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(The Center Square) – Spokane officials are losing sleep over the city’s relationship with a regional emergency dispatch center, as member fees doubled what was anticipated this year amid a $50 million deficit. Spokane Regional Emergency Communications, or SREC, started operating in 2018 and began providing services to Washington’s second-largest municipality in 2022. The partnership took several years to reach, spanning multiple administrations, but now it might crumble. SREC serves around 550,000 people throughout Spokane County by answering emergency and non-emergency calls while providing …

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