The popular Dirty Dash opened registration today for the 2013 “race” to be held at Riverside State Park on July 13.

Loyalty registration, which runs until Jan. 30, costs only $35. After that the price to sign up steadily rises the closer we get to the event.

“Resolve to make 2013 your dirtiest yet and we guarantee to make that happen for you in one unforgettable morning of feasting on filth, groveling through grime, delighting in dirt, and wallowing in mud rather than self-pity,” a news release from Dirty Dash said.

Sign up at thedirtydash.com.

Spokane police continue their search for the suspect in what hopefully will be the last homicide of 2012.

On Sunday, patrol officers were called to a home near the intersection of Wall and Augusta on reports that a man had been shot to death there. Now major crimes detectives say they have probable cause to arrest Salvador Rivera Romero, 26, for that killing.

The shooting has all the hallmarks of a drug-related murder with both the suspect and the home where the murder happened having a history of guns and drug dealing.

About 5:30 p.m. Sunday witnesses said the gunman knocked on the door, and when the victim answered he was shot to death. Patrol officers flooded the area looking for the suspect but later determined he had driven away from the scene.

The three women inside the home at the time of the shooting were taken down to the Public Safety Building and detectives later determined Rivera Romero was a viable suspect.

Moses Lake is moving ahead with a plan to replace 30 downtown trees at an estimated cost of $160,000. That's more than $5,300 a tree.

Municipal Services Director Gary Harer explained to the city council recently that the job is expensive because crews have to remove and replace pavers and culverts and fix any damage to electrical and irrigation systems under the sidewalk.

The Columbia Basin Herald reports the trees must be removed because roots are lifting up sections of sidewalk, creating a hazard. So why plant new trees and continue the problem?

The city has about 200 trees for beautification. Councilman Dick Dean said without them Moses Lake could be a flat, wind-swept desert oasis.

The council voted to put the project out for bids.