SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — When a two-mile stretch of the Spokane River from approximately Mission Avenue to Barker Road went dry again this summer, it raised alarm bells with local environmental groups.
“This represents our community, This is a place to play, to recreate. To come down to, to hang out, and commune with nature and it’s not here anymore,” said Jule Schultz, a waterkeeper with Spokane Riverkeeper…