Pacific NW

From 1976: A bass fisherman made a gruesome discovery in Fernan Lake near Coeur d’Alene. He spotted a submerged car with bodies inside.

Nearly half of frontline staff at Washington’s overcrowded juvenile detention facilities leave within a year. Many report feeling unsafe, unprepared and unsupported.

Hazy conditions and poor air quality are expected to improve by Wednesday in Eastern Washington, as light winds carry Kaiser Canyon wildfire smoke southeast to Spokane from the Northern Columbia River Basin.

Through side-alley murals, oil paints, paper mosaics, and maybe even a few tattoos, Seattle's scampering community of pop artists can't help but immortalize Jimothy the stilt-legged raccoon who is believed to have short spine syndrome, a sudden everyman for the summer of 2026.

With Riverside State Park in their backyard, the height of summer is an ideal time for Seven Mile residents to enjoy accessible recreation on the Spokane River. It also offers ideal weather conditions for a long-anticipated utility upgrade on Seven Mile Road.

One of Spokane’s most dignified apartment blocks, the Culmstock Arms, was erected by Walter M. Clist, who was construction supervisor on the Davenport Hotel in 1914 and general contractor on the Fox Theater starting in 1927.

Along First and Second avenues in Sandpoint, about 25 parking kiosks costing the city $230,000 were wrapped last week with black trash bags.

From 1976: About 59 inmates broke out of city custody and ran free downtown, but officers managed to get all but eight escapees back into their cells.

A lightning strike-induced fire in Okanogan County has grown to 62,872 acres with no containment as of Sunday night, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

An 11.2-acre brushfire that broke out in Liberty Lake early Sunday is completely contained, said Kenneth Erben, Spokane County Fire District 8 chief.

July is peak season for raspberries and young songbirds learning to fly. But did you know it’s also high moth season?

From 1976: The annual Frontier Days celebration in Springdale, Washington, got so rowdy that the town marshal, Al Goad, stepped in and “closed down the town.”

TIGARD, Ore. – A few days before the end of the auction that might change his life, Quinn Brown went thrift-store shopping with his twin sister, Ellie. They were 19. It was Senior Day at the Value Village, and nearly every other customer was old enough for an AARP discount, but the twins never tired of looking for treasure in someone else’s discarded things.

From 1976: The Earthlife Festival and Farmers Market made its summer debut in Riverfront Park,

Ex-Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice pleaded guilty this week to lying to police about overdosing on drugs he found on dead bodies. He entered his plea in Yakima County District Court, where he was being tried on charges of tampering with evidence, official misconduct and providing false information to a government official. Curtice resigned as coroner last year amid pressure from his criminal ...

Just a few weeks shy of his 18th birthday, the beloved white Bengal tiger at Cat Tales Wildlife Center named Nalin had to be euthanized Thursday.

Workers at the Longview paper mill that was closed by a deadly accident in May will continue to receive full wages but have yet to hear when the mill might restart.