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Same Emerson-Garfield home linked to three shootings in two years

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 30, 2022

An Emerson-Garfield neighborhood home has seen three shootings in less than two years, with one woman convicted of manslaughter in the first incident and shot at in the next two assaults.

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Spokane Valley woman dies in Post Falls crash

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 30, 2022

A 74-year-old Spokane Valley woman died in a head-on crash early Friday morning on Interstate 90 in Post Falls.

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Person who died after being trapped under car identified, death ruled accidental

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 30, 2022

The Spokane County Medical Examiner identified the man who recently died after he was trapped under a vehicle in East Central Spokane.

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Steady rain Thursday made up for otherwise dry September

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 29, 2022

Almost half an inch of rain fell Thursday at the Spokane International Airport, making up almost the entirety of September’s rainfall and tying a rainfall record for Sept. 29, according to the National Weather Service Spokane.

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‘Beneficial to the whole community’: Fence to be erected around Camp Hope

Thu., Sept. 29, 2022

The Washington State Department of Transportation will erect a fence around Camp Hope – possibly by the weekend – and camp residents have mixed feelings about it.

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Woman discovered dead inside truck in downtown Spokane died from drugs

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 27, 2022

A 40-year-old woman who was discovered dead in a parked truck last month in downtown Spokane died from the "toxic effects of methamphetamine and fentanyl," according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner.

News >  Pacific NW

Spokane sets heat record for latest 90-degree day

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 27, 2022

In 141 years of record keeping, Spokane had never reached 90 degrees this late into the year – until Tuesday.

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Man shot on Appleway Trail says he was jumped, while shooter says he fired in self-defense

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 27, 2022

The man who was shot Friday night in Spokane Valley said he was “jumped” by three others, including the shooter, before he was shot three times, according to search warrant documents.

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North Spokane garage fire quickly extinguished after drawing large response

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 24, 2022

A detached garage caught fire late Saturday afternoon in north Spokane, sending a column of black smoke into the air that was visible from downtown and drawing a significant firefighter response.

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22-year-old suspected of shooting man in Spokane Valley

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 24, 2022

A 22-year-old is accused of shooting and wounding a man late Friday night in Spokane Valley.

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26-year-old Spokane man dies in Grant County crash

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 24, 2022

A 26-year-old Spokane man was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday morning while running on a highway in Grant County.

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Moses Lake man accused of killing his wife arrested in Pennsylvania

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 24, 2022

The 54-year-old Moses Lake man suspected of murdering his wife was arrested on the East Coast less than two days after her body was discovered in Lincoln County.

News >  Pacific NW

Former WSU coach Rolovich speaks out about firing

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

Former Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich said in his first interview since he was fired almost a year ago that he decided not to comply with Washington’s vaccine mandate for state employees because of his Catholic faith and questions he had about the effects of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to ESPN.

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‘I just hope people don’t forget him’: Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting death of Jakobe Ford outside Lucky’s

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

Jakobe Ford will never live out his Olympic dreams or take his 4-year-old son to his first day of school.

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Arrest warrant issued for Moses Lake man accused of killing his wife

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

A 54-year-old Moses Lake man is accused of killing his wife after her body was found Thursday in Lincoln County.

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Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich says homeless encampment an ‘ongoing protest,’ seeks warrant to clear it in October

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

"It's not my responsibility to figure out how to fix your mess," Knezovich, who wrote a letter to the Washington Department of Transportation on Thursday announcing his intentions to break up Camp Hope by mid-October, said in an hourlong news conference Friday, addressing local and state agencies. "It is my responsibility to clean it up." 

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Missing Moses Lake woman found dead in Lincoln County, husband still missing

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 22, 2022

A body believed to be of the missing Moses Lake woman was found Thursday in rural Lincoln County, while her husband is still unaccounted for.

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Man found dead in Spokane River died by suicide

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 22, 2022

A 30-year-old man who was found dead in June in the Spokane River died by drowning himself, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

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Knezovich plans to ‘clear’ Camp Hope by mid-October

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 22, 2022

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said he intends to clear Camp Hope by mid-October, citing crime and public health implications, and the plight of those living on the state-owned land off Interstate 90 in east Spokane.

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Man accused of scamming people of over $100K by telling victims he will invest money in cryptocurrency before disappearing

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

A man is suspected of scamming people of more than $100,000 after persuading victims to transfer money to him under the guise that he would invest it in cryptocurrency, according to Spokane police.

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17-year-old may have fallen asleep at wheel, crashed into school bus in Whitman County; teen airlifted to hospital

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 21, 2022

A 17-year-old Diamond, Washington, boy was extricated from a vehicle and airlifted to a Spokane hospital after he reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and crashed head-on into a school bus Wednesday near Endicott.

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Spokane police looking for missing man who walked away from Sacred Heart

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 20, 2022

Spokane police are looking for a 40-year-old man who walked away from Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center on Tuesday.

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Woman charged with nearly killing 1-year-old after she became frustrated with his crying, court documents say

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 20, 2022

A 24-year-old woman is accused of shaking, squeezing and restricting the airway of a 1-year-old, leading to the near death of the child.

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‘Little Red’ pleads guilty to connection with 2020 drive-by shooting in Hillyard

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 20, 2022

A 31-year-old man, nicknamed “Little Red,” pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in an August 2020 shooting at a Hillyard self-storage unit.

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‘A long, hard road’: Lucky’s shooting victim continues to push through after bullet wound to the head

Mon., Sept. 19, 2022

Despite two life-threatening setbacks and doctors' advice to terminate care, the 31-year-old man who was struck in the head by a bullet during a drive-by shooting earlier this year outside a downtown Spokane bar continues his battle toward recovery.