Recent overcrowding at the Spokane County Jail and Geiger Corrections Center has forced guards to keep inmates locked in their cells for longer periods of time – a practice that experts say creates a more dangerous environment for prisoners and staff alike.
Spokane’s D. Lish’s Hamburgers has changed the name of its seven-patty novelty hamburger – formerly called “the Karnowski” in honor of Gonzaga University’s star basketball player Przemysław “Przemek” Karnowski.
Gonzaga University has stopped selling a child-size T-shirt featuring the slogan “Boys will be boys” after a student complained on Twitter that the shirt “perpetuates rape culture.”
As snow melted away in the first glimmers of spring sunshine, wheat farmers in southeastern Washington were surprised to find their crops damaged by an unusual culprit: pink snow mold.
Spokane County will hold two workshops at the end of the week to gather public feedback on its comprehensive plan – the framework that dictates what can be built on land within county borders, and where.
Classes will go on as scheduled at Gonzaga University to the dismay of students and other fans hoping to skip town and head to Phoenix to watch the Bulldogs play in the Final Four.
Washington State University is working with a private developer to build a “village” of apartments, condos, townhouses, retail stores and dining options on the Pullman campus just west of the Palouse Ridge Golf Course.
About 30 people gathered outside the Spokane County courthouse Monday afternoon, demanding answers for the deaths of two women who are believed to have been killed by the same man, KHQ reported.
The number of inmates in Kootenai County’s custody reached an all-time high over the weekend as county leaders moved forward with plans to expand the jail, which has been overcrowded for more than a decade.
The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled a woman’s death a suicide after her body was pulled from the Spokane River on the evening of March 20.
A crowd of students and professors at Gonzaga University chuckled Friday afternoon when Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson took a jab at the Trump administration’s legal defense of the president’s travel ban.
A lawsuit against Washington State University involving the euthanization of a sick dog could set a new legal precedent on the emotional value of pets.
As dozens of duplexes and single-family homes are built near Wandermere Golf Course, longtime residents express frustrations about the rapid growth, increased traffic and impact on wildlife.
A lawsuit claims Patit Creek Cellars, which has a wine tasting room in downtown Spokane, hasn’t paid for more than 14 tons of grapes valued at nearly $19,000.
Spokane County plans to add measureable performance standards to its contract with NaphCare Inc., the Alabama company that provides medical care to county jail inmates.
Spokane County commissioners will decide Tuesday whether to negotiate a new contract with NaphCare Inc., the Alabama company that provides medical care for county jail inmates.
A 22-year-old man is accused of stealing a car at gunpoint and leading sheriff’s deputies on a raucous high-speed chase early Saturday in Spokane Valley, causing roughly $4,000 to two patrol cars.
A jury found a driver not guilty of vehicular homicide after he crashed a pickup truck into a bicyclist on East Mission Avenue. Now the victim’s family is suing the driver and his employer.
City, county and airport officials plan to create a public development authority that would pool property tax revenue to accelerate construction on the West Plains.