The Spokane police union is asking the department to reinstate and give back pay to a sergeant fired after a drunken hit and run crash. A grievance notice was sent to Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, Assistant Chief Jim Nicks and Human Resources Director Dave Chandler Dec.…
A home health care provider turned in a suspected Spokane Valley bomb maker after spotting packages of unusual liquids in his mail. The woman had been helping Raymond for about two months and said he "expressed great bitterness" over his recent divorce and had been…
A judge will decide Friday if accused murderer Cole Strandberg is competent to stand trial for the crossbow killing of a 22-year-old Spokane woman two years ago. During a two-day hearing this week in Spokane County Superior Court, prosecutors argued Strandberg was faking signs of…
Two people seeking prescription drugs tied up a Bonner County woman in her home early today. Cynthia White was asleep on her couch when the robbers entered, forced her into her wheelchair and tied her to it about 3:50 a.m. in the Cedar View Estates…
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