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• Death investigation closes part of Mission Park

  Aug. 1, 2014 A section of Mission Park near the playground equipment is blocked off as Spokane Police investigate the death of a man who collapsed just after 4 p.m. today. 1

• Fatal crash partially closes Highway 395 in Deer Park

  Aug. 1, 2014 Highway 395 is partially closed at ‘H’ Street in Deer Park as the Washington State Patrol responds to a fatal accident. 1

• Body found near Spokane Valley apartment complex

  Aug. 1, 2014 Authorities are working to gather details at the scene of a body found by walkers near a Spokane Valley apartment complex after 8 p.m. Thursday. 8

• July was second warmest month in Spokane history

  Aug. 1, 2014 The average temperature in Spokane in July was 75.7 degrees. That was just below the hottest month ever in Spokane, July 1906, which had an average temperature of 75.9 degrees, … 9

• Body found on porch of mobile home

  Aug. 1, 2014 The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a woman whose body was found on the porch of a mobile home on South Mullen Hill Road. 7

• Blue-green algae advisory issued for Hayden Lake

  Aug. 1, 2014 A health advisory for blue-green algae was issued Friday for the northeastern end of Hayden Lake near the sportsman’s access. 5

• Spokane police will hand out ‘club’ devices next week

  Aug. 1, 2014 Drivers of vehicles highly susceptible to theft will be able to pick up anti-theft “club” devices at National Night Out events planned throughout the city Tuesday, the Spokane Police Department … 12

• Prosecutor: No charges in deputy shooting of armed veteran

  Aug. 1, 2014 Prosecutors will not file charges against the six Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed Army veteran Jed Zillmer during an armed confrontation near the Spokane Valley Mall in … 53

• I-90 shooter indicted on 12 assault charges

  Aug. 1, 2014 The man who engaged police in a shootout on Interstate 90 near Post Falls was indicted by a grand jury on 12 counts of assault with intent to commit murder. … 10

• Four hospitalized in T-bone crash in Spokane

  Aug. 1, 2014 A woman was critically injured and three others sent to a hospital with unspecified injuries late Thursday in a T-bone crash at Trent Avenue and Napa Street in Spokane. 7

• Vigil after murder-suicide draws families of couple

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A1 A candlelight vigil held in Franklin Park Thursday was not only meant to honor murder victim Sheena Henderson, it was meant to honor her husband, Christopher Henderson, who shot her … 2

• Spokane approves property tax hikes for police, fire departments

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A1 Spokane leaders have promised to take an annual 1 percent property tax increase through 2016 to help fund $26 million worth of new vehicles and equipment for the fire and … 33

• Washington farm, orchard laborers stuck at border

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A1 Central Washington orchards, which have battled smoke and flames from July’s wildfires, may have a new problem to contend with in August as apple harvest starts. Legal workers from Mexico … 20

• Accuracy watch

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A2 For 08-01-2014

• Bennett Block’s skywalk staircase coming down

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A5 First the fountain, now the staircase. Following last week’s removal of Spokane architect Warren Heylman’s Parkade Plaza Fountain, Drusilla Hieber got permission from the Spokane City Council on Monday to … 21

• Bond renewal would boost Fire District 4 training, services

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A5 With calls on the rise, firefighters in north Spokane County are asking voters to help improve response times and to better equip and train crews. Spokane County Fire District 4 … 4

• Fire District 9 levy would maintain same tax rate

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A5 Spokane County Fire District 9 will ask voters next Tuesday to once again approve the majority of its operating budget through a special levy. The levy provides the district 60 … 6

• Export-Import Bank reauthorization gains Washington’s senators’ support

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A5 Washington’s two senators helped sponsor a bipartisan bill Thursday that would keep a major export program important to the state from going out of business. But Congress, which starts a … 22

• Injunction against Spokane Country Club takes on deep-rooted gender discrimination

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A5 First, the Spokane Country Club was ordered to pay around a half-million dollars for discriminating against its women members. Then, after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars defending the traditions … 133

• Jim Kershner’s this day in history

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A5 From our archives, 100 years ago The City Public Market – a rough equivalent to today’s farmers markets – was apparently thriving at Stevens Street and Second Avenue.

• Washington seeks to avoid court ruling that state pot law is pre-empted by federal law

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Washington wants to join legal battles between some potential pot businesses and cities that won’t let them open inside their boundaries. But Attorney General Bob Ferguson said the … 7

• Pot smoking tickets issued unevenly

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A6 SEATTLE – Yes, you can buy pot. You can smoke pot. You can possess pot here in the Evergreen State. You just can’t do those things in public, smelling up … 4

• Washington state ferries to resume normal schedule Saturday

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A6 SEATTLE – Puget Sound ferry service should be back on schedule by Saturday after disruptions caused by maintenance and unexpected repairs, the interim head of Washington State Ferries said Thursday. … 1

• Stabbing defendant pleads not guilty by reason of insanity

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A6 An 18-year-old who stabbed another man in the head repeatedly outside a downtown homeless shelter in August pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on Thursday. David N. Vincent, who … 3

• Alleged driver arrested in drive-by shooting

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A6 A man suspected of committing a drive-by shooting in East Central Spokane last year is behind bars thanks to a phone tapped by police in an unrelated case. Ronnie T. …

• In brief: Suspect arrested after Spokane Valley home burglary

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A6 A 23-year-old man was arrested as a suspect in a burglary during which a gun was pointed at one of the victims. Two homeowners arrived to find their house in …

• Idaho records

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A9 For 08-01-2014

• In brief: Husband charged in deaths of two

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A9 A man accused of strangling his wife and her young daughter in their Post Falls apartment on July 8 was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on two counts of …

• Washington records

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A9 Spokane County Marriage licenses

• Avista wants to raise Idaho electricity rates

  Aug. 1, 2014 on Page A10 Avista Utilities says it spent more on electricity for Idaho customers last year than it recovered through rates. So, the utility is asking Idaho regulators for permission to raise electric … 5

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