at the seamier side of Spokane.”
Washington Gov. Dan Evans sparked a controversy when he chided Expo ’74 officials for allowing construction of the Sheraton ITT Hotel to continue next to the Washington State Pavilion while Expo was underway.
Julian Bond, civil rights leader and Georgia state legislator, toured Expo ’74’s Afro-American Pavilion (sometimes called the Pan-African Pavilion) and called it “very impressive.”
Planting season is upon us! The nurseries are filling up and our local garden clubs and programs are gearing up for their annual plant sales. Here are the biggest ones in the Spokane area over the next two months.