Alison Boggs

1. Karl Bold has resigned as chief of the Valley Fire District. He will return to his previous position as assistant chief. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Valley Fire Chief Karl Bold says he didn't see eye-to-eye with the board. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review

The executive deputy chief of the Vancouver (Wash.) Fire Department plans to apply for the position of chief at Valley Fire District. Pat Humphries, 48, said in a phone interview Thursday that he would be candidate. "I just got my resume done up," he said. "I should get it off here shortly."

Crosswalks at elementary schools in north Spokane County should be a little safer this year. A Spokane insurance company donated $10,000 so the county sheriff's department can buy traffic safety cones and flags for speed limit signs at county elementary schools.

Children crossing the street around Spokane County's elementary schools should be a little safer this year. A Spokane insurance company donated $10,000 so the county Sheriff's Department can buy traffic safety cones and flags for speed limit signs at county elementary schools. School districts to be included are: Central Valley, East Valley, West Valley, Mead, Riverside, Nine Mile and Deer Park.

Children crossing the street around the Spokane Valley's elementary schools should be a little safer this year A Spokane insurance company donated $10,000 so the county sheriff's department can buy traffic safety cones and flags for speed limit signs at county elementary schools. School districts to be included are Central Valley, East Valley, West Valley, Mead, Riverside, Nine Mile and Deer Park.

A Newman Lake man is searching for his daughter's lost dog. Kit Massengale's daughter, Heather (Massengale) Grooms, was killed in a head-on collision on icy Interstate 90 near Pines in the Spokane Valley on Saturday night. Heather Grooms' husband, Galen, who was a passenger in the car, is in satisfactory condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center.

A delegation of 20 from Valley Fire Department joined thousands of others at a memorial service Wednesday for four Seattle firefighters who died last Thursday inside a burning warehouse. "It's just brotherhood," said Kevin Miller, a Valley Fire inspector. "They'd do the same for us." The department's four chief officers, the 11 members of the union's executive board and five other firefighters attended the service.

Authorities suspect a 14-year-old girl of being a ringleader in numerous car, check and property thefts from Spokane and Coeur d'Alene health clubs in the past month. The thefts all occurred in the same way, said Spokane County sheriff's detective Dave Martin. After the thieves asked to use the bathroom, car keys were stolen from coats hanging on racks and belongings were taken from unlocked lockers. The 14-year-old has confessed to five of the car thefts and numerous thefts of belongings, Martin said. Authorities said they'll charge her with multiple felonies.

A six-car pileup on Interstate 90 left four people injured. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

Spokane police convinced a suicidal gunman to surrender to authorities after more than an hour of negotiations at a golf course Wednesday afternoon. The man, whose name was not released, was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center for psychiatric evaluation. The man never threatened anyone's life but his own, said Deputy Chief Larry Hersom. Still, about six armed officers were positioned behind trees at Esmeralda Golf Course and Driving Range, E3933 Courtland, in case of a threat, Hersom said.