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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.

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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.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Woman shot and killed in ‘tragic case of road rage,’ Spokane police say

UPDATED: Sat., May 15, 2021

A woman was shot and killed Saturday morning in what Spokane police are calling “a tragic case of road rage.”

Opinion >  Column

I moved to Spokane from another state during the pandemic. Here’s what I learned

UPDATED: Sun., March 21, 2021

A year into the coronavirus pandemic, I think even the most avowed homebodies have developed more of an appetite for mundane outings. But for me, the past few months of the shutdowns have been doubly jarring: After 10 years in Redding, California, I moved to Spokane and started a new job in the midst of it all.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Sheriff: Passenger killed as driver flees in Grant County police chase

UPDATED: Tue., March 9, 2021

A passenger died in a crash that stemmed from a chase with deputies Tuesday, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Four hurt in Spokane Valley crash that hurtled a truck into someone’s front yard

UPDATED: Tue., March 9, 2021

Four people were hurt Tuesday in a crash that sent a pickup hurtling into someone’s front yard and a piece of debris flying through one of the resident’s windows, Spokane County deputies said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Deputies: Woman dies after crash where driver pretended to be passerby

UPDATED: Tue., March 9, 2021

A woman is dead and a man is facing a charge of vehicular manslaughter after crashing his SUV but pretending to be a witness to the incident, Spokane County deputies said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police: Man hit and killed by driver in Post Falls Walmart parking lot

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 27, 2021

A man leaving the Post Falls Walmart was hit and killed by a driver in the store’s parking lot Saturday morning, police said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man suffers apparently life-threatening injuries in Spokane Valley shooting; three detained

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 4, 2021

A man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and three people were detained after a shooting Thursday in Spokane Valley, deputies say. 

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Boy, 14, arrested after duplex fire linked to bottle rockets

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 19, 2020

Spokane police arrested a 14-year-old after his use of bottle rockets caused a duplex fire Saturday morning, officers said.

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Another 192 Spokane County residents test positive for COVID-19 on Saturday

UPDATED: Sat., Dec. 19, 2020

Another 192 people in Spokane County tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, the Spokane Regional Health District reported.

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State health officials ask residents to stop socializing and alter holiday plans as COVID-19 cases soar

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 10, 2020

Washington health officials sounded the alarm on accelerating case counts ahead of the holidays, warning that tightened restrictions might be necessary to keep the hospitals and health care system afloat going forward.

News >  Spokane

Lutz breaks silence, confirming he hasn’t resigned and has hired a lawyer

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 31, 2020

After a tumultuous two days during which the Spokane Regional Health District’s administrator tried to fire him, Spokane County’s health officer released a statement Saturday saying he doesn’t plan to resign and has hired a lawyer to resist the “troubling” move.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Dust storm rolls into Spokane area with gusts up to 46 mph

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 30, 2020

Eerie skies abruptly covered much of the Spokane area Friday afternoon as the National Weather Service issued an advisory for a dust and ash storm expected to cause “hazardous driving conditions.”

News >  Nation

Here’s how Washington and Idaho senators feel about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 26, 2020

Northwest senators on Saturday came out with largely partisan responses to President Donald Trump’s latest nominee for the Supreme Court, either condemning the quick bid to fill longtime liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat or touting potential successor Amy Coney Barrett’s accomplishments, depending on their political party.