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News >  Spokane

WSU students balk at paying higher fees to balance athletic department budget

Fri., Sept. 23, 2016

Kirk Schulz, the new president of Washington State University, has introduced a plan to balance the budget of the school’s insolvent athletics department. But a piece of that plan has students in an uproar.

News >  Spokane

Body cameras corroborate Spokane Police accounts of May 2 shooting at West Wynn Motel

Wed., Sept. 21, 2016

Body-camera footage released Wednesday by the Spokane Police Department appears to corroborate previous accounts of the May 4 police shooting that injured 32-year-old Aaron Johnson.

News >  Spokane

Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich says local GOP leaders reluctant to censure Rep. Matt Shea, fear far-right reprisals from the legislator

Wed., Sept. 21, 2016

Spokane-area Republicans in elected offices appear unwilling to criticize state Rep. Matt Shea for his attacks on the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, who has called on party leaders to censure Shea after he linked a triple homicide to a Spokane deputy, says Republicans are afraid to do so

News >  Spokane

Spokane County Sheriff’s Office: Don’t point lasers at our helicopter

Tue., Sept. 20, 2016

Here’s a crime you may know not about: “unlawful of discharge of a laser in the first degree.” It’s a class C felony in Washington with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

News >  Spokane

WSU President Kirk Schulz says school may reconsider handling of athlete arrests after football season ends

Mon., Sept. 19, 2016

Washington State University President Kirk Schulz said Monday he’s confident in his athletics department’s handling of the arrests of four football players.

News >  Spokane

Is dealing with athletes’ criminal activity really ‘a team matter?’

Sun., Sept. 18, 2016

When a Washington State football player is accused of a crime, the response from coaches and staff is almost always the same: “It’s a team matter.” But is it?

News >  Spokane

Crowd waits for iPhone 7 outside Spokane’s Apple Store

Fri., Sept. 16, 2016

About two-dozen iPhone devotees have lined up outside the Apple Store in downtown Spokane to get their hands on the latest model, which went on sale today.

News >  Spokane

Delta Upsilon fraternity suspends WSU chapter over sexual assault and drugging allegations

Thu., Sept. 15, 2016

The national headquarters of Delta Upsilon fraternity has suspended its Washington State University chapter amid allegations of drugging and sexual assault.

News >  Spokane

West Central shooting victim has a manslaughter conviction for 2007 stabbing

Wed., Sept. 14, 2016

The victim in Tuesday’s shooting in West Central Spokane fatally stabbed a man in January 2007.

News >  Spokane

Standoff with bounty hunters ends with tear gas at Spokane motel

Wed., Sept. 14, 2016

An early-morning standoff at a Spokane motel ended when bounty hunters broke a room window, threw in a tear gas canister and then forced their way inside to capture two people, one of whom was a fugitive.

News >  Spokane

Family members remember Spokane County homicide victim Bob Tester

Tue., Sept. 13, 2016

Bob Tester’s family says it has no idea why someone wanted him dead.

News >  Spokane

West Central shooting leaves man hospitalized, neighbors fuming

Tue., Sept. 13, 2016

Spokane police are investigating a Tuesday morning shooting in West Central that left a man hospitalized.

News >  Spokane

Lincoln County opens union negotiations to the public, in a first for Washington

Mon., Sept. 12, 2016

By opening labor negotiations to the public, Lincoln County has drawn attention to a highly politicized debate that has roiled the governor’s office for more than a decade.

News >  Spokane

Fundraiser for Spangle homicide victim’s daughter aims to cover therapy costs

Sun., Sept. 11, 2016

An online fundraising campaign aims to cover the therapy costs of a young girl who reported her father’s grisly homicide near Spangle.

News >  Education

WSU students plan to raise a controversial ‘Trump wall’ on campus

Fri., Sept. 9, 2016

Washington State University students plan to erect a so-called “Trump wall” on the Pullman campus in support of the presidential candidate’s stance on immigration policy and his proposal to build a wall along the country’s southern border.

News >  Spokane

Authorities questioning abduction story in Montana woman’s death

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 8, 2016

The Montana woman found dead in a car trunk in Spokane may not have been kidnapped, authorities said Thursday.

News >  Spokane

Homicide victim was nephew of Montana senator

Wed., Sept. 7, 2016

The man found dead in a home near Spangle may have been killed with an ax, but authorities still haven’t identified a suspect, according to court documents.

News >  Spokane

Abducted Montana woman, found dead in Spokane, talked to police from inside trunk

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 7, 2016

A woman was found dead early Wednesday inside a car near the Spokane International Airport. She was found about 12:30 a.m. by Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputies who were searching for a woman reported missing in Montana, according to a sheriff’s office news release.

Sports

Shalom Luani update: Pullman police to recommend assault charges

Tue., Sept. 6, 2016

Pullman police say they will recommend an assault charge against Washington State football player Shalom Luani, even as coach Mike Leach disputes media accounts of Luani’s arrest.

News >  Spokane

Spokane County deputies investigating homicide near Spangle

Tue., Sept. 6, 2016

A man was found dead at a home in southern Spokane County Tuesday morning, and deputies say the death appears to be suspicious. Deputies were called to the home on South Keeney Road, south of Paradise Road about 7:30 a.m.

News >  Spokane

Rural landowners assert role in fighting wildfires

Mon., Sept. 5, 2016

For the second year in a row, wildfires in rural Washington have brought complaints from farmers and property owners about their role in protecting their land.

News >  Spokane

Athol couple offers $10,000 reward for information on son’s killer

Fri., Sept. 2, 2016

Dan and Patty Fowler think they know who killed their son.

News >  Spokane

Idaho tailgaters imbibe ‘apple juice’ under new alcohol restrictions

Thu., Sept. 1, 2016

MOSCOW, Idaho – Thursday’s gathering at the University of Idaho had all the trappings of a pre-game tailgating party. Barbecue smoke wafted through the air. The marching band rallied Vandal fans young and old. Many drank casually from unmarked plastic cups. But some declined to say what was in those cups. Booze, perhaps?

News >  Spokane

Spokane attorney found not guilty of rape, kidnapping charges

Tue., Aug. 30, 2016

A jury on Tuesday found Spokane attorney Bob Caruso not guilty on three counts of first-degree kidnapping and three counts of first-degree rape.

News >  Spokane

West Nile virus strikes 10 horses in Inland Northwest

Tue., Aug. 30, 2016

Veterinarians this month confirmed 10 cases of West Nile fever in horses in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.