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Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described the news release John Estey authored. He wrote a release from County Treasurer Mike Volz about a man who allegedly assaulted Volz and Whitaker.

If 27-year-old Democrat Kevin Fagan managed to get through a 12-person primary and unseat Rep. Michael Baumgartner, he’d be the youngest member of Congress.

Three years after Spokane County voters rejected a $1.7 billion, 30-year tax hike for new jails and improved mental health and addiction treatment services, and nine months after a task force was formed representing dozens of governments, organizations and interest groups, the group’s “bold road map” was finally released Thursday.

Spokane County’s housing market saw another year of stability, while downtown commercial properties continue to lose their pizazz.

Ann Marie Danimus, independent candidate for Congress, has always been a busy woman.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's administration asked a judge on Tuesday to reject an effort to halt an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the White House lawn ​this weekend, arguing that the event was lawful and the challengers had waited too long to sue.

Spokane County leaders say they’re crossing their T’s and dotting their I’s to try and fill a deficit closing in on $30 million, according to the latest estimates.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans cleared a $70 billion reconciliation package Tuesday to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term. On a party-line vote of 214-212, the House cleared the reconciliation bill that the Senate passed last week. Independent Kevin Kiley of California, who caucuses with the Republicans, voted no. Final passage of the measure ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The federal government announced it is seeking to strip U.S. citizenship from 17 foreign-born residents accused of serious offenses, among them a Minnesotan charged in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday that the Immigration and Nationality Act allows for naturalized citizenship to be revoked if that status was illegally acquired by ...

NEW YORK – Staff at the office of the top U.S. spy have been told by managers to expect extensive cuts in the coming months following comments by President Donald Trump that he wants the new interim director to shrink the agency’s ranks, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

SPOKANE – Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday one of his “top priorities” in the next legislative session will be a statewide ban on K-12 students using their cellphones during school hours.

OLYMPIA – The state will again face “significant budget shortfalls” during the upcoming legislative session, according to a memo released by Gov. Bob Ferguson’s office.

Spokane County leaders will consider boosting the sales tax to help fund criminal justice efforts as budgetary woes deepen.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday formally nominated Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, moving to install his former personal lawyer as the top U.S. law enforcement official.

Local fire departments preparing for wildfire season are getting clobbered by diesel fuel prices.

A week ahead of an event the promotion says is not political and not transactional, an effort is being made to shut down UFC Freedom 250. A lawsuit has ​been filed by, in part, a military veteran from Virginia that says the UFC's show at the White House is "deeply corrupt," ⁠in part because Donald Trump is giving his friend, UFC CEO Dana ‌White, and the UFC "unfettered access to ​the White House and Lincoln Memorial to stage a private, for-profit sports event, with all the promotional and branding opportunities that accompany such access."

WASHINGTON – Disputes involving President Donald Trump's policies on tariffs, immigration and firing regulatory officials have drawn a lot of attention during the Supreme Court's current term, but the justices also are poised to decide major cases concerning U.S. "culture wars" issues such as guns and transgender athletes.

Three Roberts are vying for a seat in the state House of Representatives to represent Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake.