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Fire department quickly extinguishes blaze at apartment building near Spokane River

UPDATED: Wed., June 1, 2022

Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire in the bathroom of an apartment in Spokane’s Chief Garry Park neighborhood.

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Smoking in bed cause of fatal fire in Emerson-Garfield neighborhood

UPDATED: Tue., May 31, 2022

The house fire that left one person dead last week was caused by smoking in bed, the Spokane Fire Department said Tuesday.

News >  Pacific NW

A cool spring could bring a later start to fire season, but Spokane County fire districts, DNR urge residents to prepare

Sun., May 29, 2022

A cooler than average spring could delay the 2022 wildfire season, giving residents more time to make their homes fire resistant.

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Fire at north Spokane home caused by pellets from stove

UPDATED: Fri., May 27, 2022

A fire at a north Spokane home Thursday was caused by pellets from a stove, officials said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Both fires at the Park Tower Apartments caused by cigarettes

UPDATED: Fri., May 27, 2022

Two fires on the ninth floor of the Park Tower Apartments were caused by cigarettes, Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said Friday.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Motorcyclist dies in crash on I-90 near Liberty Lake

UPDATED: Fri., May 27, 2022

A Spokane Valley man died Friday evening after crashing his motorcycle.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

One dead, one badly burned, as Spokane Fire Department fights four major fires in Spokane on Thursday morning

UPDATED: Fri., May 27, 2022

Spokane Fire Department crews responded to four fires in five hours early Thursday morning, including one that claimed a life and another that left a home’s resident badly burned.

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Fire damages old North Side Lowe’s building

UPDATED: Thu., May 26, 2022

An early morning fire damaged the old Lowe's building on Spokane's North Side Thursday. 

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Early morning kitchen fire leaves resident with significant burns

UPDATED: Thu., May 26, 2022

An early morning kitchen fire left the resident of a South Hill home with significant burns.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

One dead in early morning house fire in Spokane’s Emerson Garfield neighborhood

UPDATED: Thu., May 26, 2022

One person is dead after an early morning house fire consumed a home in Spokane’s Emerson Garfield neighborhood.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Cold, rainy Memorial Day weekend forecast after warm Thursday

UPDATED: Thu., May 26, 2022

The holiday weekend that often marks the eve of summer is forecast to be cold and rainy after a record-breaking cold spring, meteorologists at the National Weather Service Spokane expect.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

24-year-old man dead after Stevens County car crash near Hunters

UPDATED: Wed., May 25, 2022

A 24-year-old man died Wednesday morning after crashing his pickup near Hunters in Stevens County.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Child hit and killed by driver in downtown Coeur d’Alene

UPDATED: Wed., May 25, 2022

A child was struck and killed by an SUV late Tuesday afternoon in downtown Coeur d’Alene.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Woman sentenced to three months in jail for her role in March drive-by shooting

UPDATED: Tue., May 17, 2022

A 36-year-old Spokane woman was sentenced to three months in jail for her role in a drive-by shooting in March that damaged a home and a parked car.

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Woman sentenced to 11 days in jail for firing gun in downtown Spokane bar

UPDATED: Tue., May 17, 2022

A 28-year-old woman was sentenced last week to spend 11 days in jail related to firing a gun in the Red Room Lounge in downtown Spokane late last year.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man who crashed into McDonald’s in Spokane Valley accused of possessing fentanyl

UPDATED: Tue., May 17, 2022

A man was arrested on drug and other charges Monday after he crashed into a McDonald’s in Spokane Valley.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane Valley deputy strives to help homeless people with basic needs so they can get long-term boost

Tue., May 17, 2022

Deputy Joshua Pratt bent down to speak to a man and woman experiencing homelessness in a forested area near Interstate 90 Wednesday morning.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane man accused of assaulting grandmother in attack that led to her death

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled a 74-year-old woman’s death a homicide months after her grandson allegedly beat her at their home in Spokane’s Chief Garry Park neighborhood.

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Man killed in north Spokane shooting last month identified

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

The man who was shot an killed last month near Maxwell Avenue and Lincoln Street has been identified as 47-year-old Jaimeson Martinson. Police have yet to arrest anyone in connection to the shooting. 

News >  Religion

Spokane priest in apparent mental health crisis intruded into Windsor Castle barracks, causing ‘security breach’ at home of Queen Elizabeth II

UPDATED: Fri., May 13, 2022

A Spokane priest having an apparent mental health crisis caused outcry from officials in the U.K. after he spoofed royal guardsmen last month by claiming to know the battalion’s chaplain and gained access to the guard barracks at Windsor Castle, a home of Queen Elizabeth II.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Defective kitchen light sparked fire that displaced 8; second fire sends woman to hospital

UPDATED: Tue., May 10, 2022

A fire early Sunday morning in Chief Garry Park Neighborhood that displaced eight people was caused by a defective kitchen light.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man dies after house fire at West Central mobile home park Saturday

UPDATED: Tue., May 10, 2022

The man who was seriously injured in a trailer fire in the West Central neighborhood on Saturday evening died the next day.

News >  Features

‘Let go and let God’: Faith, relaxed attitude contribute to long life and large family

Sun., May 8, 2022

From wrangling her horde of 10 kids, to writing dozens of birthday cards each year to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Pat Phillips has always been a loving mother and now matriarch of her large family.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Woman found dead in single car crash Saturday after family reported she had missed Spokane flight Friday

UPDATED: Sat., May 7, 2022

A 59-year-old woman was found dead Saturday after her vehicle went off the road and down an embankment near Newport, the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Man sentenced to 12 years in prison for molesting girls he was babysitting

UPDATED: Fri., May 6, 2022

A 21-year-old Spokane man convicted of molesting four young girls he helped babysit in 2019 was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison Friday.