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• Lab analyst running for mayor

  March 4, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane Mayor Mary Verner has her first official opponent in this year’s mayoral race. Christopher W. Fenton, 32, filed paperwork last month announcing his intention to run for the city’s … 2

• Murders Increase On West Side Numbers Up In Seattle, Bellevue And Tacoma, But Law Enforcement Officials Don’t See Trend Associated Press

  December 31, 1997 in Idaho on Page B2 Homicides increased in Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma in 1997 over 1996, but police officials cautioned that one year does not a trend make. Spot checks this week found the number …

• ‘Three Strikes’ Law Still Controversial Proponents Say Streets Are Safer Now; Critics Say The Law Is Costly, Too Broad

  November 10, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A11 It’s been four years since the state’s landmark “three strikes, you’re out” law was passed, and sponsors say it has delivered as promised - safer streets with the lifelong incarceration …

• State Reports Drop In Hate Crimes Officials Skeptical; They Say Actual Numbers May Be Higher

  September 15, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A8 For the third straight year, the number of hate crimes reported in Washington state declined in 1996, but some say the figures may be misleading. “You always have to say …

• Fbi: Violent Crime Continues To Drop

  January 5, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A3 Paced by a falling rate in the largest cities, violent crime continued to drop in much of the nation in the first half of last year, the FBI reports. Murder …

• Woman’s Death Third Murder In Five Days Body Discovered By Pedestrian In Downtown Alley On Thursday

  November 8, 1996 in City on Page B1 Spokane police detectives check the scene around a body found Thursday morning on the 200 block of West Riverside. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

• Serious Crime In U.S. Declines For 4th Year; Murders Down 8% Less Violence In Drug Market, Effective Police Work Credited

  May 6, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 Serious crime fell for the fourth year in a row in 1995, with murder dropping a remarkable 8 percent - the third-sharpest one-year decline in more than 30 years. America’s …

• Homicide Rate Takes Big Plunge 12% Drop Largest Since Studies Began In 1960

  December 18, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Murders in the United States dropped 12 percent in the first half of 1995 - the sharpest decline since the FBI began keeping tabs on six-month reported crime totals in …

• Number Of Teens Arrested For Weapons Crimes Soars Juvenile Gun Arrests More Than Doubled Between 1985 And 1993.

  November 13, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Nearly one in four people arrested for weapons crimes are juveniles, and weapons offenses are the fastest growing youth crime, the Justice Department said Sunday. A study by the department’s …

• Property Crime Reports Sharply Up Over Last Year

  October 14, 1995 in Washington Voices on Page V5 The Spokane County Sheriff’s Department’s third quarter report card is in and the marks on property crime are high. Overall, crime reports in Spokane County soared to 4,159 incidents, a …

• New Queries Increase U.S. Rape Figures

  August 17, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 The government more than doubled its estimate Wednesday of rapes or attempted rapes each year - to 310,000. But actual assaults aren’t up; rather, after years of controversy, the government’s …

• Seattle Crime Rate Lowest In 10 Years But Murders At A Record High As Other Crimes Decline Sharply

  April 7, 1995 in City on Page B2 The number of incidents of violent crime and crimes against property in Seattle last year was the lowest in a decade, but the 69 murders marked a record high. There …