Chad Sokol

A member of the Gypsy Jokers, a notorious biker gang, died Saturday after crashing his motorcycle into a pickup truck in Spokane.

A man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for blackmailing a 9-year-old girl into sending him naked pictures.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers veered from Gov. Jay Inslee's comments about the relationship between climate change and wildfires.

When a truck stopped abruptly Thursday afternoon, spilling a sun-warmed stew of animal parts onto the westbound lanes of Interstate 90, the question in many readers minds was undoubtedly: Why?

A tractor-trailer spilled animal guts onto the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 near Freya Street, creating a putrid, slimy hazard for drivers just before rush hour on Thursday.

A former state trooper in Spokane is suing the Washington State Patrol, claiming the agency wrongfully fired him over a brain tumor that impacted his motor abilities.

The sergeants who oversee the Spokane County Jail and the Geiger Corrections Center got a 2 percent pay increase this week after more than eight months of contract negotiations. Another 2 percent raise will take effect in April 2017, and negotiations will open again in January 2018, according to the new contract, which was approved by the county commissioners Tuesday.

An inmate at the Washington State Penitentiary has filed a federal lawsuit claiming prison officials refused to provide him with dentures after removing all of his rotten teeth, forcing him to live on a diet of soft and blended food. Jimmy de la Mater arrived at the Walla Walla prison in September 2013. Three months later, one of his teeth broke when he bit into an apple, and the prison’s dental staff pulled the rest. But because he would be in prison for less than five years, the lawsuit claims, state officials refused to provide the 42-year-old with dentures.