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Mead selects current Deer Park superintendent to head school district

UPDATED: Thu., March 16, 2023

The Mead School District board of directors on Monday selected Travis W. Hanson, current Deer Park School District superintendent, to lead the district.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Former NAACP VP Le’Taxione asks for assault trial to be moved out of Spokane County

UPDATED: Mon., March 13, 2023

A former NAACP vice president awaiting trial on domestic violence charges argued in a Wednesday court filing that racial bias in the prosecutor’s office, police prejudice and pre-trial publicity make it impossible for him to get a fair trial in Spokane County.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Family of man killed by Spokane police while unloading his van after camping trip files lawsuit

UPDATED: Mon., March 13, 2023

The family of a 41-year-old man who was shot and killed by Spokane police last fall while unloading his truck from a camping trip in his front yard filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

‘A rising star’: Carpenter Ana Vetter remembered as passionate and hardworking, days after her death at Spokane Tribe Casino construction site

UPDATED: Fri., March 10, 2023

Ana Vetter found the job that “just made her come alive,” her mother told a room full of tradespeople Thursday evening, just days after Vetter died building a new hotel at the Spokane Tribe Casino.

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Family of Bonners Ferry Chiropractor offers reward for information three years after his death

UPDATED: Wed., March 8, 2023

The family of the Bonners Ferry chiropractor who was shot and killed nearly three years ago is offering a $10,000 reward for information on the circumstances surrounding his death.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

One dead after accident at Spokane Tribe Casino construction site

UPDATED: Tue., March 7, 2023

One person is dead following an accident at a construction site at the Spokane Tribe Casino.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Knife, handgun, black masks found at Kohberger’s Pennsylvania home

UPDATED: Thu., March 2, 2023

Knives, a handgun and multiple articles of black clothing, including a mask, were seized from Bryan Kohberger’s Pennsylvania home, according to search warrant returns released Thursday morning.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Last of Spokane rape kits set to be sent out for testing

UPDATED: Thu., March 2, 2023

The end of Spokane’s rape-kit backlog is in sight, with the last 87 kits packaged and ready to be sent out for testing.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane rape kit leads to cold case arrest in 1979 Lake Tahoe killing

UPDATED: Thu., March 2, 2023

For decades, a woman who was killed along the western shore of Lake Tahoe in 1979 was a Jane Doe, her name and what happened to her lost to history.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police investigating likely suicide at home of man recently arrested on suspicion of child molestation

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 28, 2023

Spokane Valley Deputies are investigating a death at the home of a man recently arrested on suspicion of child rape.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police took DNA, black clothing from Bryan Kohberger’s family home in Pennsylvania new documents show

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 28, 2023

Police took Bryan Kohberger’s DNA along with a series of black clothing items from his family’s Pennsylvania home, court documents released Tuesday show.

News >  Washington

Laughter, tears and brassieres: Mardi Bras party at Rockwood collects donations for homeless women in Spokane

Tue., Feb. 28, 2023

Bookended by laughter with tough conversations in the middle, women gathered at Rockwood South Hill for a Mardi Bras party Monday afternoon.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Remembering the 29 people killed in Spokane in 2022

Sun., Feb. 26, 2023

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News >  Crime/Public Safety

Six years after man accused of cutting out wife’s tongue, judge set to determine his competency to stand trial

Fri., Feb. 24, 2023

More than six years ago, Lyudmila Pavlik was found covered in blood and badly beaten in her living room.

News >  Education

‘Best day ever’: Stevens Elementary third graders participate in poetry slam at SCC

Thu., Feb. 23, 2023

Santiago, an 8-year-old at Stevens Elementary School, pushed up his glasses as he nervously began reading his poem Wednesday to a crowd participating in the annual Poetry Slam at Spokane Community College.

News >  Pacific NW

After fleeing Ukraine last year, the future is uncertain for sisters seeking safety in Spokane with immigration protections running out

Sun., Feb. 19, 2023

For weeks, Olena Nikora washed baby clothes, bought diapers and organized her hotel suite, preparing to give birth alone after her husband told her he couldn’t escape war -torn Ukraine and join her in Spokane.

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Deputies ask public for more information on Spokane Valley man arrested for child molestation

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 17, 2023

Investigators asked the public for any information on a 61-year-old man they recently arrested in Spokane Valley on suspicion of child molestation.

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36-year-old was dead in the Garfield County Jail for over 18 hours before corrections staff noticed, complaint alleges

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 16, 2023

A 36-year-old man was dead in a "dungeon-like" cell at the Garfield County Jail for more than 18 hours before corrections staff noticed, a complaint filed Wednesday alleges.

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Spokane police release name of officer who shot at man in December; no arrests made in underlying investigation

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 14, 2023

The Spokane Police Department Tuesday released the name of the officer who shot at a 24-year-old man in the Logan Neighborhood in early December.

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Northern Quest announces summer concert series lineup, partners with Live Nation

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 13, 2023

Northern Quest Resort and Casino announced the first six shows of its summer concert series lineup on Monday, including Dan + Shay and Jason Mraz.

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Church at Planned Parenthood says insurance covered $850k in attorneys fees, plans future protests

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 7, 2023

A group of anti-abortion protesters calling itself The Church at Planned Parenthood plans to continue protesting this spring despite being ordered by a judge to pay $960,000 to Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho.

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Washington Legislature weighs changes to police pursuit after law enforcement criticism

Mon., Feb. 6, 2023

Police leaders, including the heads of Spokane's Police Department and Sheriff's Office, say the changes to the law put the public at risk. But reform advocates say more restrictions on how and when officers can pursue a suspect have led to fewer pursuit-related deaths, which are hard to track statistically. 

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Anti-abortion group must pay $850,000 of Planned Parenthood’s legal fees after being fined $110k over noise volations

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 3, 2023

An anti-abortion group must pay about $960,000 to Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho to cover legal fees and a fine for protests that interfered with patient care.

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Family and friends of Kassie Dewey tearfully watch as ex-boyfriend sentenced to 36 years for her murder

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 3, 2023

Love, strength and the color purple, representing the fight to end domestic violence, filled a Spokane courtroom Friday morning, as the friends and family of Kassie Dewey gathered to watch her killer get sent to prison.

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Remains found in Lewiston are human, likely ancestral

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 2, 2023

Remains found under a Lewiston walking path Wednesday were confirmed to be human, police said Thursday.