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• Charges are dropped in homicide case

  January 12, 2012 in City on Page A5 Murder charges have been dropped against a Spokane man arrested for the homicide of a 62-year-old Stevens County woman. Robert Cody Wirtz, 30, was released from jail on Tuesday, about … 2

• CPS report triggered arrest in Northport homicide

  December 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 A 4-year-old boy’s ongoing nightmares about “a dead lady” and his description of how she died led homicide detectives to arrest his father in the slaying of a Stevens County … 4

• Son’s nightmares about ‘dead lady’ led to man’s murder arrest

  December 14, 2011 in News, City A 4-year-old boy’s nightmares about “a dead lady” and his description of how she died led homicide detectives to arrest his father in the slaying of a Stevens County woman, … 3

• Children found at meth raid

  September 29, 2011 in City on Page A6 Two children were taken from a squalid home in Mead early Monday during a methamphetamine raid that netted two arrests. Child Protective Services took custody of a 7-year-old girl and … 1

• Two kids in state custody after Mead meth raid

  September 28, 2011 in City Two children were taken from a squalid home in Mead this morning during a methamphetamine raid that netted two arrests. 4

• Two children missing, considered endangered

  March 24, 2011 Child Protective Services and the Spokane County Sheriff’s Department are seeking the public’s help locating two children who were taken by their biological mother and are considered endangered. 1

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  Adoptions, parental rights loophole puts families in flux

  March 20, 2011 in City on Page A1 A Tri-Cities couple’s adopted sons may be taken away, and a Spokane woman’s daughter was adopted while she fought to keep the girl. The separate child custody cases illustrate a … 2

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  Special needs kids find caring home with the Beuhls

  January 20, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page N1 The first phone call came almost 20 years ago. It was about a tiny child at St. Anne’s Children Home with shaken baby syndrome. The baby was so frail and …

• Charges mount for suspect in baby’s death

  October 6, 2010 in City on Page A5 A man accused of beating to death his girlfriend’s 1-year-old son has been charged with a previous assault on another child. James R. “J.R.” Cooley, 22, already jailed on $1 …

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  Spokane’s Nurse Family Partnership has its first graduates

  May 18, 2010 in City on Page A5 Shay and Jaydon Moss are the reason the Nurse Family Partnership exists, and it is quite possible the reverse is also true. Were it not for the Spokane Regional Health … 2

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  Agencies help two Spokane moms overcome addictions, chaotic lifestyles

    April 25, 2010 in Features on Page D1 A bit of good news about children today: Life is getting safer for them. A large-scale federal study, released in February, showed a 26 percent decrease in physical, sexual and … 1

• Spokane police searching for mother after alleged assault

  April 6, 2010 in City Spokane police are searching for a woman and her two young children after she reportedly violated court restrictions during an alleged assault on Saturday. 9

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  Child Protective Services denounced

  April 17, 2009 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Lawmakers, parents and an Eastern Washington prosecutor on Thursday blasted state child-protection officials, saying the state is too quick to remove children from their families. “The system is …

• State investigates child welfare office

  August 10, 2008 in City on Page B1 A high volume of complaints regarding the Washington Division of Children and Family Services’ Colville office has triggered an investigation by the state ombudsman. Ombudsman Mary Meinig will be in …