Crime/Public Safety

A man died in Spokane Valley on Monday following a collision between his e-bike and a truck. 

Children’s chalk art scrawled on a driveway in the middle of a barreling, uncontrolled firestorm jolted Noah Plowman out of exhaustion.

The Spokane Regional Health District announced Tuesday that household hazardous material cleanup operations have begun under the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency for fire-damaged homes.

Spokane’s Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center announced Tuesday it had begun reopening 10 days after a wildfire forced the hospital to evacuate, and will return to full operations on Wednesday.

All remaining evacuation levels from the Spokane Complex fires were lifted Tuesday at 2 p.m., according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

A teen was shot on a Spokane Transit Authority bus in what appeared to be an “inadvertent discharge” of a weapon Tuesday afternoon near Franklin Park in north Spokane, according to STA spokeswoman Carly Cortright.

A man was shot several times on the patio of the Brown Derby Tavern in the Garland District over the weekend after an argument between the shooter and the victim escalated, according to court documents.

The Disaster Assistance Center that served thousands of fire victims at Shadle Park High School is winding down operations.

After a year of planning, Nick and Gabby Briggs’ wedding became a chaotic scramble of evacuations, road closures, venues and fire.

No-Li Brewhouse owner and founder John Bryant runs his business with a deep love of community, which became evident when, within the span of a week, No-Li raised $52,167 in addition to its initial $50,000 commitment to support Spokane fire victims.

For the better part of 50 years, Michael Jaquish collected artifacts and treasures from around the world.

Evacuation orders have been lifted for residents affected by the Fairview fire.

The roughly 240 National Guard members currently based in Spokane are tasked with assisting local law enforcement, which is worn thin by the ongoing fires in the region, the head of the department told The Spokesman-Review in an interview Sunday.

Sitting at home in Medical Lake watching news coverage of the Old Trails fire sweeping through northwest Spokane, Cindy Altheide’s heart ached for the people forced to flee their homes, not knowing what they would return to – or what the years ahead may hold.

Thousands of evacuees are being allowed to return to their homes a week after fleeing raging wildfires that consumed entire neighborhoods in northwest Spokane.

MALDEN, Wash. – Six years after a wildfire roared through, destroying 80% of this Whitman County town, another blew in ready to do the same.

Bob Loomis saw smoke in the distance early on the afternoon of Aug. 1. His inner alarm remained muted.

From a psychological standpoint, Spokane is in shock.

Many of the more than 900 structures estimated to have been destroyed or damaged in the Spokane Complex fires were single-family homes. But a rifle club, church and other facilities are among the other properties wiped out by the wind-driven Old Trails fire.