Chad Sokol

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.

A 44-year-old woman died and three others were hospitalized Sunday evening after a car wreck on U.S. Highway 95 in Sandpoint.

A Spokane brother and sister are accused of participating in an expansive “pump-and-dump” penny stock scheme to defraud investors. A federal lawsuit listed Robin M. Rushing and David K. Rushing among 34 defendants whom the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to recover money from and bar from working in the penny stock industry. The SEC said the group inflated stock prices for sham companies through the Costa Rica-based brokerage firm Moneyline Brokers.

A son of the late Silver Valley mining magnate Harry Magnuson is suing three siblings for allegedly writing him out of their mother’s will and misusing money from the family’s trust account. Harry Magnuson died in 2009 at age 85, leaving behind a large fortune in mining companies, banks, hotels and shopping malls throughout the Inland Northwest. He’s often credited with revitalizing the town of Wallace, Idaho, and helping save Gonzaga University during financial struggles in the 1970s.

Candidates hoping to represent southeastern Washington’s 9th Legislative District include an incumbent who was appointed just 10 weeks ago, a former sheriff of nearly three decades, and a 76-year-old Democrat with a background in construction. Rep. Mary Dye was appointed to the position in May for the final negotiations of this year’s marathon legislative session. She filled a vacancy left by Susan Fagan, who resigned a week earlier amid allegations of ethics violations.

Shields got out of the driver's seat, pulled a revolver from his waistband and immediately fired one shot at the victim, according to court records.

Spokane police released new details Wednesday about a fatal shooting that followed an apparent domestic dispute in East Central Spokane. William R. Poindexter, 45, was shot twice in the back and died at a hospital. Edward Bushnell, who police say intervened in a fight between Poindexter and his girlfriend, was booked into the Spokane County Jail on a second-degree murder charge.

Firefighters pulled a teenager from the second story of a burning home Monday evening in North Spokane, but they weren't able to revive the family's dog.