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59-year-old woman identified in fatal Thanksgiving crash near Airway Heights

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 5, 2025

A woman who died in a rollover crash on Thanksgiving north of Airway Heights has been identified as 59-year-old Dana Venziano, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office.

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Spokane ICE protester pleads guilty

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 3, 2025

One of the nine protesters charged with conspiring to impede or injure federal agents during a mass immigration protest in Spokane last summer pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court.

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Man’s bond set at $5 million for shooting 24-year-old in head at Spokane apartment

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 2, 2025

A 33-year-old man is accused of shooting a man in the head without provocation and killing him early Monday morning at an apartment near downtown Spokane.

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Body recovered near T.J. Meenach Bridge identified

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 27, 2025

A body pulled earlier this month from the Spokane River near T.J. Meenach Bridge has been identified as 36-year-old Christopher Roulet, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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Pedestrian hit, killed in Spokane Valley was 35-year-old woman

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 27, 2025

The woman who was hit and killed crossing a busy Spokane Valley street earlier this month was identified as 35-year-old Ashley Lane, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office Wednesday.

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22-year-old man killed in South Hill crash was ‘amazing father,’ had big dreams as pro fighter

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 26, 2025

Eric Rideout’s greatest accomplishment was winning a mixed martial arts fight at Northern Quest Resort & Casino. Then, his daughter was born.

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Man arrested for pointing laser at sheriff’s office helicopter

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 26, 2025

A 40-year-old man is accused of shining a green laser at a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office helicopter crew, distracting and temporarily disorienting the crew.

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Sex offender gets 35 years in prison for trying to meet minors for sex in Stevens County

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 27, 2025

A convicted sex offender was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for child pornography and trying to meet with girls for sex, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Eastern Washington.

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Two pedestrians hit, killed on same night along Nevada Street identified

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 26, 2025

Two pedestrians who were struck and killed by drivers the same night along Nevada Street have been identified by the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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Latino businesses serve up tasteful tamales with roots from all over Latin America in annual Tamalada tamale contest

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 23, 2025

Latinos En Spokane celebrated its anniversary Saturday in typical fashion – taking hundreds of people’s taste buds around Latin America with a variety of styles and flavors of tamales.

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Man sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for raping, molesting young children

UPDATED: Sun., Nov. 23, 2025

A 36-year-old man was sentenced to nearly 16 years to life in prison for sexually abusing five children, according to the Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

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Sandpoint City Council repeals nondiscrimination ordinance after transgender woman spotted in YMCA bathroom

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 20, 2025

An apparent transgender woman using a Sandpoint YMCA women’s locker room last month sparked public outcry, three hours of public testimony at Wednesday night’s City Council meeting and, ultimately, the repealing of the city’s 14-year-old nondiscrimination ordinance.

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Body recovered from Spokane River

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 19, 2025

The body of a 42-year-old man who ran from police officers and jumped into the Spokane River over the weekend was recovered, according to a Spokane Tribal Police’s Facebook post on Wednesday.

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Man sentenced to prison for calling Walmart employee racial slur, lunging at him with knife

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 19, 2025

A man who called a Spokane Valley Walmart employee a racial slur before lunging at him with a pocketknife was sentenced to 2½ years in prison for the hate crime and assault.

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Man took shot of whiskey prior to hitting, killing pedestrian in Spokane Valley, court docs say

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 18, 2025

A 29-year-old man who is suspected of hitting and killing a woman crossing the road last week in Spokane Valley admitted to having a shot of whiskey prior to getting behind the wheel with his two children.

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Body recovered from Spokane River near T.J. Meenach Bridge

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 18, 2025

A fisherman found a body Sunday afternoon in the Spokane River near T.J. Meenach Bridge, according to the Spokane Police Department.

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Man presumed to have drowned after running from Spokane Tribal Police

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 18, 2025

A man wanted on several warrants is presumed to have drowned after he ran away from Spokane Tribal Police officers and jumped into the Spokane River on Sunday evening near Wellpinit.

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Montana woman dies in Shoshone County rollover crash

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 15, 2025

A 25-year-old Missoula, Montana, woman was killed after she was thrown from a passenger seat of a SUV that overturned Saturday afternoon in Cataldo, according to Idaho State Police.

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Police locate pickup involved in deadly hit-and-run in Plummer

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 15, 2025

The driver of a pickup struck and killed a pedestrian before turning around and driving the other direction late Friday afternoon on U.S. Highway 95 in Plummer, according to Idaho State Police.

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29-year-old man accused of hitting, killing pedestrian crossing Spokane Valley road

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 15, 2025

A 29-year-old man is suspected of driving impaired when he struck and killed a woman crossing the road Friday night in Spokane Valley, according to the Spokane Valley Police Department.

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Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting 30-year-old man in head in Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 14, 2025

A 33-year-old man who shot 30-year-old Dylan McCorkle in the head outside his Logan Neighborhood home was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison, according to the Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

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Man sentenced to 2½ years in prison for providing fentanyl to former Spokane firefighter, who overdosed on drug

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 14, 2025

A 62-year-old Spokane man who delivered fentanyl to a retired Spokane firefighter, who then overdosed and died, was sentenced to 2½ years in prison.

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Man severely injured after firework thrown from car explodes on downtown Spokane sidewalk

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 13, 2025

A firework or similar explosive was tossed from a vehicle into a crowd, severely injuring a man on a sidewalk last weekend in downtown Spokane.

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Portrait, gold badge of ‘Magnificent Seven,’ one of Spokane’s first sheriffs, now hangs in Spokane’s Public Safety Building

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 13, 2025

One of Spokane’s first law enforcement leaders led the notorious “Magnificent Seven” posse in killing and capturing members of the James-Younger gang nearly 150 years ago in Minnesota.

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Trader Joe’s may be headed to Spokane Valley

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 12, 2025

Trader Joe’s could be coming to Spokane Valley.