Chelsea Bannach

A gay rights advocate and board member of OutSpokane says he was a victim of what he believes was a hate crime late Friday night. Danny Hawkins said he was enjoying a night out with his friends at Dempsey’s Brass Rail, a popular gay bar in downtown Spokane. His fun night, however, ended with a fight and a visit to a hospital.

The Spokane City Council could vote Monday on whether the city should regulate the number of alcohol signs liquor licensees can have that are visible from the street. In April 2010, the state Liquor Control Board passed a rule limiting that number to four, but gave cities the option to exempt liquor licensees in their jurisdiction.

A soda machine in front of Broadway Foods in Spokane was blown up Saturday night. The culprits were likely some “neighborhood hoodlums,” though no suspects had been identified late Saturday, said police spokesman Cpl. Mike Carr. Police received the call at 9:18 p.m.

The emergency room at Holy Family Hospital and several surrounding streets are closed as authorities investigate a report of a potential chemical spill.

Michael Glatzmaier said the Northeast Youth Center in Hillyard changed his life. “Growing up I did not have a good influence or someone to look up to,” he said. “The people who were my inspirations were leading me down the wrong path.”

A hunter who died during a grizzly bear attack was killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest, the Montana State Crime Lab medical examiner announced Friday. Steve Stevenson, 39, was killed when his hunting partner, Ty Bell, 20, shot the grizzly multiple times in an attempt to stop the bear’s attack on Stevenson, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. One of the rounds struck Stevenson in the chest.

A hunter who died during a grizzly bear attack was died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, the Montana State Crime Lab medical examiner announced today.

Two hunters who had a deadly encounter with a young male grizzly bear Friday were certain it was a black bear when they shot it, said a third member of their hunting party. The bear killed Steve Stevenson, 39, after it was shot by Ty Bell, 20. Bell is originally from Bonners Ferry, Idaho, but recently moved to Winnemucca, Nev.

Two hunters who had a deadly encounter with a young male grizzly bear Friday were certain it was a black bear when they shot it, said a third member of their hunting party. The bear killed Steve Stevenson, 39, after it was shot by Ty Bell, 20. Bell is originally from Bonners Ferry but recently moved to Winnemucca, Nev. Ty Bell could not be reached for comment, but his father, Bill Bell, who was hunting nearby, said there was no way his son could have known it was a federally protected grizzly, not a black bear, despite his knowledge about the two species’ distinguishing characteristics.

For many people with less-than-perfect pasts, the owner of the Shogun Plaza apartments gave them a second chance, but others say he put their safety at risk to line his own pockets. About 50 tenants of the apartments, located at 905 E. Third Ave., were notified Friday morning they would have to move out by midnight the same day after officials with the Spokane Fire Department and city of Spokane deemed the building unsafe.

The Kellogg Fire Department is responding to a fire in town that started about 2 p.m. today.