The Liberty Lake Deep Dive

Liberty Lake is celebrating its 25th birthday with the nation's own 250th during the Founders & Fireworks event coming to Pavillion Park on July 4, 2026. Recreation coordinator Mickael Stevens returns to the microphone to cover everything that will be involved in the biggest attraction-filled 4th of July ever at Pavillion Park -- including what's being combined in from the elements of the Barefoot in the Park event that has traditionally occurred during August. Plan your 4th of July at Pavillion Park by listening ahead of time to this one!

Recreation coordinator Mickael Stevens provides a preview of allll the enhancements happening with Liberty Lake's popular Touch A Truck event for 2026. And -- because that's not the only thing going on at the start of the summer -- he also shares details about the YMCA camps, InclusaFit fitness classes, and youth and adult USTA tennis camps that are joining the local traditional lineup of youth sports camps from Skyhawks.

What was it like to try to build a new city's police department? Brian Asmus, the original chief of the Liberty Lake Police Department, tells the tales about some of the unusual things that happened in creating the LLPD from the ground floor after the city's incorporation in 2001. Find out how police staffing and resource acquisition worked during those first years, as well as some of memorable moments that happened during Brian's 19 years in heading up Liberty Lake's law enforcement and safety operations.

Commemorating the city's 25th anniversary, original Liberty Lake mayor Steve Peterson joins us via Zoom to share what went on during the initial months of starting up the city's operations during 2000 and 2001. You'll hear about Steve's involvement in setting up an initial city hall (or two), how he decided to run to become the first mayor, and the hurdle involved in hiring city employees before having any city revenues!

In commemoration of the 50th running of the big Spokane Bloomsday race, meet the one resident of Liberty Lake who has done 'em all ... EVERY year! Brian Kenna shares his memories about being among the 1,200-plus people who were part of the first staging of Bloomsday, as well as a few of his favorite highlights from the event's past decades, a lot of insights about what it means to be one of the Bloomsday Perennials ... and what he's done with all of those finisher T-shirts!