2024 Newman Lake Cleanup Day

Saturday, Apr. 20, 9-11 a.m. Stop by Newman Lake Fire and Rescue to pick up trash bags, gloves, coffee, and donuts and have a stretch of road assigned to you to clean up. Bring the bags back to the fire station or leave them on the side of the road when they are full...

FIGHTING THE SCUM OF THE EARTH

By Colin Tiernan THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW Spokane County is spending $2 million to fight scum. Green, goopy, gross lake scum, that is. The county commissioners plan to use $2.1 million to build a new system for combating algae blooms at Newman Lake. County taxpayers won’t...