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News >  Spokane

Enterprising Spirit: With no lessons and few sales, music store finds new way to stay busy

Wed., May 13, 2020

While its retail operation ground to a halt and in-person instrument lessons were discontinued due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Amend Music Center has stayed busy offering an additional service for large clients with a new, disease-related needed.

News >  Spokane

COVID-19 case at Spokane child care center marks first at county provider

UPDATED: Wed., May 13, 2020

A toddler cared for at Just Imagine Child Care Center tested positive for COVID-19 during the weekend, marking the first case affiliated with a child care provider in Spokane County.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane man set ex-girlfriend’s house on fire because he was upset about house party, police say

UPDATED: Tue., May 12, 2020

Spokane police arrested a 52-year-old man on Monday who is suspected of lighting the home of ex-girlfriend’s mother on fire overnight Sunday.

News >  Education

‘Perseverance, we’re all living that’: College graduates make do with virtual, rescheduled commencements

UPDATED: Mon., May 11, 2020

University commencement season was scheduled to kick off this weekend with thousands of graduates walking across stages in Spokane and Pullman. But that didn’t happen, due to COVID-19, so graduating seniors and scheduled speakers are aiming to make due with rescheduled and online ceremonies.

News >  Idaho

‘We’re here, live in Idaho’: Well-known gambling YouTuber streams experience at reopened CdA Casino

UPDATED: Sun., May 10, 2020

When well-known gambling YouTuber Brian Christopher reached out to the Coeur d’Alene Casino recently about streaming live video of him playing gaming machines, managers were hesitant at first.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police say man drove nearly 100 mph on Division Street, struck vehicles during pursuit

UPDATED: Sat., May 9, 2020

Spokane police say a suspect drove nearly 100 mph on North Division Street and hit cars during a pursuit early Saturday morning.

News >  Spokane

Spokane Veterans Home welcomes back 4 residents from VA Medical Center following COVID-19 recoveries

UPDATED: Fri., May 8, 2020

The Spokane Veterans Home welcomed back four residents on Thursday and Friday who recovered from COVID-19.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Felon accused of falsely reporting road rage shooting injury after shooting himself in leg

UPDATED: Fri., May 8, 2020

Spokane police determined a 63-year-old convicted felon shot himself in the leg with an illegally-possessed gun on May 4 after he allegedly made a false report of a shooting during a road rage incident.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane woman accused of brandishing BB gun following reports of reckless driving, collision

UPDATED: Fri., May 8, 2020

A 26-year-old woman is accused of threatening people with a BB gun and driving under the influence during an alleged reckless driving incident and subsequent crash on Thursday night

News >  Crime/Public Safety

64-year-old man admits to stealing four guitars from store

UPDATED: Fri., May 8, 2020

A 64-year-old man was arrested earlier this week on suspicion he shoplifted at least five guitars from a local store during multiple trips in December.

News >  Spokane

6th Spokane Veterans Home resident with COVID-19 dies

UPDATED: Thu., May 7, 2020

A sixth resident of the Spokane Veterans Home who was diagnosed with COVID-19 died in a local hospital Thursday, according to the Washington Department of Veteran Affairs.

News >  Spokane

Revamped South Perry farmers market draws hundreds on first day under pandemic rules

UPDATED: Fri., May 8, 2020

After eight pandemic-less years managing the Thursday Market in Spokane’s Perry District, Karyna Goldsmith wasn’t sure what to expect this week following the green light from health officials. Hundreds attended.

News >  Washington

Car washes reopen as a part of Inslee’s ‘Safe Start’ plan

UPDATED: Thu., May 7, 2020

Car washes in Washington were allowed to reopen Thursday under new guidance from Gov. Jay Inslee’s “Safe Start” plan to reopen the state following COVID-19 stay-home orders.

News >  Spokane

2 Fairchild tankers to fly over Spokane, CdA on Friday in honor of front line COVID-19 workers

UPDATED: Thu., May 7, 2020

Two KC-135 Stratotankers from Fairchild Air Force Base will fly over cities from Yakima to Coeur d’Alene on Friday afternoon in honor of those working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Wrong-way I-90 driver arrested in Liberty Lake after hitting state trooper’s car

UPDATED: Thu., May 7, 2020

A 44-year-old Hayden, Idaho, woman was arrested early Thursday morning after she drove the wrong way on Interstate 90 from Spokane to Liberty Lake and struck a Washington State Patrol trooper’s vehicle.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man who served 6 months for August shooting under investigation for drugs, weapons charges

UPDATED: Wed., May 6, 2020

A 21-year-old Deer Park man who served six months in prison for shooting a man last August was rearrested in late April on suspicion of possessing drugs and intending to sell them.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Domestic violence resource flyers sent to each Spokane home amid concerns about underreporting during stay-home orders

UPDATED: Wed., May 6, 2020

Public safety officials and the Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Coalition are working to help inform victims of domestic violence about resources available to help them during the state’s stay-home order.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Attorneys find ‘workaround’ to sentence man for invading home with gun in search of grandson

UPDATED: Tue., May 5, 2020

A man who broke into a Spokane Valley home while looking for his runaway grandson and wielding a handgun in May has been sentenced to a year of house arrest.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Missing Nine Mile Falls man found dead in Montana

Tue., May 5, 2020

A 74-year-old man who went missing last Wednesday from Nine Mile Falls was found dead in Montana on Monday.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

35-year-old arrested after reports he was masturbating in front of people in Mirabeau Park

Tue., May 5, 2020

A 35-year-old man was arrested Monday following reports he was masturbating in front of people in Mirabeau Park near the Centennial Trail in Spokane Valley.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Cannon Park shooting that injured 3 stemmed from threats on social media, documents say

UPDATED: Tue., May 5, 2020

A victim from the shooting at Cannon Park that injured three people on Sunday told police the incident stemmed from threats on social media, according to court documents.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Washington’s first female sexually violent predator released to Spokane

UPDATED: Sun., May 3, 2020

Laura F. McCollum, the second woman in the U.S. determined to be a sexual predator and the first to be committed to McNeil Island, was released to Spokane two weeks ago.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Driver ejected from car during rollover crash on I-90 near Liberty Lake

UPDATED: Sat., May 2, 2020

A driver was ejected from their car and sustained serious injuries during a one-car rollover crash on Interstate 90 near Liberty Lake on Friday night.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Vehicle, dog of missing Nine Mile Falls man with Alzheimer’s located in Montana

UPDATED: Sat., May 2, 2020

Sheriff’s deputies in Mineral County, Montana, located the vehicle and dog belonging to a 74-year-old Spokane-area man with Alzheimer’s on Saturday who has been missing since Wednesday.

News >  Spokane

Local artists see dozens drive by new outdoor showing, aim to make it an annual event

UPDATED: Sun., May 3, 2020

Art on the Go, a new drive-by art show held in neighborhoods from Cheney to Spokane Valley on Saturday, wasn’t even finished with its inaugural event when the organizer decided it would be back for a second year.