Stories by Will Campbell for the Spokesman-Review

News > Spokane

Police search for knife-wielding man who rang Spokane woman’s door

UPDATED: Thu., July 18, 2019

Twice in the past week, a man wielding a knife approached Kristen Tesarik’s house in the East Central neighborhood, stood outside the front door and left without harming anyone or taking anything.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Dayton man killed in car crash near Tekoa

UPDATED: Wed., July 17, 2019

Washington State Patrol troopers responded to a one-car fatal crash on Wednesday two miles south of Tekoa.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Train derails in Spokane Valley; tankers overturned but no leaks detected

UPDATED: Wed., July 17, 2019

Train crews are working Wednesday morning at the scene of a derailment where several train cars, including a couple tankers, came off the tracks in Spokane Valley.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane resident dies in cliff jumping accident at The Cove in Long Lake

UPDATED: Tue., July 16, 2019

A 22-year-old Spokane man died on Saturday after hitting a rock while cliff jumping at a popular site called The Cove at Fisk State Park property in Nine Mile Falls.

News > Spokane

Brief showers on Tuesday will fade in afternoon

UPDATED: Tue., July 16, 2019

Showers swept through Spokane Tuesday, bringing a little more than 0.29 of an inch of rain at the Spokane International Airport. July is a dry month in Spokane and that amount is somewhat unusual, said Tom Dang, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Spokane. The record rainfall for July 16 was set in 1978 with 0.41 of an inch.

News > Spokane

Spokane man sentenced to 11 years for assault

Mon., July 15, 2019

A 39-year-old man who previously sprayed bear mace at Spokane police and himself in a confrontation two summers ago will spend more than a decade in prison after striking a man and a woman with a golf club and cinder block last fall.

News > Spokane

Spokane Valley deputies arrest man who allegedly shot ground near arguing couple’s feet

UPDATED: Sat., July 13, 2019

Deputies say the suspect fired the gun at the victim’s feet and that she was struck with debris from the shot hitting the ground.

News > Spokane

Two Eastern Washington football players seriously injured in downtown shooting

UPDATED: Sat., July 13, 2019

Two Eastern Washington football players were shot early Saturday in downtown Spokane’s central bar district, at the intersection of West Main Avenue and North Division Street.

A&E > Cooking

‘A Fine Line:’ Successful women in culinary industry find common ground in their struggles

UPDATED: Sun., July 14, 2019

Joanna James, Mareya Ibrahim and Anita Lo spoke before an audience at the Bing Crosby Theater on Saturday after a screening of "A Fine Line," an award-winning documentary about women in the food industry directed by James. The event was part of The Spokesman-Review’s Northwest Passages Book Club.

News > Business

Garland Theater owner putting business up for sale

UPDATED: Fri., July 12, 2019

The owner of the historic Garland Theater is retiring after 20 years of ownership and putting the business for sale, though she will retain ownership of the building.

News > Spokane

House fire in Browne’s Addition causes no injuries

UPDATED: Thu., July 11, 2019

No one was hurt after a sparking dryer caused a house fire in Browne’s Addition on Thursday evening, residents said.

News > Spokane

Two new Gonzaga basketball players spend time reading to kids

UPDATED: Wed., July 10, 2019

About 20 children turned up at the Spokane Public Library’s South Hill branch to hear Gonzaga basketball players read books aloud.

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Fatal crash 6 miles south of Colville shuts down highway

UPDATED: Wed., July 10, 2019

A fatal crash six miles south of Colville shut down U.S. Route 395 on Wednesday afternoon.

News > Spokane

Detectives suspect Spokane man shipped 16 packages of marijuana to buyers nationwide

UPDATED: Tue., July 9, 2019

Washington State Patrol troopers pulled over the 20-year-old man in May and allegedly found plastic food-saver rolls, a heat sealer, scissors, moving tape, shipping receipts, $5,854 in cash, 110.3 grams of packaged marijuana, a used bong and prescription medication.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane officer who shot at man on Saturday has been involved in 4 other shootings

UPDATED: Wed., July 10, 2019

A Spokane police officer has been placed on paid leave after firing his gun in a Saturday arrest. The officer has come under scrutiny before for using force on the job.

News > Spokane

Spokane police consider buying new ballistic shields

Mon., July 8, 2019

The Spokane Police Department is considering buying up to a half-dozen new ballistic shields designed to stop rifle rounds.

News > Spokane

MAC exhibit rethinks how giants, unicorns and Bigfoot came into being

UPDATED: Mon., July 8, 2019

A new exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture examines the real-world origins of mythical creatures, past and present.

News > Spokane

Officer shoots at, arrests fleeing suspect in lower South Hill; no injuries

UPDATED: Sat., July 6, 2019

A Spokane police officer shot at but did not hit a wanted person on the lower South Hill on Saturday afternoon. No one was hurt and the suspect was arrested.

News > Spokane

Rogue tire on Interstate 90 hits semi truck, spills gas on roadway

Fri., July 5, 2019

A rogue tire that spun off a car struck a semi truck, spilling gasoline onto Interstate 90 near Mullan Trail Road in Idaho on Friday morning. Idaho State Police responded to the scene around 9 a.m., after a 1990 Ford Bronco driven by a man from Florida going east on the highway lost a tire, according to a news release from Idaho State Police.

News > Spokane

80-degree high and cloudy skies on Fourth of July

UPDATED: Thu., July 4, 2019

We’ll have an 80-degree high and a cloudy sky on the Fourth of July.

News > Spokane

Man who drowned in Spokane River identified

UPDATED: Wed., July 3, 2019

The Spokane County Medical Examiner identified the man who drowned in the Spokane River on Wednesday while inner tubing as Benjamin J. Cullipher. He was 56.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Cheney man who allegedly killed wife with ice cream moves to Oklahoma, pleads not guilty to new murder charge

UPDATED: Thu., July 4, 2019

A man suspected of killing his wife last year at their Cheney home with poisoned ice cream pleaded not guilty to a new murder charge in Spokane County Superior Court on Wednesday.

News > Spokane

Man charged with illegally possessing gun used in Russian roulette death

UPDATED: Wed., July 3, 2019

The friend of a man

News > Crime/Public Safety

Rypien, wife say he didn’t commit domestic violence assault; CTE medication not to blame

UPDATED: Wed., July 3, 2019

Former Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien, who was arrested Sunday on suspicion of domestic violence, wrote in a joint statement with his wife that he didn’t commit a crime.

News > Spokane

Man’s body found near T.J. Meenach Bridge after report of missing tuber

UPDATED: Tue., July 2, 2019

The body of a man was found Tuesday afternoon on the bank of the Spokane River just south of the T.J. Meenach Bridge following reports of a missing inner-tuber. He was not wearing a life jacket.

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