Today’s headlines:
- School starts in the next week or so for some Inland Northwest districts. Lisa Leinberger looks at how schools in wildfire-affected districts are getting ready for students.
- Avista goes before a state committee next week as it asks for a rate increase.
- A Northwest energy committee says the region needs more power, especially from renewable sources, and soon.
- We talk with the arborist from North Idaho College about planting dozens of new trees on campus to replace big Ponderosa pines that have been blown down during the last year.
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Spokane is still in the initial stages of recovery after the Spokane Complex fires. But starting next week, students in the area are going to have to navigate another hurdle: The first day of school. SPR’s Lisa Leinberger reports.
Spokane Public Schools open on August 26. Last week, the district announced inspections and testing at the three schools within the former Level 3 evacuation area: Flett Middle School and Indian Trail and Woodridge elementary schools.…