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Council weighs switching official legal paper to Spokesman-Review; staff seeks consensus

Spokane Valley City Council · November 5, 2025
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Summary

City Attorney and staff presented price and circulation comparisons among the Valley News Herald, the Spokesman-Review and The Exchange; staff recommended naming the Spokesman-Review as the city's legal newspaper to improve turnaround and online reach, and sought council consensus to proceed to a resolution.

City Attorney Kelly Cochrane and Marcy Patterson (city clerk) presented options for the city's official legal newspaper of record, recommending the Spokesman-Review to address deadlines and broaden audience reach. Cochrane and Patterson explained the Spokesman-Review proposed an initial line rate of $1.57 with online inclusion and a waived first-insertion…

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