Riverfront Park is about to get a much needed improvement: Food.

The Fountain Café is rapidly nearing completion and it promises to bring a touch of class to the aging park.

While the Parks Department considers the long term plan for Riverfont Park, the new building is a breath of fresh air. It will also offer a fresh take on standard concession stand food.

The Fountain Café if the first new building in the park since the gondola was rebuilt. Designed by NAC Architecture, it pays tribute to the history of Spokane parks with a curving basalt rock façade and seating area. It is very reminiscent of something that would be found in Manito Park, Corbin Park, or Liberty Park.

The walled, outdoor seating area will give park visitors a beautiful place to sit and enjoy a meal or a glass of their favorite Washington wine. Parents will be able to relax and keep an eye on their children playing in the nearby Rotary Fountain on a hot summer day. The building will also feature restrooms, a huge improvement over the Honey-Buckets of recent years.

From sea to shining sea, Americans stood by Boston and those injured in the Boston Marathon Bombings on Monday night.  The attack brought back instant memories of the September 11th terror attacks of 2001.

America is a much different place than it was 12 years ago.  Today as the events in Boston unfolded, people turned to social media to not only find out what was happening, but to give their opinion as to what was going on.

“Terrible, but the world needs to expect terrorist acts, during world events, and national events, Satan’s working hard now a days!” wrote Janette Smith on the KXLY4 News Facebook fan page.

“Oh my goodness there’s so much blood. How horrid.” wrote Dawn Blasberg.

The images on television and streaming across the internet did indeed show a lot of blood on the street and sidewalks.  The images were unlike anything we’ve seen in recent years.  The images of hate and anger came at America in record speed.

“IF this is a terrorist attack, how could someone be SO heartless as to do something like this to innocent people!” wrote Bowtie Bob Fryer on the KXLY Facebook page.

Many houses have a stock pile of plastic grocery bags, whether they be under the sink or shoved in the pantry. You don't want to throw them away, and they can't go in the recycling bin. Why not donate them? The Salvation Army is always in need of grocery bags at their community food bank.

Every month the Salvation Army food bank serves 13,000 families in the Spokane area. Plastic grocery bags, as well as paper bags are always needed. The plastic bags are used to bag produce and the groceries are sent home mostly in paper bags. They currently purchase paper bags from URM.

Community Services Program Manager, Leslie Rogers, described the bank as “shopper's choice”. Customers are led through the aisles and are able to select which items they want. They are Second Harvest's largest food outlet.