In response to weapon-carrying people at recent protests, a new Spokane City Council proposal would ask police to stop armed militia groups from gathering in the city.
A Washington State Patrol trooper was injured Friday morning in a crash on Interstate 90 in Spokane Valley that snarled traffic as a snowstorm began to move into the region.
Spokane was pummeled with a record-breaking 6.2 inches of snow Friday – the most to fall in the city during October – leading to slick roads and thousands of residents without power.
Spokane’s newest playground is replete with state-of-the-art equipment, but Emmett Sonnemaker’s favorite amenity is simply the space to safely roll around.
Incumbent state Rep. Mike Volz and challenger Zack Zappone clashed Thursday over the two-term representative’s voting record and which candidate is best equipped to lead the state through fiscal challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Protesters have changed tactics, but Planned Parenthood believes the monthly demonstrations outside its Spokane clinic continue to violate a court order. At the protest on Tuesday evening, Pastor Ken Peters gripped the microphone and asked the crowd to cross Indiana Avenue and join him in prayer next to Planned Parenthood.
The final day of October will mark five months since thousands of protesters flooded Spokane streets to express outrage over police brutality and the death of George Floyd.
Spokane Municipal Community Court was forced Monday to pause plans to hire a leader for its new East Central location as a skeptical Spokane City Council digs for more details.
A new Spokane Municipal Community Court branch in the East Central Neighborhood is an evolution in the reformation of the city’s criminal justice system, but one Spokane City Council member has questioned whether a community center and neighborhood pillar is the right home for it.
Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward on Monday outlined a broad agenda for the waning months of her first year in office that includes addressing homelessness, police reform and restructuring her administration.