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‘My mom was my life’: Deer Park man convicted of killing wife

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 24, 2024

Shannon Ayers’ family members shed tears of joy and relief, and later embraced each other, after Spokane County Superior Court Judge Charnelle Bjelkengren read a jury’s murder verdict for the Deer Park woman Thursday.

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Florida fugitive who fled trial for child sex crime avoids arrest in North Idaho

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 23, 2024

A 42-year-old Florida fugitive convicted of a child sex crime escaped from Marshals trying to arrest him Tuesday night in North Idaho, officials said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

18-year-old man sentenced to 4 years in prison for 7-Eleven shooting, unprovoked attack of 83-year-old man

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 22, 2024

An 18-year-old man was sentenced earlier this month to four years in prison for shooting a man outside a downtown Spokane gas station and randomly attacking an 83-year-old man less than three months later downtown.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

14-year-old boy arrested for threatening to shoot, bomb school in Ritzville, police say

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 22, 2024

A 14-year-old Lind-Ritzville High School student is accused of using the social media app Snapchat to threaten to shoot and bomb his school, prompting officials to close schools Tuesday.

News >  Transportation

Section of Centennial Trail to temporarily close

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 20, 2024

The Centennial Trail between Mirabeau Park and Islands Trailhead in Spokane Valley will be closed for a few weeks starting Monday.

News >  Agriculture

Franklin County egg farm workers contract bird flu

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 20, 2024

Four agricultural workers tested “presumptively positive” for avian influenza, or bird flu, after working with infected poultry at a commercial egg farm in Franklin County, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

News >  Military

Two missing aviators who crashed near Mount Rainier declared dead, Navy says

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 20, 2024

The U.S. Navy declared on Sunday the two missing aviators who crashed last week near Mount Rainier dead.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Woman dies in motorcycle crash near Mead

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 20, 2024

A man sustained “severe injuries” and his female passenger died after a motorcycle crash Friday night near Mead.

Sports

‘It was a long haul’: Spokane native, Chicago Cub legend Ryne Sandberg details cancer journey, Living Legend Award

Sun., Oct. 20, 2024

Spokane native and Chicago Cubs great Ryne Sandberg battled major league pitchers for 16 years over his Hall of Fame career.

News >  Military

Two crew members still missing from Navy aircraft crash near Mount Rainier

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 18, 2024

The U.S. Navy, local law enforcement and partner agencies reached the remote location where a Navy EA-18G Growler crashed during a routine training flight Tuesday east of Mount Rainier.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Woman bites and fends off attacker on WSU Spokane campus

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 18, 2024

Spokane police arrested a man accused of brazenly attacking a woman in the heart of the Washington State University Spokane campus in broad daylight Thursday.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

17-year-old girl dies in rollover crash near Newport

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 18, 2024

A 17-year-old North Idaho girl died four days after she was thrown from a car during a rollover crash on Sunday.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Two people die in RV fire near Colbert

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 18, 2024

A man and a woman died in an RV fire late Thursday night on U.S. Highway 395 near Colbert.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Water main break temporarily shuts down State Route 31, disrupts water service to Metaline Falls customers

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 18, 2024

A water main break Thursday afternoon in Metaline Falls forced the closure of state Route 31 and disrupted water service to customers, according to the Pend Oreille County Public Utility District.

News >  Military

U.S. Navy wreckage found, two crew members still missing after aircraft crashes near Mount Rainier

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 16, 2024

Aerial search crews located the wreckage of a U.S. Navy aircraft after a full day of combing the mountains and forests east of Mount Rainier.

A&E >  Food

Spokane chef wins national pizza competition, $25K

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 15, 2024

An award-winning chef and former Spokane bakery owner took home a $25,000 grand prize after beating out three chefs from across the country in a pizza-baking competition last weekend in California.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

12-year-old boy brought loaded handgun to Shaw Middle School, police say

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 15, 2024

A 12-year-old boy is accused of bringing a handgun to Shaw Middle School, forcing the school into a brief lockdown Tuesday in north Spokane.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Detectives arrest 43-year-old man in fatal Millwood shooting over weekend

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 15, 2024

A 43-year-old man accused of shooting and killing 53-year-old William McCreight on Saturday in a Millwood Safeway parking lot had met for a possible drug deal, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

Sports >  Outdoors

Volunteers plant over 1,000 trees to improve ecosystem at Spokane County conservation area

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 13, 2024

With her 9-month-old son strapped to her back, Kirsten Frost Andersen sunk her shovel through reed canary grass and into the dark, moist soil before her 7-year-old son, Aidan Andersen, helped her plant a native tree in the small hole she dug.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Trent Avenue parking lot shooting leaves one dead in Millwood

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 12, 2024

A man was shot and killed Saturday morning in a commercial parking lot off Trent Avenue in Millwood, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Wildfires torch over 300,000 acres in Washington this year

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 12, 2024

Wildfires continue to torch the Washington landscape, but well-positioned aircraft and a streamlined communication process helped limit burned land to just more than 300,000 acres this year, according to Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Trial for Deer Park man accused of killing wife begins

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 10, 2024

Shannon Ayers died of a gunshot to the head about three years ago inside her Deer Park home.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Woman encounters intoxicated burglar in her Spokane Valley home

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 9, 2024

A woman found herself face-to-face with an alleged intoxicated burglar early Wednesday morning in Spokane Valley.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Star bar shooter sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for manslaughter

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 9, 2024

A 41-year-old man was sentenced last month to 9½ years in prison after admitting to shooting and killing 47-year-old Samuel Perez more than three years ago in the parking lot of the Star Restaurant and Lounge near Gonzaga University.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Fight between roommates over rent money leaves one dead in Hillyard

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 9, 2024

An argument over rent money last week left a 48-year-old Hillyard man dead, according to court documents.