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Priest attacked at downtown Spokane Catholic church

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 6, 2025

A 40-year-old man with a history of assault cases attacked a priest during a service Tuesday night at Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral in downtown Spokane, according to the Spokane Police Department.

A&E >  Music

Music review: The Guess Who’s Burton Cummings brings the soul to Spokane after long legal battle over performance rights

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 27, 2025

Burton Cummings is one of those rock singers so skilled, so soulful, you’d forgive The Guess Who frontman if he made his voice alone his instrument.

A&E >  TV

Spokane’s ‘Twin Peaks’ connections are as strong as a cup of Joe from the Double R Diner

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 30, 2025

In the pilot episode of the surrealist mystery and pop culture phenomenon “Twin Peaks,” good-natured yet idiosyncratic FBI agent Dale Cooper notes that the town lies about 5 miles south of the Canadian border and 12 miles west of the state line.

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News >  Family

‘It’s to make other people smile’: Spokane Valley couple’s retro ‘blow mold’ collection unites at Christmas

Wed., Dec. 25, 2024

Janet Betts’ friend had come over for a visit, but she was out of sorts.

News >  Weather

Dust storm hits Spokane, leaving thousands without power

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 25, 2024

A dust storm that rolled into Spokane on Wednesday afternoon knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses and caused a fire along a busy South Hill road during the evening commute.

A&E >  Stage

Review: Spokane Civic Theatre’s production of ‘Carousel’ faces controversy head on, letting stars’ talents take center stage

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 26, 2024

For a musical full of frothy numbers about New England steamed clams, the springtime mating habits of livestock and humans alike, and the comic perils of falling for a man who persistently reeks of herring, “Carousel” also doesn’t shy away from some serious darkness.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Wildfire sparks near Palisades Park in west Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., July 26, 2024

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

News >  Health

NBA legend John Stockton sues Washington AG’s office over COVID bans

UPDATED: Wed., March 13, 2024

Basketball legend John Stockton has taken his disdain for COVID-19 restrictions to a federal courtroom, initiating a lawsuit with other plaintiffs against the Washington State Office of the Attorney General over pandemic rules that restrict doctors from speaking against “the mainstream Covid narrative.”

News >  Health

Spokane County resident tests positive for measles; here’s where you could have been exposed

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 21, 2024

A Spokane County resident has tested positive for measles, spurring health officials to warn residents of possible sites of exposure to the highly contagious virus.

News >  Idaho

Search underway for three people missing after avalanche in Shoshone County

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 11, 2024

Three people are missing after an avalanche struck in Shoshone County, the sheriff’s office said Thursday evening.

News >  Health

Two people and two horses infected with West Nile Virus in Eastern Washington

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 25, 2023

Two people in Eastern Washington tested positive for West Nile virus in the past week, the state Department of Health said Monday.

News >  Washington

Peak snowmelt creates dramatic flows on Spokane River

UPDATED: Tue., May 9, 2023

Bridge workers continue the replacement of the south pedestrian bridge in Riverfront Park above the thunderous Spokane River on Tuesday, even as the spray of the middle falls envelops them.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

21-year-old killed in I-90 crash; wrong-way driver faces charges of vehicular homicide and assault

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 13, 2022

A 21-year-old was killed after a woman driving the wrong way on Interstate 90 crashed into his car near the Spokane International Airport early Saturday morning, troopers said.

News >  Weather

Thunderstorm drenches parts of the Spokane area Friday evening

UPDATED: Fri., May 6, 2022

The Spokane area got soaked Friday evening as a thunderstorm rolled through the area.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Suffragette statue in Coeur d’Alene defaced with ‘BETA MALES’ graffiti

UPDATED: Fri., March 25, 2022

A statue of a suffragette in downtown Coeur d’Alene has been defaced, with yellow graffiti covering the woman’s face, an X over her sign demanding women’s right to vote and the words “BETA MALES” scrawled at her base, police said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Suspect in Pullman rapes arrested at Spokane construction site after 18 years

UPDATED: Thu., March 17, 2022

After 18 years, the suspect in a series of rapes and home invasions in Pullman has been arrested in Spokane.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Two men already in jail arrested on suspicion of September drive-by shooting in Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 5, 2021

Two suspects in a recent drive-by shooting were already in jail when they were arrested again in connection with the incident.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Elderly woman dies, daughter found alive after getting stranded in Panhandle National Forest, deputies say

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 5, 2021

An Oregon woman died venturing into the Panhandle National Forest for help after getting confused by her vehicle’s navigation system and winding up stuck there, Kootenai County deputies said.

News >  Washington

St. Ignatius Hospital’s new owners aim for a balance between community and creepy with the long-abandoned building in Colfax. Can it be done?

Sun., Oct. 31, 2021

COLFAX – On a modest square plaque outside St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax, a Latin inscription recalls the derelict 1893 building’s mission: CHARITAS CHRISTI URGET NOS, or, roughly, “The love of Christ impels us.”

News >  Crime/Public Safety

One dead after shooting in downtown Spokane early Saturday, third gunshot report of the night

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 16, 2021

One person is dead after a shooting in downtown Spokane early Saturday morning, and police say they’re investigating two other gunshot incidents that happened just hours earlier.

News >  Pacific NW

Spokane’s air back in ‘Moderate’ range after wildfire smoke led to ‘Unhealthy’ rating

UPDATED: Sun., July 11, 2021

Spokane’s air quality Saturday briefly dipped into the “unhealthy” category as wildfires continued to scorch land throughout the Pacific Northwest.

News >  Spokane

Spokane man airlifted to Seattle burn unit after Saturday apartment fire that sent a mother to hospital

UPDATED: Sun., June 20, 2021

The fire displaced several families in the apartment complex, and the cluster of apartments that burned have not had power restored.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Fire sends people jumping out of windows at North Spokane apartment complex

UPDATED: Sat., June 19, 2021

Seven people were sent to the hospital in a north Spokane apartment fire Saturday afternoon.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Three residents credited with saving woman’s life after fiery crash near Spokane International Airport

UPDATED: Sat., June 12, 2021

Three people are credited with saving a woman from a fiery crash near Spokane International Airport Thursday, potentially risking their own lives in the process, the Spokane Fire Department said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police looking for man who offered to buy girl for $1,000

UPDATED: Sun., May 30, 2021

The girl told her mother a man driving pulled up and offered to buy her for $1,000, Huffman said. When the girl said no, the man started talking to a different group of minors near Glass Park, then left.