A man involved in a December shooting in north Spokane told a judge during his sentencing Thursday that the incident happened while he was on a relapse and was partially in self-defense.
Spokane activist Kurtis Robinson began his term as a Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commissioner Tuesday after being appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee.
The two men who shot then-Eastern Washington University football players Keith Moore and Dehonta Hayes in Spokane’s central bar district in 2019 pleaded guilty and received significant prison sentences earlier this year.
An Idaho man was arrested on suspicion of drug possession Friday in Liberty Lake, only to carjack a group of teen girls in Browne’s Addition less than an hour after getting out of jail Sunday.
A tip submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children led to an investigation this summer and the recent guilty plea of a Spokane man who was found to be in possession of more than 60 images of children being sexually assaulted.
Snow continued to fall in North Idaho and the Palouse Monday night and Tuesday morning, causing school cancellations. In Spokane, plows rumbled down frozen streets clearing snow from the storm the day before.
A Washington State Trooper’s 2018 death has been reclassified as occurring in the line of duty after an investigation determined the cause of her fatal cancer was exposure to toxic chemicals during an illegal auto-wrecking investigation.
After flurries on Valentine’s Day, meteorologists expect the snowfall will pick up, with 3 to 4 inches forecast in Spokane starting Sunday night and into Monday morning.
A West Central resident was in critical condition Sunday morning after his home caught fire, and a firefighter who responded to the blaze was also injured after falling off a ladder.
After a woman was carjacked in Browne's Addition Saturday night, police spent hours looking for a suspect only to discover he was a man released from jail less than a half-hour earlier.
The Small Business Administration will offer federal disaster low-interest loans to individuals and businesses affected by devastating wildfires in Washington last summer.
Calling 911 is a rare occurrence for most people. But for some, it’s the only number they know to call, even when there might be someone better out there to help.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday declared last year’s wildfires in Washington a major disaster, approving public assistance funds requested by Gov. Jay Inslee after blazes devastated communities across the state, including the towns of Malden and Pine City.
Hoopfest organizers announced Monday the basketball tournament that brings thousands to the streets of downtown Spokane will move to September in hopes the pandemic will be under control by then.