Chad Sokol

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.

Two fast-moving wildfires burning in Eastern Washington are threatening homes, with one closing Interstate 90 near the Columbia River. The brush fire along the busy highway near George closed traffic lanes in both directions for the second time in two days.

Bond is set at $250,000 for the driver of the pickup truck that fatally struck a bicyclist last week in North Spokane.

A wildfire that started Sunday in Grant County reignited Monday afternoon, racing across open fields of sage brush and growing quickly to nearly 800 acres.

Investigators are not convinced that Gary Blanton III died because he hurt himself falling out of bed, as his aunt claimed on April 17. The 5-year-old boy, who became an orphan after both of his parents died, had been staying with his aunt in Chattaroy. According to court records, she was the only adult in the home when first responders arrived at 8 a.m. to find the boy unconscious with a severe head injury – later identified as a skull fracture – and numerous large bruises on his body.

A Chattaroy woman accused of beating her 5-year-old nephew to death in April was arrested Thursday on a second-degree murder charge.

Investigators initially thought the fire that killed a 2-year-old girl in a motor home in Oldtown, Idaho, had started with electrical wiring, but new evidence suggests she had access to a handheld blowtorch, authorities said Thursday.

Genevieve Winn was alone inside the camper when the fire ripped through it around 8 p.m.

Two people died early this morning in a one-car wreck near Steptoe.

Colorado prosecutors have dropped four counts of sexual abuse against Joshua Dolezal, the white biological brother of Rachel Dolezal, who last month left her post as president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP amid allegations she was lying about her race.