Effective July 1, all state liquor stores will have the same hours of operation.* All state stores will also be open additional hours for added convenience. The WSLCB received funding in the state budget to standardize state store hours. Standardized hours are projected to generate nearly $800,000 in additional revenue during the 2011-13 Biennium. Currently, operating hours vary by location at the 166 state stores. The new state store hours will be:

Monday – Thursday: 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Friday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m.

Facing serious cuts in state funding, the Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees has announced a budget that increases tuition by 11% each of the next two years.  The plan will also cut up to 10 degree programs and 15 - 20 positions at the university.    EWU has not announced which programs will be cut, but school spokesman Dave Meany says that decision should come down in the next couple of weeks.  

More details in a news release just issued by EWU:

Liquid Transformations at 1707 E. Holyoke has finally opened and is ready to wow Spokane with a cool Hydrographic process. Steve, Jeff and Derek had known each other for many years and had also worked together, they wanted to do something on their own and be their own boss. Liquid Transformation was born and after the building was found and several months of clean up and renovation they have started "printing" . The process is simple you have a sheet with a design on it, layed out in water and sprayed with an activator...the paper dissolves and the ink remains, undisturbed.