Crime/Public Safety

“What is critical and important about this case is that the actions of law enforcement put the community and citizens in more danger than they would have been otherwise."

A 37-year-old man accused of attacking a man with a hammer at the north Spokane Target and assaulting two women downtown has been linked to other seemingly unprovoked attacks.

A person was struck and killed Thursday morning by a BNSF Railroad train on the edge of Browne's Addition, according to the Spokane Police Department.

Police Chief Craig Meidl laid out plans to move dozens of officers and command staff to the patrol division and assign patrol teams to one of four precincts — northeast, northwest, south and downtown — reducing drive time and giving officers a sense of ownership over particular areas of the city.

MOSCOW, Idaho – After a seven-week wait, Ben Mogen finally read the details of how investigators believe they solved the killing of his daughter.

Stefanie Collins, a deputy Spokane County prosecutor who lost an election bid last year to unseat her boss, Larry Haskell, is out of a job.

MOSCOW, Idaho – Investigators found DNA they believe belongs to the man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death at the home where the killings took place.

Rhonda Sue Ackerman, 53, was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing $1.38 million from Spokane County over the course of a decade.

Bright red lights flashed around Bryan Kohberger as he walked down the steps of a small private plane at the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport Wednesday night, returning to the Palouse for the first time since he was arrested for the slayings of four University of Idaho students.

Hospital staff found suspicious materials on a trauma patient flown to Spokane from Oregon. 

Spokane police arrested a man last week after three alleged attacks in downtown and north Spokane, one of which included a hammer in a Target restroom.