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59-year-old woman identified in fatal Thanksgiving crash near Airway Heights

A woman who died in a rollover crash on Thanksgiving north of Airway Heights has been identified as 59-year-old Dana Venziano, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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Two injured in Spokane Valley crash

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 7, 2025

Two people were injured in a Spokane Valley crash on Interstate 90 after 2 a.m. Sunday.

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65-year-old man gets 24 years in prison for setting fire to his Chattaroy home, shooting at firefighters

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

A 65-year-old man who burned his home down and fired shots at responding firefighters was sentenced Friday to 24 years in prison.

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Tree theft leaves home owners stumped

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

MOSCOW – A thief stole some of the Palouse’s Christmas spirit this week.

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State drops charges against some private security in Cd’A town hall incident because of interpretation over sheriff’s direction

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

Four members of a private security team who dragged a woman out of a Coeur d’Alene town hall event at the instruction of the Kootenai County sheriff had their cases dismissed by a judge this week.

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59-year-old woman identified in fatal Thanksgiving crash near Airway Heights

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

A woman who died in a rollover crash on Thanksgiving north of Airway Heights has been identified as 59-year-old Dana Venziano, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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Man, woman charged after 2-year-old overdoses on fentanyl near Loon Lake

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

A man and woman have been charged with child assault and abandonment nearly two years after a 2-year-old girl overdosed on fentanyl inside their Loon Lake residence.

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Boise-area prison escapee accused of brutally killing two men in North Central Idaho pleads guilty to murder

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

The man who cut his own wrists so he could flee a Boise prison pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing two men in north-central Idaho after his escape.

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Woman in Spokane Valley collapses in roadway, is hit and killed by car

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 4, 2025

A woman was hit by a car and died in Spokane Valley after she collapsed while crossing the roadway.

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Spokane ICE protester pleads guilty

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 3, 2025

One of the nine protesters charged with conspiring to impede or injure federal agents during a mass immigration protest in Spokane last summer pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court.

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Kevin Coe, known as ‘South Hill rapist,’ dies

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 3, 2025

The man known as the “South Hill rapist,” who stoked fear throughout Spokane starting in the late 1970s, has died, a spokesperson for the Federal Way mayor’s office confirmed Wednesday.

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Man’s bond set at $5 million for shooting 24-year-old in head at Spokane apartment

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 2, 2025

A 33-year-old man is accused of shooting a man in the head without provocation and killing him early Monday morning at an apartment near downtown Spokane.

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Don Brockett, who served as Spokane County prosecutor for quarter century, dies

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 1, 2025

Donald C. Brockett, a lawyer who served as Spokane County Prosecutor for a quarter century and who once had a mother of a suspect pay a hitman to render him a "vegetable, has died. He was 89.

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Spokane council considers $64,000 settlement after police vehicle crash during 2022 shooting hoax

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 2, 2025

The Spokane City Council is reviewing a proposed $64,000 settlement with a local company three years after a police vehicle responding to a false alarm crashed into one of the company’s vehicles.

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Loose German shepherd shot outside of Westview Elementary

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 1, 2025

A man walking a leashed pit bull shot and killed a loose German shepherd Sunday afternoon near Westview Elementary School.

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Woman dies in Thanksgiving rollover crash north of Airway Heights

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 28, 2025

A woman died in a rollover crash north of Airway Heights on Thanksgiving evening, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

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Body recovered near T.J. Meenach Bridge identified

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 27, 2025

A body pulled earlier this month from the Spokane River near T.J. Meenach Bridge has been identified as 36-year-old Christopher Roulet, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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Pedestrian hit, killed in Spokane Valley was 35-year-old woman

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 27, 2025

The woman who was hit and killed crossing a busy Spokane Valley street earlier this month was identified as 35-year-old Ashley Lane, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office Wednesday.

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Medical examiner ID’s 11-year-old who died in North Spokane house fire

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 27, 2025

The Spokane County Medical Examiner identified a young boy who died in his home Tuesday after he was suspected of setting a fire in his bedroom.

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22-year-old man killed in South Hill crash was ‘amazing father,’ had big dreams as pro fighter

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 26, 2025

Eric Rideout’s greatest accomplishment was winning a mixed martial arts fight at Northern Quest Resort & Casino. Then, his daughter was born.

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Man arrested for pointing laser at sheriff’s office helicopter

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 26, 2025

A 40-year-old man is accused of shining a green laser at a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crew, distracting and temporarily disorienting the crew.

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