Chad Sokol

For the first time, Spokane’s online bicycle registry has been used to reunite a bike with its owner. An employee at Manito Park found a bike Monday and contacted the Spokane Police Department. The bike hadn’t been reported stolen, so police turned to SpokaneBikeID.org, which linked the bike to its owner, Cpl. Jordan Ferguson said.

It's hard to say where one festival ends and another begins. This weekend in downtown Coeur d'Alene, food, art and entertainment are everywhere.

For the first time, Spokane's online bicycle registry has been used to reunite a bike with its owner.

A 19-year-old man was jailed Wednesday for allegedly fighting with state troopers and threatening to kill them and their families after a traffic stop in Spokane Valley.

Bonner County sheriff's deputies have found the body of a Sandpoint man who dove off a fishing boat in Lake Pend Oreille three weeks ago and never surfaced.

Two former employees at a Liberty Lake dental clinic are accused of making false insurance claims in excess of $17,000 using a company computer system.

The Spokane Fire Department is looking for the two bystanders who attempted to save Marla Langley, the 68-year-old woman who was struck and killed by an SUV Tuesday morning while pushing a stroller on a sidewalk along North Ruby Street.

A Spokane resident has been arrested in connection to the death of a 25-year-old man from Valley, Washington, whose body was found Sunday afternoon in an SUV parked outside a hospital in Missoula. Leo A. Rodriguez, 34, drove from Spokane to Missoula with Jake Colvin’s body in a Chevy Suburban, according to the Missoula Police Department. Officers responded around 12:20 p.m. Sunday to find the vehicle – facing the wrong direction, with lights on and keys in the ignition – in the parking lot of St. Patrick Hospital. Colvin’s body was in the passenger seat, and rigor mortis had set in, according to court documents reported by the Missoulian newspaper.

At least 42 mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus this season in Grant County, an uptick from the 34 positive samples collected during last year’s mosquito season, according to the Grant County Health District.

Police have arrested a Spokane resident in connection to the shooting death of Jake Colvin, a 25-year-old man from Valley, Washington, whose body was found Sunday afternoon in an SUV parked outside a hospital in Missoula, Montana.

Washington State University has hired a group of researchers to assess health problems facing rural communities and local minority groups. At least six researchers are coming to WSU Spokane from the University of Washington’s Partnerships for Native Health program. The effort is aimed at mitigating unhealthy habits like smoking, drinking, poor diets and sleep patterns.