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Accused Subway robber arrested in Pend Orielle County Tuesday

UPDATED: Thu., March 28, 2019

A man suspected of robbing a Spokane Valley Subway was arrested in Pend Orielle County on Tuesday following a tip from a bystander.

News >  Spokane

Pam Houston brings childhood and ranch life together in first memoir

UPDATED: Tue., March 26, 2019

Author Pam Houston discovered the “church of wilderness” during childhood trips with a man named Colonel Bob Miller.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Sandpoint killing suspect sits in jail on unrelated charges

UPDATED: Wed., March 27, 2019

A suspect in a Sandpoint killing is sitting in jail with a $15,000 bond for unrelated charges, and prosecutors say it may take weeks until homicide-related charges are filed.

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News >  Spokane

Robotics competition draws crowds, springboards youth into engineering fields

UPDATED: Sat., March 23, 2019

The West Valley High School gym was transformed into a robotics arena Saturday, as the annual FIRST Washington robotics competition took place.

News >  Spokane

Islamic Center receives overwhelming support following New Zealand terrorist attack

UPDATED: Fri., March 22, 2019

It wasn’t just members of the Islamic religion who listened to prayer and a memorial service Friday night in Spokane, as individuals from a range of backgrounds gathered to honor the 50 victims of a shooting at multiple New Zealand mosques last week.

News >  Spokane

New director of the Center for Justice wants to empower Spokane

Fri., March 22, 2019

The Center for Justice’s new executive director, Dainen Penta, is the center’s first person of color as its leader, and he’s “looking at things through a race equity lens,” said board president Paul Dillon.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Men perform citizens’ arrest, punch man in courthouse after he allegedly grabbed, threatened 71-year old woman

UPDATED: Thu., March 21, 2019

Spokane police arrested a man who allegedly assaulted a 71-year-old woman in the Spokane County Courthouse on Wednesday.

News >  Spokane

Spokane dentist pleads guilty in federal court to improperly prescribing painkillers

UPDATED: Thu., March 21, 2019

A Spokane dentist has pleaded guilty in federal court to manipulating pain-killer prescriptions and distributing drugs to a former patient with whom he was having “inappropriate relationship” for years.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Sandpoint man found dead with gunshot wound; suspect arrested

UPDATED: Wed., March 20, 2019

Sandpoint police have arrested a man in connection with the fatal shooting of Robert Cameron Hegseth Wohali, who had been missing since Sunday.

News >  Spokane

Think the snow and cold were bad this winter? In 1969, Spokane saw 3 1/2 feet on the ground

Sun., March 17, 2019

The winter of 1969 holds a place in the record books and in the collective memory of Spokane. The oddities of that winter collected as fast as the snowfall. It was a year with simpler technology for forecasting, transportation and communication. It’s one that people remember as an outlier – at the time, it set some snowfall records.

News >  Spokane

David Condon walks St. Patrick’s Day Parade as kilted mayor

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2019

Mayor David Condon was in his element Saturday afternoon. No criticism, no problems. Just tossing candies, shaking youngsters’ hands and wearing a kilt.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Chimney possibly sparks garage fire in northeast Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2019

Firefighters responded to a single-story garage fire at 3704 Fairview Ave., on Friday evening, possibly sparked by a chimney fire.

News >  Spokane

Last October firefighters installed smoke alarms in a Spokane Valley home; that investment saved lives when the home caught fire Wednesday night.

UPDATED: Thu., March 14, 2019

A fire at a Spokane Valley mobile home on Wednesday would have turned out much worse if firefighters wouldn’t have responded to the same house last year, for a non-fire call, and noticed that the house lacked smoke alarms, leading firefighters to install them for the residents.

News >  Idaho

Can Coeur d’Alene break the world record for largest snowball fight on Saturday?

UPDATED: Thu., March 14, 2019

Coeur d’Alene wants to host the world’s largest snowball fight this weekend. Bill Greenwood, Coeur d’Alene Parks director, expects only a few hundred people to show up to the planned snowball fight at 3 p.m. Saturday at McEuen Park in downtown Coeur d’Alene.

News >  Spokane

Shields dives through nuclear bomb history of ‘loose lips sink ships’ at Northwest Passages Book Club

UPDATED: Wed., March 13, 2019

Before her first novel was published, Spokane author Sharma Shields was already looking to start writing another book.

News >  Spokane

Kootenai County school levies pass

UPDATED: Wed., March 13, 2019

Coeur d’Alene school district voters on Tuesday approved a two-year, $20 million levy for various programs and building maintenance. As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, the tally was 4,278 yes votes to 1,867 no votes.

News >  Spokane

Investigation of attack on attorney intern in Public Safety Building continues; victim calls for better surveillance

UPDATED: Wed., March 13, 2019

Surveillance cameras in a lobby of the Public Safety Building were not working, preventing investigators from identifying a suspect.

News >  Spokane

Shapiro speech canceled for second time

UPDATED: Tue., March 12, 2019

A planned speech featuring political commentator Ben Shapiro at Gonzaga University was canceled for a second time, this time due to a sponsor’s withdrawal..

News >  Spokane

Post Office in Inchelium burglarized, alarm disabled and packages torn open

UPDATED: Tue., March 12, 2019

The U.S. Post Office in Inchelium was burglarized last weekend.

News >  Spokane

State troopers respond to 39 crashes related to snow; trooper’s car hit but no injuries

UPDATED: Tue., March 12, 2019

A car lost control and sideswiped a Washington State Patrol trooper’s car on Tuesday. No one was injured, and his car had minor damage.

News >  Spokane

Kids take to Irish jigs in free concert

UPDATED: Sat., March 9, 2019

More than 500 people attended the KPBX annual free Kids’ Concert: Celtic Dance Party on Saturday as they enjoyed the sounds and rhythms of Irish band Floating Crowbar.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Semitruck crash that closed I-90 Friday night was carrying 16 2,000-pound missiles

UPDATED: Sat., March 9, 2019

A semitruck that crashed on Interstate 90 on Friday night, shutting down both directions of the road, was carrying 16 2,000 pound missiles, according to a news release from Idaho State Police.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man parked on Interstate 90 reportedly runs into traffic, hit by car

UPDATED: Sat., March 9, 2019

A Coeur d’Alene man was hit by a car Saturday morning on Interstate 90, 17 miles west of Spokane, and had to be transported by helicopter to the hospital.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

I-90 reopened after hours-long shutdown between Post Falls and Coeur d’Alene

UPDATED: Fri., March 8, 2019

Idaho State Police have reopened Interstate 90 between Post Falls and Coeur d’Alene following an investigation that had closed the road in both directions for nearly three hours.

News >  Spokane

Ryan Lee arrested third time while out on bail for school shooting threats, cyberstalking and harassment

UPDATED: Fri., March 8, 2019

Ryan Lee, the student who threatened to shoot students at Lewis and Clark High School, was arrested for the third time on Friday, according to Spokane Police.