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Film explores WSU Spokane researchers’ work to examine, undo unconscious bias

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 28, 2020

Robin Hauser’s film “Bias,” which screens Sunday as part of the Spokane International Film Festival, explores the scientific underpinings of unconscious bias and its effect socially and in the workplace.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man stabbed in neck pulls out blade and jumps from moving car in north Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 27, 2020

A Spokane man stabbed in the neck with a hunting knife was able to extract the blade and then tuck and roll out of a moving car near Shadle Park High School on Wednesday night.

News >  Spokane

‘Leave no doubt’: Competitive cheer in Spokane brings out the best

Wed., Feb. 26, 2020

Local cheer teams experience the thrill, camaraderie, injuries and struggle highlighted in popular Netflix series “Cheer.”

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Lori Isenberg charged with killing her husband on Lake Coeur d’Alene in 2018

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 25, 2020

Two years after the death of her husband on Lake Coeur d’Alene, Lori Isenberg has been charged with his murder.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane woman accused of killing roommate’s boyfriend enters not guilty plea

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 24, 2020

Melissa Martin told police the victim had raped her before she shot him in the back of the head.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Suspect in shooting that critically injured man in Spokane Valley captured after chase

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 24, 2020

A 34-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a shooting Sunday night in Spokane Valley.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Attorney general’s office to review investigation into death of Dr. John Marshall

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 19, 2020

An investigative team from the Washington State Attorney General’s Office is reviewing the investigation into the mysterious death of Dr. John Marshall.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man shot at South Hill home last week remained hospitalized Monday

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 17, 2020

The man shot in a home in southeast Spokane on Friday was still in the hospital Monday morning.

News >  Spokane

Gabby Dansereau crowned Miss Spokane 2020 at record-breaking event on Sunday

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 17, 2020

Rebekah Boyd, 16, took home Miss Spokane Outstanding Teen honors. Both will compete later this year for the title of Miss Washington.

News >  Spokane

With major need for foster parents, Spokane nonprofit seeks to fill gap

Sun., Feb. 16, 2020

There’s no shortage of kids who need foster homes in the Spokane area, but one of the primary nonprofits in the region that works to find those children a safe place to stay has struggled to do so.

News >  Education

‘We live on a finite planet’: Gonzaga students hold sit-in to push university to divest from fossil fuel industry

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 13, 2020

A group of students donned bright orange, held up signs and chanted “make my degree fossil-free” during a “sit-in” for National Divestment Day on Thursday. Fossil Free Gonzaga, a student group that advocates for the university to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry, put on the event.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Men attempting to repossess car near Airway Heights shot at

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 12, 2020

While trying to repossess a car near Airway Heights Tuesday night, a man was shot at but uninjured.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Monday night Verizon interruption caused by fiber-optic cable problem

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 11, 2020

A fiber-optic cable issue led to a two hour service interruption Monday night in the Spokane area that left Verizon users without cell service and unable to call 911.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Convicted killer Tom DiBartolo returning to Spokane following prison sentence

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 11, 2020

An ex-Spokane County Sheriff’s deputy convicted of murdering his wife in 1997 has been released by the Department of Corrections and is expected to return to Spokane this week.

News >  Spokane

Calling 211 can connect people with social services

Tue., Feb. 11, 2020

211 resource line is a national system that connects people in need of housing help and other issues.

News >  Spokane

Family struck last week at Spokane airport has persevered despite tragedy

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 11, 2020

The Feb. 2 crash is the latest setback for the Klassen family. “We’re so used to dealing with tragedy,” said Autumn Klassen, “I feel like we’re good at it.”

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Central Valley High School student dies from injuries sustained in crash last week

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 10, 2020

Central Valley High School student Adam England died early Monday morning, less than a week after he was injured in a car crash in Post Falls.

News >  Spokane

Spokane Shock dancer hopefuls try out for open spots on Sunday

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 9, 2020

About 30 women showed up Sunday morning for the right to represent the Spokane Shock as dancers for the team’s first season since 2017. The final team will be announced later this week, with the home opener scheduled at the arena for the end of March.

News >  Education

EWU therapeutic recreation program gives students tools to help others

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 11, 2020

The recreational program at EWU is hands-on and prepares students to use recreational activities to help patients achieve physical and mental goals.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Unidentified body found near missing man’s home in Ferry County

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 9, 2020

Ferry County Sheriff’s Deputies recovered a body from a small pond in Inchelium earlier this week.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Sex offender deemed likely to re-offend returns to Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 5, 2020

Phillip Carl Kramer, 74, was released from prison after serving his sentence of 29 months in prison for communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. He has two prior convictions for rape.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

76-year-old killed in Ritzville crash

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 5, 2020

An SUV slid into the opposite lane and hit a semi-truck near Love’s Travel Stop in Ritzville Tuesday afternoon, leaving a 76-year-old woman dead.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Hillyard crash knocks over power pole, closes Crestline for hours

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 4, 2020

After running a red light in Hillyard Tuesday, a truck hit another vehicle and then ran into a nearby power pole causing a portion of Crestline to be closed into the evening.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man exposes himself to Spokane Valley girl walking to school Tuesday

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 4, 2020

Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man driving a blue pickup who exposed himself Tuesday morning to an 11-year-old girl walking to school in Spokane Valley.

News >  Spokane

Actress Sydney Sweeney returns home to Spokane for fan visit at middle school

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 3, 2020

Actress Sydney Sweeney has landed roles in some of television’s biggest shows, but fights a case of nerves when meeting with a group of Spokane middle school students.