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Sirens & Gavels archive for Aug. 30, 2012

THURSDAY, AUG. 30, 2012

Firefighter suspended over religious emails

A Spokane Valley firefighter says he'll continue using his government email account to send religious-oriented messages to fellow firefighters despite being suspended for two days and ordered to stop. Fire Capt. Jon Sprague contends that he has a constitutional right to use taxpayer-provided resources to…

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Burglary suspects caught in the act

Spokane County deputies arrested a man and a woman who claimed to be staying at a furnished but unoccupied home on North Sands Road after they found the home ransacked. The case started Monday night when the homeowner drove out to the home, in the…

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