If you do decide to go that route, take a look at Cheney:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheney,_Washington
It's a small college town (Eastern Washington University) about nine or ten miles from Geiger. That's somewhat farther than the city of Spokane, but you don't have to deal with the Spokane Valley traffic which can sometimes get brutal. It has fast access to Geiger mostly by interstate, and a pleasant little town. And in the winter, the roads are more reliably cleared of snow and black ice.
Just a suggestion.