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‘It’s therapeutic’: Artist formerly in federal prison helps provide art for drug, mental illness stabilization center

Mon., May 23, 2022

Artist Myron Curry spent the weekend putting a dozen large paintings on frames and hanging them inside the Spokane Regional Stabilization Center, which treats people in crises caused by substance abuse or mental illness.

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Drive-by shooting in Emerson-Garfield may have been revenge for killing of gang member

Mon., May 23, 2022

Authorities arrested Duane G. Delaney last week on suspicion of first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, drive-by shooting and unlawful possession of a firearm for the May 14 shooting at 2011 N. Jefferson St, documents said. No one was injured in the shooting.

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100 years ago in Spokane: More twists and turns in Maurice P. Codd murder trial

Mon., May 23, 2022

In another shocking development, the son of a juror was arrested for witness tampering. Fred Botts was the son of C.E. Botts, a juror who died shortly after the trial. Fred Botts was accused of preventing Beatrice Sant, another key defense witness, from appearing before the grand jury. The younger Botts was accused of keeping her “in hiding, with the intent to obstruct the course of justice.”

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Sat., May 21, 2022

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City set to pay $60,000 to settle discrimination suit by former Portland detective demoted for misuse of take-home police car

Sat., May 21, 2022

The city of Portland is poised to pay $60,000 to settle a discrimination suit filed by former Portland police detective, who left the bureau in September 2019 after he was demoted for misusing his take-home police car.

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Judge: COVID asylum restrictions must continue on border

UPDATED: Fri., May 20, 2022

Pandemic-related restrictions on migrants seeking asylum on the southern border must continue, a judge ruled Friday in an order blocking the Biden administration’s plan to lift them early next week.

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One injured, suspect at large following north Spokane shooting early Friday morning

UPDATED: Fri., May 20, 2022

A male may have been shot over a disagreement about property or money early Friday morning at a north Spokane apartment complex, deputies said.

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Firefighters extinguish Spokane Valley garage fire, smoke damage makes home uninhabitable

UPDATED: Fri., May 20, 2022

A garage fire Thursday night caused extensive smoke damage throughout a Spokane Valley home, making it uninhabitable.

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25-foot flames burn north Spokane Home Depot’s home and garden aisle

UPDATED: Fri., May 20, 2022

Firefighters battled 25-foot flames Thursday night inside the north Spokane Home Depot, which suffered damage estimated to cost millions of dollars.

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Former head of drainage district and wife convicted of fraud

UPDATED: Fri., May 20, 2022

The former commissioner of an East King County drainage district and his wife were convicted Thursday in federal court on charges that they stole tax dollars intended for flood control.

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Man allegedly assaulted with hammer at Spokane Valley apartment

UPDATED: Fri., May 20, 2022

A man was taken to the hospital Thursday night after another man struck him in the head with a small hammer at a Spokane Valley apartment complex, deputies said.

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9 juveniles escape SUV that rolled down embankment, 6 hurt

UPDATED: Fri., May 20, 2022

Nine kids escaped from a smashed SUV that sped over a curb, rolled down a 50-foot embankment and stopped at the edge of a creek under Interstate 5 Thursday afternoon near Vancouver, Washington, the Clark County Sheriff's Office said.

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19-year-old accused of killing teen passenger in drunken-driving crash

UPDATED: Thu., May 19, 2022

A 19-year-old Spokane man is accused of killing his 19-year-old friend in a drunken-driving crash earlier this month in northeast Spokane.

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Male found with stab wound on Garland District sidewalk

UPDATED: Thu., May 19, 2022

Spokane police are investigating a stabbing that reportedly left a male lying on a sidewalk last weekend in the Garland District.

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UPDATED: Thu., May 19, 2022

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Park Tower’s 9th floor catches fire for second consecutive month in downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., May 19, 2022

For the second time in two months, Spokane firefighters extinguished a fire on the ninth floor of the Park Tower apartments in downtown Spokane.

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Thu., May 19, 2022

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Spokane volleyball coach at center of Sheriff’s Office controversy sentenced in child porn case

UPDATED: Wed., May 18, 2022

Richard D. Wright Jr. pleaded guilty in February to receipt of child pornography after FBI investigators discovered more than 600 explicit images at his home in Spokane Valley. Wright had coached at Lewis & Clark High School and a club team that included the daughter of Spokane County Sheriff's Deputy Craig Chamberlin, whom Wright asked for a character reference letter in the middle of his case.

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19-year-old gang member arrested for alleged drive-by shooting in Emerson-Garfield area

UPDATED: Thu., May 19, 2022

Law enforcement arrested a 19-year-old man on several serious charges related to a drive-by shooting last weekend in the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood.

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Toddler drowns in unused swimming pool in Whitman County

UPDATED: Wed., May 18, 2022

A 2-year-old girl drowned in a backyard swimming pool Tuesday in Whitman County.

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