Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Border patrol expands in area

  May 3, 2012 in City on Page A1 Federal agents have increased their presence in the Spokane area in what some believe is an overreaching effort to combat illegal immigration at a local level. Officials with the U.S. … 18

• Border Patrol’s Spokane presence raises questions

  May 2, 2012 in News, City Federal agents have increased their presence in the Spokane area in what some believe is an overreaching effort to combat illegal immigration at a local level. Officials with the U.S. … 32

• Authorities snag escapee in North Spokane

  January 14, 2012 in News, City Authorities today arrested a federal inmate that walked away from a scheduled medical appointment on Spokane’s South Hill several days ago. The U.S. Marshals-led Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force … 2

• Feds: Canadian caught w/ cocaine already on DEA’s radar

  March 26, 2011 in City on Page A6 A Canadian man arrested near the international border – allegedly toting 71 pounds of cocaine – may be a major drug smuggler who’s been on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s radar … 2

• Border agents find pot, arrest driver

  July 7, 2010 in City on Page A5 A Canadian truck driver was arrested at an Avista Utilities power plant in Ferry County with 300 pounds of marijuana on Friday.

• Border Patrol seeks texts on suspicious activity

  June 8, 2010 in City The U.S. Border Patrol is asking residents along a section of the U.S.-Canada border to send anonymous text messages to report any suspicious people they come across. 22

• GOP: Border Patrol should control federal lands

  April 14, 2010 in Nation/World, Region A group of House Republicans say Border Patrol agents should be granted direct control over U.S. borders, even on federal lands managed by other agencies. 3

• Missing hunter found safe in Latah County

  November 13, 2009 in Idaho Searchers have located a 66-year-old hunter in the Potlatch area of North Idaho, after the man spent the night out in the cold.

• Authorities rescue 4 near U.S.-Canada border

  September 8, 2009 in City Four Mexican nationals, including one child, were rescued from a mountain near the Pasayten Wilderness in north-central Washington and hospitalized Monday after a search by local, state, U.S. and Canadian …

• U.S. border crossings report high passport compliance

  June 2, 2009 in City on Page A9 BLAINE, Wash. – On the day that stricter identification rules went into effect for U.S. citizens returning from Canada and Mexico, traffic slogged as usual through the state’s largest border …

• Bush shortens prison time for border agents

  January 20, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – In his final acts of clemency, President Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug …

• Backcountry trails lead horses to D.C.

  December 9, 2008 in City on Page A1 Mustangs that ran wild less than two years ago will be part of next month’s inaugural parade for Barack Obama. The formerly wild horses are part of the U.S. Border …