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Spokane Public Schools delays decision on final name for new downtown sports stadium amid tribal concerns

UPDATED: Thu., April 13, 2023

Spokane Public School board members chose Wednesday night to slow approval of a new name for its $35 million downtown stadium, citing a need to talk further with local Indigenous tribes.

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Trial begins for man accused of killing girlfriend in Spokane DUI crash

UPDATED: Wed., April 12, 2023

Prosecutors say a man killed his girlfriend while driving impaired and then lied about it. The defense says its client may have been the driver in the fatal west Spokane crash, but he was not under the influence.

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Man who fired at wife, child in Cd’A sentenced to prison

UPDATED: Wed., April 12, 2023

A 36-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to up to 15 years in prison for shooting at his wife and 3-year-old child last summer in Coeur d’Alene.

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Miner killed Tuesday in Galena Complex

UPDATED: Wed., April 12, 2023

Operations at the mine were suspended on Tuesday and an investigation into the fatality is underway.

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Former Liberty Lake police officer charged with tampering with witness

UPDATED: Tue., April 11, 2023

A Liberty Lake police officer was charged on suspicion of three counts of felony witness tampering and resigned from the department after an incident the 42-year-old responded to last summer.

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Cd’A schools prepare for biological sex bathroom policy amid new state law

UPDATED: Tue., April 11, 2023

Idaho public school restrooms and locker rooms will be separated by biological sex starting next school year, and the Coeur d’Alene School Board is setting policy to align with the state’s new law.

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Man dies in suspected work accident near Spokane International Airport

UPDATED: Sat., April 8, 2023

A man believed to be doing maintenance work on an excavator died Friday south of the Spokane International Airport.

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South Hill house fire injures two, causes $700K in damages

UPDATED: Sat., April 8, 2023

Plumes of smoke rose from a South Hill home Saturday afternoon as a fire hospitalized two occupants and caused an estimated $700,000 in damages.

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Man shoots and kills alleged burglar in Coeur d’Alene shopping center parking lot; shooter then hit by vehicle

UPDATED: Fri., April 7, 2023

A man shot and killed an alleged burglar Friday in a Coeur d’Alene shopping center parking lot.

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Police arrest woman accused of Garland arson, attempted murder

UPDATED: Fri., April 7, 2023

A woman accused of setting a Garland Neighborhood apartment building on fire, seriously injuring a woman, endangering others and killing multiple pets, was arrested Friday.

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Teen avoids more jail time in drunken driving crash that left pedestrian with several broken bones

UPDATED: Fri., April 7, 2023

An 18-year-old woman, who seriously injured a pedestrian while driving drunk before fleeing the scene last year north of downtown Spokane, was sentenced to three days in jail Friday, which she’s already served.

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Pedestrian hospitalized after being hit in Spokane Valley

UPDATED: Thu., April 6, 2023

A 36-year-old Medical Lake pedestrian was hospitalized after a vehicle struck him Wednesday night in Spokane Valley.

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43-year-old in stable condition after rollover near Cusick

UPDATED: Thu., April 6, 2023

A 43-year-old was airlifted to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center after swerving to avoid a deer and rolling into a ditch Wednesday night near Cusick, Washington.

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Man who pleaded guilty to killing mother found dead in jail cell

UPDATED: Thu., April 6, 2023

A 29-year-old man who pleaded guilty last week to killing his mother died Wednesday in his Pend Oreille County Jail cell.

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Airway Heights police seek man who may have assaulted officer

UPDATED: Thu., April 6, 2023

Jesse Brebner has an active escape community custody warrant and is a person of interest in the assault, according to the Airway Heights Police Department Facebook page. 

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Shooting, robbery, motorcycle crash part of busy Wednesday for Spokane police

UPDATED: Thu., April 6, 2023

A shooting, an armed robbery and a serious motorcycle crash were among the nearly 170 calls Spokane police officers responded to Wednesday afternoon and early evening.

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Chiefs fans fill Spokane Arena ice with painted messages of gratitude for another fun season

Sat., April 1, 2023

Spokane Chiefs fans added their own flair Friday to the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena hockey rink.

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East Valley High School students arrested for alleged threats that caused district schools to cancel Friday

UPDATED: Fri., March 31, 2023

The school district did not provide any specifics on the threats or who made them. 

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Deputy who killed 36-year-old man last summer in northeast Spokane will not be charged

UPDATED: Fri., March 31, 2023

A longtime veteran of the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office will not be charged for shooting and killing a 36-year-old man who tried to run him over with a pickup last summer at a northeast Spokane storage unit.

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DNA technology identifies woman whose skull was found near Newport 41 years ago

UPDATED: Fri., March 31, 2023

A woman who went missing from Montana 55 years ago – and whose skull was discovered in the woods near Newport 41 years ago – was identified last week using emerging DNA technologies that have helped solve cold cases like the killing of Spokane 9-year-old Candy Rogers in 1959.

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Man charged in fatal downtown Spokane stabbing last spring; court documents detail alleged crime spree before and after attack

UPDATED: Thu., March 30, 2023

A 30-year-old man who has been incarcerated on other charges is now accused of stabbing and killing 45-year-old Jimmie Bailey last spring in downtown Spokane.

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Man gets 2.5 years in prison for stabbing family member in West Central Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., March 30, 2023

A 50-year-old man was sentenced to nearly 2½ years in prison for stabbing a family member last summer in the West Central Neighborhood.

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Court documents detail fatal fire near Deer Park

UPDATED: Thu., March 30, 2023

Court documents shed more light on the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man’s body last week in a Deer Park home.

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Court documents identify man killed in west Spokane apartment shooting

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

Court documents identified the man shot and killed Tuesday afternoon at a west Spokane apartment and indicated a man he knew fled the scene.

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FBI offering $10K for help finding missing Native American man who may have been victim of ‘foul play’

UPDATED: Wed., March 29, 2023

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information on the disappearance of a 29-year-old Native American man who was last seen more than a month ago in Omak.