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Man charged in fatal downtown Spokane stabbing last spring; court documents detail alleged crime spree before and after attack

UPDATED: Thu., March 30, 2023

A 30-year-old man who has been incarcerated on other charges is now accused of stabbing and killing 45-year-old Jimmie Bailey last spring in downtown Spokane.

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Sex offender with a ‘pen pal’ arrested at Sandpoint High School, deputies say

UPDATED: Thu., March 30, 2023

Bonner County investigators believe the man had been communicating with a minor through letters and referred to himself as a “pen pal” of the child.

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Man gets 2.5 years in prison for stabbing family member in West Central Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., March 30, 2023

A 50-year-old man was sentenced to nearly 2½ years in prison for stabbing a family member last summer in the West Central Neighborhood.

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Court documents detail fatal fire near Deer Park

UPDATED: Thu., March 30, 2023

Court documents shed more light on the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man’s body last week in a Deer Park home.

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Brush fire in Mica caused by ash from woodstove

UPDATED: Thu., March 30, 2023

The fire was contained to the property and there was no dollar loss.

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UPDATED: Thu., March 30, 2023

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Court documents identify man killed in west Spokane apartment shooting

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

Court documents identified the man shot and killed Tuesday afternoon at a west Spokane apartment and indicated a man he knew fled the scene.

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Meth supplier in Pasco used preschooler to deliver drugs in a Spider-Man backpack

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

A 4-year-old boy carried a Spider-Man backpack stuffed with meth to a drug deal in Pasco in September 2020. Now the man who was with him is going to prison.

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Woman found dead in Spokane 40 years ago identified through genetic genealogy, but more questions remain

UPDATED: Thu., March 30, 2023

With the help of DNA and genetic genealogy, Spokane police last month identified a woman found dead along the Spokane River nearly 40 years ago.

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Police: Suspect in fatal Ada County stabbing was avenging mother’s killing in Nampa

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

Police said Wednesday afternoon that the suspect in a fatal stabbing near Avimor targeted a man who was believed to have killed the suspect’s mother on Tuesday.

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Lori Vallow Daybell appears in Ada County court for first time in last-minute hearing

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

A last-minute hearing was scheduled in the upcoming Lori Vallow Daybell case and held at the Ada County Courthouse on Wednesday morning.

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FBI offering $10K for help finding missing Native American man who may have been victim of ‘foul play’

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information on the disappearance of a 29-year-old Native American man who was last seen more than a month ago in Omak.

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Firefighters extinguish fully engulfed home in Spokane Valley, man arrested on suspicion of arson

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

Spokane Valley deputies arrested on suspicion of second-degree arson after firefighters arrived at a home engulfed in flames on Wednesday morning.

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UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

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Latest proposed fix for Washington’s drug possession law aims for compromise between treatment and jail

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

A new version of the bill to address the state's drug possession law would make possession a misdemeanor, punishable by 90 days in jail, a $1,000 fine or both. The proposal would still give some jail time to people found possessing drugs, but it also would give offenders with substance use disorder opportunities to get treatment instead.

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More digital records sought in Moscow murder case

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

Mar. 29—A few more recently unsealed court documents reveal police sought other digital records in the Moscow quadruple homicide case. The suspect, Bryan Kohberger, faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in the November stabbing deaths of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. Kohberger remains in Latah County ...

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Washington assault weapons ban one step closer to reality after passing Senate committee

UPDATED: Tue., March 28, 2023

The controversial assault weapons ban is one step closer to passage in Washington, after a vote out of a Senate committee Tuesday.

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Cowlitz County deputies assist in federal drug bust with prison gang ties

UPDATED: Tue., March 28, 2023

The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office helped detain one of 24 people arrested last week on federal drug trafficking charges.

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One shot and killed in west Spokane; suspect at large

UPDATED: Tue., March 28, 2023

A man was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon at a west Spokane apartment complex, police said.

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UPDATED: Tue., March 28, 2023

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Man charged in fatal downtown Spokane stabbing last spring; court documents detail alleged crime spree before and after attack

Sex offender with a ‘pen pal’ arrested at Sandpoint High School, deputies say

Man gets 2.5 years in prison for stabbing family member in West Central Spokane

Court documents detail fatal fire near Deer Park

Brush fire in Mica caused by ash from woodstove

Washington records

Court documents identify man killed in west Spokane apartment shooting

Meth supplier in Pasco used preschooler to deliver drugs in a Spider-Man backpack

Woman found dead in Spokane 40 years ago identified through genetic genealogy, but more questions remain

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Lori Vallow Daybell appears in Ada County court for first time in last-minute hearing

FBI offering $10K for help finding missing Native American man who may have been victim of ‘foul play’

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