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Documents: Man lit house on fire, attempted to kill girlfriend who tried to evict him after learning of his criminal past

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 11, 2022

A Spokane man set his girlfriend’s Hayden home on fire and tried to shoot her because she tried to kick him out after learning of his criminal past, according to court documents.

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Spokane police arrest burglars at two businesses hours apart

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 11, 2022

Spokane police arrested four burglars at two businesses early Thursday morning.

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Court documents say man shot and killed his father while high on meth

UPDATED: Wed., April 13, 2022

A man shot and killed his father Thursday night northeast of Spokane after smoking methamphetamine, court documents allege.

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‘Evil didn’t win. Love did’: Freeman community shares more impacts of 2017 school shooting

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 10, 2022

Like many parents of students at Freeman High School, Erin Campbell worried her daughter would never be the same after she witnessed a shooter kill her classmate.

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‘I know what it’s like to look into the face of someone trying to murder me’: Survivors continue to detail how the Freeman school shooting traumatized them

UPDATED: Fri., May 13, 2022

It was a typical school day for 14-year-old Ellie Roibal.

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Spokane County Sheriff’s Office buying new BearCat armored vehicle

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 9, 2022

Spokane County will spend  $390,700 on a new BearCat armored vehicle for the sheriff’s office to use in a variety of volatile situations.

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Fire department, police called to bogus Spokane River rescue, officials say

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 8, 2022

After a man reported a woman was stuck in the Spokane River, fire crews and police officers responded to find the situation was not as it seemed.

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Spokane native, Gonzaga graduate to head county Public Defender’s office: ‘It felt right’

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 8, 2022

Lifelong Spokane resident and Gonzaga Law School graduate Colin Charbonneau is the new director of the Spokane County Public Defender’s office.

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One injured in afternoon crash on I-90 in West Plains

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 8, 2022

A 74-year-old man was injured in a crash on the West Plains on Interstate 90 on Monday afternoon.

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Court documents: Victim in Friday stabbing remains hospitalized, suspect in jail

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 7, 2022

The man stabbed at a downtown Spokane apartment building this past weekend remained hospitalized Monday as his alleged attacker made his first court appearance.

News >  Pacific NW

Local Olympian Susan Corrock Luby reminisces on her bronze win 50 years later: ‘I was a dark horse; I wasn’t expected to win’

Mon., Feb. 7, 2022

Much has changed since the 1972 games in Sapporo, Japan, said 70-year-old Luby. Athletes are bigger stars now, and female athletes have more opportunities to excel. 

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Jury trials suspended until Feb. 22 in Spokane County Superior Court

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 4, 2022

Jury trials are suspended until Feb. 22 in Spokane County Superior Court due to the omicron surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Former East Valley High School teacher sentenced to spend year in prison for possession of child pornography

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 3, 2022

A former East Valley High School teacher was sentenced last month to just over a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

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Man charged with raping girl he met while working at Spokane Children’s Theater

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 2, 2022

Prosecutors have accused a former Spokane Children’s Theater employee of kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old actress after a show in December 2019.

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Man who hit patrol cars while intoxicated in December pleads guilty

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 1, 2022

The 21-year-old man who injured multiple people while driving intoxicated and being chased by Spokane Valley police was sentenced to four months in jail last week.

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Domestic violence shooting in Post Falls leaves woman hospitalized and suspect dead, police say

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 1, 2022

A woman is hospitalized after being shot in the head Tuesday in what police describe as a domestic violence shooting that ended with the suspect taking his own life.

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Family remembers Sam Strahan as they advocate for the maximum sentence for his killer in Freeman High School shooting

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 1, 2022

When Wendy Adams first heard of the shooting that left one student at Freeman High School dead she felt sorry for the family.

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Family frustrated after suspect in apartment complex shooting remains free, shooter claims self-defense

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 31, 2022

Tony Loehding, 53, was shot and killed at an apartment in the 1000 block of East Cozza Drive on Jan. 8. Loehding's family said he isn't a threat and are frustrated the shooter hasn't been arrested.

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‘Beyond kindness and caring’: 100-year-old who survived COVID-19 credits Sacred Heart staff

Sun., Jan. 30, 2022

One morning a few weeks ago, 100-year-old Nita Jensen woke up and didn’t quite feel herself.

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‘Good ending to a bad situation:’ Deputies rescue elderly man whose truck went into Hayden Lake

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 29, 2022

If Deputy Tanner Cox had not been patrolling Honeysuckle Boat Launch on Hayden Lake Thursday night, a 91-year-old man who drove into the chilly water may not have survived.

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School shooting left ‘deep and wide ripples’ in Freeman community, survivors share in court

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 27, 2022

Amy Gibson rushed to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center after learning her niece Gracie Jensen had been shot at Freeman High School, she wrote in a victim impact statement shared in court Thursday.

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Innocence lost: Students and families share in court the lasting impact of the Freeman school shooting

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 25, 2022

In her first two weeks at Freeman Middle School, Sydney McLean had hoped to make some new friends.

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Freeman community shares lasting effect of 2017 shooting in victim impact statements

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 24, 2022

When Joe Bowen decided to become a school custodian after years in the Air Force, he thought he was choosing a safer career.

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As school shootings rise again with students back in classrooms, area schools share how they evaluate threats

Sun., Jan. 23, 2022

It’s a typical morning at West Valley High School.

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Man injured in propane explosion at homeless camp near Spokane River remains hospitalized

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 21, 2022

The man injured in an explosion at an encampment near the Spokane River this week remains hospitalized, while the woman injured has been treated and released.