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Last year, the Stevens County commissioners proposed two ballot measures to raise sales tax to pay for a new jail. The voter pamphlet included an argument in favor written by the sheriff and two other citizens.

Toward the end of a meandering news conference, former President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted he was "entitled" to continue his barrage of personal attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, even as Republican allies are pushing him to shift his tone and emphasize policy issues.

A tiny home stolen from a storage facility in North Spokane was found Thursday on the edge of a farm field in Spangle.

The 21-year-old fiancée of a Pullman man accused of international parental kidnapping was also federally indicted, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.

Customers of a South Hill Applebee’s may have visited it to save some money, what with the $1 margaritas and $20 dinner for two.

A 46-year-old drug runner who led Spokane Police on a car chase in 2020, was sentenced Thursday to nearly 6 years in federal prison.

The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled the results of landmark drug price negotiations between Medicare and pharmaceutical companies, allowing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to cast themselves as confronting the drug industry on behalf of older Americans during the presidential campaign.

An 18-year-old pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering a teenage boy last year in a “drug deal gone wrong.”

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris showcased the passing of the Democratic torch at their first joint public appearance since he left the race, celebrating a victory on lowering drug costs at an event Thursday where the two leaders projected an enduring partnership as the spotlight settled on her.

Taylor Swift has been in London this week ahead of her Eras Tour shows, throwing a party for her staff as she was seen in public for the first time since terror threats forced the cancellation of her shows in Vienna last week. The star celebrated her tour staff at Annabel’s, a private members’ club, according to People. Swift has not publicly commented on the foiled attack, but her five shows ...

Developers are planning to build 17 townhomes adjacent to Drumheller Springs Historical Park in northwest Spokane.

Starbucks offered an eight-figure cash signing bonus and personal use of its corporate aircraft to its new CEO as part of its sizable compensation package to lure him away from Chipotle. He also won’t be forced to leave California. .

Nearly a dozen people gathered in the Spokane County courthouse Thursday to watch a judge sentence 32-year-old Taylor Rogers to 38 years in prison for the 2022 murder of Jimmie Bailey.

More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, the local Health Ministry said Thursday - a bleak indicator of the war’s toll even as a full count remained out of reach amid a near-total collapse of the enclave’s health-care system.

Ukraine’s offensive into Russia has expanded to the region of Belgorod, with fierce fighting underway there as Kyiv’s forces in the neighboring region of Kursk showed signs of solidifying control Thursday.