Crime/Public Safety

A wildfire that sparked in the Palisades Park area west of downtown Spokane Friday night was threatening hundreds of structures within hours.

A wildfire near Tyler destroyed eight structures Friday and forced residents throughout the neighborhood to evacuate east of Interstate 90 in southwest Spokane County.

Two teenagers were found safe after going missing this week, according to Friday news releases from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

Calmer winds and cooler weather brought relief Friday to crews fighting a wildfire burning toward the town of Keller, Washington, on the Colville Indian Reservation.

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a 16-year-old girl who left her home Wednesday and never returned.

A brief applause and cheers erupted in a packed Spokane County courtroom Thursday after loved ones of 15-year-old Preston Grzogorek learned the teen’s killer will serve life in prison without parole.

Missing teenager last spotted near North Howard Street and West Main Avenue

The Spokane Police are investigating four suspicious fires along Moran Prairie.

Two Spokane teens will spend years in prison for a robbery and drive-by shooting in February that led to one of their friends shooting and killing herself.

A 17-year-old pleaded guilty to charges related to an April shooting near Coeur d’ Alene that left one man injured earlier this month.

Spokane police said they responded to two drive-by shootings within a half-hour of each other Tuesday in the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood. Several hours later, officers were called to a West Hills motel shooting and found a bullet hole in the ceiling of one of the rooms.

A wildfire quickly spreading across the Colville Indian Reservation led to new evacuation orders Wednesday around Buffalo Lake north of Coulee Dam.

Spokane police are looking for a person they believe was involved in two robberies the last two weeks.

Two growing wildfires on the Colville Indian Reservation in Ferry County have led to road closures and evacuation warnings for the town of Keller.

An 18-year-old man died Friday afternoon while swimming in the Spokane River near Otis Orchards.

An 18-year-old man who died last week while swimming in the Spokane River was identified as Devonte Bragg.

Police are investigating two drive-by shootings in Spokane during the weekend that left one man hospitalized with a gunshot wound.

Keiana Henry, 21, was arrested Monday in connection with vehicular assault, four counts of attempt to elude police pursuit, and an outstanding felony warrant.