Washington State Prostart programs offer vocational training at the high school level across the state. Since August, Prostart has been selling raffle tickets for a 2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 Cobra. This week, the Mustang is Spokane visiting local restaurants before stopping at the FSA Food Show on Thursday.

The Prostart School to Career Programs are run by the non-profit Education Foundation, which is part of the Washington Restaurant Association. Currently all five District 81 high schools partner with Prostart, there are a total of 33 high school partnerships across the state. Three more districts are hoping to join the program including Mead.

The program is designed to prepare students for work in the restaurant industry and offers hands on experience. Students receive training that includes customer relations, food preparation and safety, nutrition and how to run a business.

See a pothole and want to get it fixed? There's an app for that.

Today Spokane Mayor David Condon accounced the launch of a new online service to report pothles.

The website based service can be accessed on laptop and desktop computers, smart phones and tablets by clicking here.

“We want to make it easy for citizens to interact with us on issues both big and small,” Mayor Condon said. “This is part of a much larger effort to improve customer service and enhance communication with citizens.”

According to the City, all you have to do is enter information about the size and location of the pothole. You can also “pin” the location on a map and send a photo.

The reported information will go directly to the City’s Street Department to be scheduled for repair.  

You can still always call in to report a pothole through the Streets Department at (509) 625-7733.

The city says crews prioritize pothole repairs based on size and location, with the largest potholes on the busiest streets being repaired first. Crews fill potholes all year long.