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Newport man suspected of murder, kidnapping, rape after woman found chained near man’s buried body

UPDATED: Fri., June 6, 2025

A 48-year-old Newport, Washington, man is facing murder, kidnapping and rape charges after a woman was found chained and a dead man buried nearby, according to the Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office.

News >  Military

‘It’s dangerous right now’: Roughly 100 turn out to Spokane VA Medical Center to support VA workers, veterans amid planned cuts to federal agency

UPDATED: Fri., June 6, 2025

Holding signs that read, “Hands off vets care” and “Impeach Trump, deport Elon,” about 100 people stood Friday afternoon on the sidewalks outside Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center to rally against the planned elimination of more than 80,000 jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The cuts are part of President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to reduce federal spending.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man stabbed, killed on South Hill was ‘funny guy’ who loved to fish, act

UPDATED: Mon., June 2, 2025

It was no surprise to Kevin Christensen’s loved ones that he was trying to help someone before he was stabbed to death last month at his South Hill apartment complex.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

New federal prosecutor seeks to limit drug trafficking in Spokane

Mon., June 2, 2025

A new prosecuting attorney targeting large-scale drug traffickers in Spokane is a Ferris High School and Gonzaga University School of Law graduate who is following in her father’s footsteps as a Spokane federal prosecutor.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Moses Lake man dies in rollover crash near Vantage Bridge

UPDATED: Sat., May 31, 2025

A 29-year-old Moses Lake man died after losing control on a turn on Interstate 90 and State Route 26, rolling the car Saturday near the Vantage Bridge on the Columbia River, according to the Washington State Patrol.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Motorcyclist dies in collision with water truck near Spirit Lake

UPDATED: Sat., May 31, 2025

A 70-year-old Hauser, Idaho, man died after the Harley-Davidson motorcycle he was riding collided with a water truck Saturday north of Spirit Lake, according to Idaho State Police.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Two arrested in northeast Spokane drive-by shooting

UPDATED: Sat., May 31, 2025

Two people were arrested for an early Saturday morning drive-by shooting in northeast Spokane, according to the Spokane Police Department.

News >  Washington

Gonzaga breaks EWU’s 26-year Bloomsday Corporate Cup streak with victory last month

UPDATED: Fri., May 30, 2025

Eastern Washington University ran away with the Bloomsday Corporate Cup title for 26 straight years until a trio of Gonzaga University employees broke the streak last month.

A&E >  Books

Longmire author returns to Northwest Passages stage once again to talk new book, ‘Return to Sender’

UPDATED: Wed., May 28, 2025

Craig Johnson’s latest book in the 21-novel Walt Longmire mystery series centers on a profession he admires and wanted to be part of when he was a child: the U.S. Postal Service.

News >  Military

‘Prepare to die’: Civil War battle rages at Green Bluff on Memorial Day weekend

UPDATED: Sun., May 25, 2025

Green Bluff’s Siemers Farm, known for strawberry and fall festivals, transformed into a Civil War battlefield this Memorial Day weekend.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Two Spokane police officers cleared in fatal downtown shooting of man with knife

UPDATED: Fri., May 23, 2025

Two Spokane police officers will not face criminal charges after they shot and killed an intoxicated suicidal man who walked toward officers with a knife last year in downtown Spokane.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man gets two-year sentence for bomb hoax that forced airliner to divert to Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., May 22, 2025

A 40-year-old man whose bomb threat aboard a Seattle-bound flight forced the plane to land at the Spokane International Airport was sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Eastern Washington.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Dehumanization of homeless population causes violence against it, homeless advocate says

UPDATED: Thu., May 22, 2025

Violence is no stranger to Spokane’s homeless population.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing 34-year-old homeless man in downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., May 22, 2025

A 22-year-old who beat a sleeping homeless man to death with a large rock nearly four years ago in downtown Spokane was sentenced Thursday to more than 10 years in prison.

News >  Religion

DOJ files religious liberty lawsuit against Troy, Idaho, for alleged discrimination against Christ Church

UPDATED: Wed., May 21, 2025

A small Latah County town violated a federal religious liberty law when it denied a conditional use permit application from Moscow, Idaho-based Christ Church, according to a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man convicted of Spokane Valley murder sentenced to 30 years in prison for separate drug trafficking operation

UPDATED: Tue., May 20, 2025

A 33-year-old man already convicted of a Spokane Valley murder was sentenced Monday to 30 years in federal prison for running a drug trafficking operation while jailed for the murder charge, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Eastern Washington.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

He bought at least 140 iPads from Targets in Eastern Washington. What he returned were fakes

UPDATED: Wed., May 21, 2025

A 24-year-old man stole $326,000 from area Target stores in a counterfeit iPad fraud scheme in which he’d swap real devices for fakes and then return them to stores in Eastern Washington.

News >  Pacific NW

Queens, WWII veterans, plenty of high school bands bring cheer to tens of thousands at Lilac parade

UPDATED: Sat., May 17, 2025

Classic cars, high school bands and queens and princesses meandered through downtown Spokane on Saturday night for the 87th rendition of the Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

One man injured, several others displaced in Hillyard fire

UPDATED: Sat., May 17, 2025

A fire at a fourplex seriously injured a man and displaced eight people late Saturday afternoon in the Hillyard Neigborhood, according to Spokane Fire Department Chief Julie O’Berg.

News >  Washington

Rain or shine, tens of thousands of people expected to take in Lilac Festival in downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., May 16, 2025

It could rain on the Lilac parade Saturday night in downtown Spokane as parade procession numbers and, hopefully, the number of attendees inch closer to pre-pandemic levels, said Dave Weatherred, director of parades.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Two men killed on South Hill identified

UPDATED: Fri., May 16, 2025

The two men killed in a series of violent altercations earlier this week at an apartment complex on the South Hill have been identified identified.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Mustang crashes through front of River Park Square

UPDATED: Thu., May 15, 2025

A driver of a Ford Mustang slammed into the front of the well-known River Park Square mall entrance, shattering glass windows and leaving bricks strewn on the ground Thursday night in downtown Spokane.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Missing 16-year-old girl found safe

UPDATED: Thu., May 15, 2025

A 16-year-old girl who was last seen Monday in downtown Spokane was located safe, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release Thursday.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

15-year-old felon tied to burglary, other Deer Park crimes arrested

UPDATED: Thu., May 15, 2025

A 15-year-old convicted felon believed to be connected to a gas station burglary and shooting this month in Deer Park was arrested Tuesday after running from deputies trying to search the teen’s home, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

50-year-old fugitive accused of sexual contact with 6-year-old girl captured overseas, returned to Latah County

UPDATED: Thu., May 15, 2025

A 50-year-old man charged with lewd conduct with a minor and who fled to Eastern Europe was brought back to North Idaho by authorities to face the charge, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.