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News >  Spokane

Crews fight brush fire near Indian Canyon Golf Course

A brush fire Thursday afternoon near Indian Canyon Golf Course sent clouds of smoke into the sky during rush-hour traffic as flames towered just on the edge of Greenwood Memorial Terrace cemetery. Water drops from two helicopters helped firefighters build a hasty containment line amid late afternoon winds that worried neighbors.
News >  Spokane

Mother says shooting suspect has history of mental illness

A woman suspected of shooting her stepfather in the leg Wednesday at his Colbert home also may have shot him in the head and fired multiple shots at a visiting neighbor, according to deputies’ reports. Before the early-morning attack, deputies suspect Jennifer Anderson, 38, lay in wait under the front porch, dressed in black with a hood over her head.
News >  Spokane

Officials say man confessed to setting North Side fire

One man is in jail after an arson fire that ravaged a small building Thursday morning on North Monroe Street, leaving several tenants without a home. Spokane firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire just after 3 a.m. at 2419 N. Monroe St. near Jackson Avenue. The one-story building contains a small office space for an appliance business. Five people, including a 1-year-old, lived in apartments in the back.
News >  Washington Voices

Fresh Bucks stretches food stamps at farmers markets

Thanks to a Spokane charity, low-income families can get more out of their food stamps at local farmers markets. Fresh Bucks gives $2 to federal aid recipients for every $5 they spend at farmers markets in and around Spokane County. Coordinated by the nonprofit Catholic Charities, the program is designed to give people in low-income areas better access to fresh produce.

Focused effort yields graduation dividend

Mackenzie McIntyre’s first year at Rogers High School was especially difficult. By the time she was a freshman, McIntyre had grown tired of moving around Spokane with her mother, who struggled with alcoholism and rarely came home.
News >  Spokane

Pasco ex-policeman arrested in 1986 Spokane killing

Spokane police have arrested a former Pasco police officer suspected of strangling a woman in 1986. Detectives brought Richard J. Aguirre, 51, to the Spokane County Jail, where he awaits formal murder charges in the killing of Ruby Doss.