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65-year-old identified as man beaten to death near Chief Garry Park

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 18, 2023

The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Jamie Weathers, 65, as the man who was beaten to death with a skateboard near Chief Garry Park last week.

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Post Falls man arrested for child molestation, enticement

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 18, 2023

A 51-year-old Post Falls man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexually abusing and enticing children.

News >  Local Government

Current Superior Court commissioner Jeremy Schmidt appointed to fill judge vacancy

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 17, 2023

Spokane County Superior Court Commissioner Jeremy T. Schmidt was appointed Wednesday to fill a vacant judgeship by Gov. Jay Inslee.

News >  Weather

Critical fire conditions forecasted in Eastern Washington Thursday and Friday

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 16, 2023

After days of extreme heat and low humidity, Eastern Washington is dry and vulnerable to fire.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man accused of assaulting woman on Liberty Lake trail charged with raping, attempting to strangle teen girl

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 16, 2023

The 24-year-old accused of assaulting a woman on a Liberty Lake trail earlier this year is now charged with raping and attempting to strangle a 15-year-old girl.

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Man charged with killing Kellogg family waives preliminary hearing

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 15, 2023

WALLACE – The 31-year-old man charged with the execution-style slayings of the Kellogg family with whom he shared a duplex waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday.

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Grand jury declines to indict man accused of Coeur d’Alene bar shooting

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 15, 2023

A grand jury declined to indict a 42-year-old man accused of injuring another man in a shooting at Corner Bar in Coeur d’Alene.

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Man sentenced to 12 years in prison for two drive-by shootings, punching bartender

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 14, 2023

A 30-year-old Spokane man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for two drive-by shootings and punching a bartender.

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Court docs: Homeless woman says she set 8 area fires over frustrations in finding housing

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 17, 2023

A 53-year-old homeless woman said she set eight Spokane-area fires last week because she was frustrated over the region’s housing crisis.

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Camp Hope drive-by shooter sentenced to three days in jail

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 11, 2023

The man who drove by Camp Hope firing a handgun last year was sentenced to three days in jail .

News >  ID Government

Public remains in the dark on reason for Kootenai County judge’s monthslong leave over ‘personnel issues’

Thu., Aug. 10, 2023

Kootenai County Magistrate Judge Clark A. Peterson hasn’t been on the bench in nearly three months due to “personnel issues,” leaving other judges to cover his docket while the public remains in the dark about the elected official’s absence.

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Boundary County man claims self-defense in 2020 shooting of his wife, but prosecutors say his story doesn’t add up

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 9, 2023

Everyone agrees that Shannon Dabbs shot his wife.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man admits to shooting, injuring parents during apparent mental episode

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 9, 2023

A 22-year-old man confessed to shooting his mother and stepfather Tuesday afternoon following a fight spurred by his mental illness, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

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Judge dismisses counterclaims brought by TikTok Psychic against UI professor, calling them ‘clearly baseless’

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 8, 2023

A federal judge called a TikTok psychic’s claims that a University of Idaho professor killed four students last fall “arguably so outrageous as to be clearly baseless” when he dismissed the psychic’s counterclaims against the professor Tuesday.

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Couple shot at home south of Moran Prairie; deputies arrest 22-year-old son

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 8, 2023

From staff reports

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police seize large amount of fentanyl, cash, guns in drug distribution investigation

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 4, 2023

The Spokane Police Department seized thousands of fentanyl pills during a drug bust Thursday that led to one arrest.

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Boundary County man charged with shooting wife, setting house on fire in 2020

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 4, 2023

A 57-year-old Boundary County man was charged earlier this month with the shooting death of his wife and subsequent house fire following two years of investigation, the sheriff’s office said Friday.

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Group of small fires at Dishman Hills quickly extinguished, cause under investigation

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 3, 2023

Firefighters quickly extinguished five small fires at Dishman Hills Natural Area Thursday afternoon.

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Kohberger says he was out driving alone the night of University of Idaho killings in new court filing

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 3, 2023

The man accused of killing four University of Idaho students last fall said he was out driving alone the night of the attacks in a new court filing about his alibi Wednesday.

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Former Spokesman-Review editor pleads not guilty to possessing sexually explicit photos of children

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 1, 2023

Former Spokesman-Review editor Steven A. Smith pleaded not guilty to possessing sexually explicit images of children Tuesday morning. 

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‘This is not just impacting a section of the community’: Local leaders talk fentanyl crisis at roundtable discussion

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 1, 2023

The first few times staff members at Compassionate Addiction Treatment had to rush out of their Division Street center to administer Narcan to prevent someone from dying of a drug overdose, it was traumatic – the staff would sit down and talk through the experience.

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Fast-moving fire spurs immediate evacuations west of Eagle Ridge; shelter opening at Cheney High School

UPDATED: Mon., July 31, 2023

A fast-moving fire spurred immediate evacuations and had burned at least 200 acres by Monday evening southwest of Spokane.

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Judge Laurel Siddoway retires from court of appeals after 13 years on the job

Tue., July 25, 2023

After a decadeslong legal career and 13 years as a Washington State Court of Appeals judge, Laurel Siddoway plans to retire at the end of July. 

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Daybreak Youth Services lays off staff as new allegations about counselor come to light, legal battle continues

Mon., July 24, 2023

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Indu Thomas extended a temporary restraining order, which prohibits Daybreak from operating, at a hearing Friday morning. 

News >  Local Government

Breean Beggs reflects on first week as Superior Court Judge

Sun., July 23, 2023

One week, Breean Beggs was Spokane City Council president.