Spokane

A former tow truck driver was charged with vehicular homicide on Tuesday after blood tests revealed he had methamphetamine, amphetamine and cannabis in his system hours after a crash that killed a bicyclist last summer.

As the area comes off a record-breaking heatwave, almost every jurisdiction in the Inland Northwest has some sort of fireworks ban in place to prevent wildfires. Even in counties that don't have a ban, officials are urging the public to avoid putting on their own display and go watch a professional show instead.

Randy D. McReynolds, 50, was found guilty Wednesday of being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition following a three-day trial in Spokane. McReynolds is in custody of the Spokane County Jail and his sentencing, where he will face up to 10 years in prison, has been scheduled for October. 

Increasing the number of available low-income housing tax credits will pave the way for more development, Cantwell argues. 

Landlords and property managers in Spokane County will have more time to pay their property taxes, County Treasurer Michael Baumgartner announced Thursday.

Amid a run of record-setting temperatures, seven deaths in Spokane appear to have been related to the heat, according to the Spokane County medical examiner.

After months of serving as interim director of Washington state’s peace officer training arm, Monica Alexander, 59, was officially appointed to the role Wednesday.

This year the deer are winning.

It’s amazing what patriotic fervor can do.

Hundreds of Washington high school students sent their drawings, paintings, photos and ceramics to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction for its annual art contest. Nine Spokane County students were named regional winners, and two of those went on to win awards at the state level.

After this past year, the adage “necessity is the mother of invention” might well be amended to “the pandemic was the mother of invention.”

Neighbors helped rescue an elderly couple from their home in the 12000 block of East Eighth Avenue the evening of June 22 as their home and some surrounding trees went up in flames.

Unprecedented. Dangerous. Prolonged. Those are the terms used by the National Weather Service Spokane to describe this week’s most extreme heat wave of the Pacific and Inland Northwest region in recorded history.