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‘Gave his life for a stranger’: Teen accused of killing father of 4 during fight that led to shooting

UPDATED: Fri., March 27, 2026

A teenager is accused of shooting and killing a father of four who stepped away from his porch to help a young woman he and a friend were following over the weekend in north Spokane.

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57-year-old man convicted of setting man on fire in downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Thu., March 26, 2026

A 57-year-old man who doused another man with gasoline and set him on fire last year in downtown Spokane was found guilty by a jury Wednesday.

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Judge finds Mead School District liable in football hazing lawsuit

UPDATED: Wed., March 25, 2026

A judge on Monday found Mead School District liable in a hazing lawsuit where one of its high school football players was pinned down by his teammates and assaulted with a massage gun while other players yelled, cheered and recorded the incident with their cellphones.

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Man shot in Otis Orchards

UPDATED: Tue., March 24, 2026

A man was shot in the legs after an argument Monday in Otis Orchards, and no arrests have been made.

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No one arrested in deadly north Spokane shooting

UPDATED: Tue., March 24, 2026

No one has been arrested in a northeast Spokane shooting that left one dead and another injured Sunday.

News >  Military

‘All hell broke loose’: 104-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor in Moses Lake escaped two sinking ships in Pacific

Sun., March 22, 2026

Geb Galle was in his U.S. Navy dress whites getting ready for church when he looked out a porthole of the USS Nevada and saw planes coming toward Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor.

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Twenty years after his killing, Spokane remembers Otto Zehm’s ‘gentle spirit, kind heart’

UPDATED: Sat., March 21, 2026

It is easy for Dave Turner to remember the day Otto Zehm was killed by Spokane police.

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Shadle Park High student arrested for pulling gun out at school, police say

UPDATED: Fri., March 20, 2026

A Shadle Park High School student who police say pulled out a gun during an altercation with two other students Thursday morning was arrested later that night at his home.

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Cheney man dies after medical incident sends him crashing into I-90 median

UPDATED: Fri., March 20, 2026

A 74-year-old Cheney man had a “medical emergency” Friday morning and drove into the center median on Interstate 90, 7 miles east of Sprague.

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Coeur d’Alene picks new fire chief

UPDATED: Fri., March 20, 2026

A 24-year veteran of the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department will be its next chief.

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Spokane man gets 30 years in federal prison for sex, drug trafficking

UPDATED: Thu., March 19, 2026

A 55-year-old Spokane man received a 30-year federal prison sentence Wednesday for sex and drug trafficking out of Spokane Valley hotel rooms.

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Shadle Park High School among schools placed in ‘secure and teach’ after fight possibly involving weapon

UPDATED: Thu., March 19, 2026

An altercation between students and an “allegation of a weapon” sent three Spokane schools in the Audubon-Downriver Neighborhood into lockdown as police searched for the students who fled.

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Sprague High School teacher arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with student

UPDATED: Wed., March 18, 2026

A 29-year-old Sprague High School teacher admitted to having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student and is now in jail on a $50,000 bond, according to court documents.

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Daughter of slain 83-year-old Deer Park man suing Department of Corrections over supervision of his killer

UPDATED: Wed., March 18, 2026

The daughter of an 83-year-old Deer Park man who was stabbed and beaten to death in his home three years ago is suing the Washington State Department of Corrections for failing to supervise the killer, who was on community custody and had 14 felony convictions before the murder.

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A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years for a Spokane murder could be released early

UPDATED: Mon., March 16, 2026

Thirty years ago, Travis Comeslast shot a 20-year-old man in the head and robbed his wife in front of the couple’s young daughter in north Spokane.

News >  Local Government

Spokane council approves final rules for new 12% parking tax

UPDATED: Mon., March 16, 2026

Final touches on Spokane’s new 12% parking tax glided through the Spokane City Council Monday night and will take effect next month.

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Saint Maries man dies in crash with semitruck

UPDATED: Fri., March 13, 2026

A 65-year-old Saint Maries, Idaho, man died after striking a semitruck Thursday on state Highway 3 north of Saint Maries.

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Spokane elementary school teacher accused of sexually assaulting student

UPDATED: Fri., March 13, 2026

A 32-year-old Spokane special education teacher is accused of raping and molesting her 10-year-old student over months in at least one of the school’s classrooms.

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Man gets 12 years in prison after police find over 20K fentanyl pills in car at Northern Quest Casino

UPDATED: Thu., March 12, 2026

A federal judge this week sentenced a 43-year-old Spokane man to 12 years in prison after police found more than 20,000 fentanyl-laced pills and other drugs in his car two years ago at Northern Quest Resort and Casino.

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South Hill apartment walkway bridge collapses, injuring woman

UPDATED: Thu., March 12, 2026

A woman was injured after a walkway bridge she was on collapsed about 20 feet late Tuesday night at a South Hill apartment building, according to the Spokane Fire Department.

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22 Airway Heights inmates believed to be on drugs since Friday

UPDATED: Wed., March 11, 2026

Twenty-two inmates at Airway Heights Corrections Center were determined to be under the influence of drugs since Friday, with eight of them given Narcan for a possible overdose, according to the Washington State Department of Corrections. Officials at the men’s prison discovered drugs in 17 different cells.

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A cancer-stricken Spokane man died days after being jailed for attacking his wife. His family says the violence was a symptom

UPDATED: Mon., March 9, 2026

A 79-year-old man may have been in a state of paranoia or confusion from cancer treatment or his impending death when police say he attacked his wife with a knife and hammer last month in their Spokane home.

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Spokane man gets 20 years for running fentanyl pill press operation in Hillyard

UPDATED: Mon., March 9, 2026

A Spokane man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for running a commercial pill press operation in Hillyard. He had enough fentanyl to make 2 million pills.

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Woman given credit time served after her toddler overdosed on her fentanyl

UPDATED: Mon., March 9, 2026

A 36-year-old woman whose toddler overdosed on fentanyl in her Spokane Valley home was given credit for the three months she served in jail, according to a Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office news release.

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21-year-old man accused of throwing fiery backpack under table at Kootenai County Fairgrounds

UPDATED: Mon., March 9, 2026

A California man is facing arson and aggravated assault charges after deputies say he threw a backpack with accelerants in it under a table Sunday at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds and the bag caught fire, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.