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North Idaho entrepreneur Nicholas Smoot arrested under suspicion of domestic battery

UPDATED: Thu., July 5, 2018

Coeur d’Alene entrepreneur Nicholas R. Smoot, who has gained attention for his work in bringing an internet startup culture to North Idaho, was arrested Wednesday under suspicion of domestic battery.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

11 people, multiple pets escape house fire near Gonzaga; arson investigation underway

UPDATED: Thu., July 5, 2018

An early-morning house fire in north Spokane that displaced 11 people is being investigated as arson.

News >  Spokane

One dead, two injured after guided white water raft capsizes on Spokane River at Bowl and Pitcher

UPDATED: Tue., July 3, 2018

One person died and two were injured when a guided-tour raft overturned Tuesday afternoon on the Spokane River near the Bowl and Pitcher area of Riverside State Park.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

County commissioners authorize hiring two additional public defenders days after office suspends new cases

UPDATED: Tue., July 3, 2018

Spokane county commissioners have approved the hiring of two additional public defenders – a move that will help relieve an office that was forced to leave defendants sitting in jail for days without representation.

News >  Spokane

Police arrest man suspected in at least three home burglaries in North Central

Mon., July 2, 2018

Police arrested a man Saturday evening who may be linked to several burglaries in Northeast Spokane.

News >  Spokane

About 2,000 lose electricity in central Spokane

UPDATED: Mon., July 2, 2018

About 2,000 customers – including Shriners Hospitals for Children – were without power for several hours Monday after an Avista Utilities power line went down near Fifth Avenue and Walnut Street downtown.

News >  Spokane

Spokane County delays providing public defenders to defendants who can’t afford to hire attorneys

UPDATED: Fri., June 29, 2018

In an unprecedented move, the director of the county’s public defender’s office has suspended all incoming felony cases to his office until the end of the month, citing a staff that has reached and is in danger of exceeding caseload limits set by the state.

News >  Spokane

Protesters question Basin City, Washington, ICE raid that lead to five immigration arrests

UPDATED: Thu., June 28, 2018

About 30 people gathered Thursday afternoon at the Spokane County Jail to protest a recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at

News >  Spokane

Browne’s Addition neighbors band together to catch robbery suspect

UPDATED: Wed., June 27, 2018

Several Browne’s Addition neighbors worked together with Spokane police Tuesday afternoon to catch an armed robbery suspect.

News >  Spokane

Caleb Tipton, grandson of the late jazz singer Billy Tipton, suffered sudden, violent end to a complicated life

Wed., June 27, 2018

Like the dozens of snapshots hanging from a large picture frame on their dining room wall, Roberta and Eric “Sven” Svenonius can see memories of their son Caleb Tipton wherever they look. In the large stack of board games they walk past each time they enter their apartment. How, even at 28 years old, he loved to sit with his father for hours, fighting mythical creatures and saving townsfolk in Dungeons & Dragons.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane man convicted of attempted-murder after five years and two trials

UPDATED: Tue., June 26, 2018

Stafone Fuentes, 33, was convicted Tuesday of first-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault.

News >  Spokane

Bail set at $100,000 for man accused of kidnap near T.J. Meenach Bridge

UPDATED: Tue., June 26, 2018

A man accused of trying to abduct a woman as she walked home near the T.J. Meenach Bridge early Sunday morning had bail set at $100,000 Monday afternoon.

News >  Idaho

Mother of 13-year-old boy accidentally shot in face by brother says he’ll be blind for life

UPDATED: Wed., June 27, 2018

A North Idaho teen accidentally shot in the face by his older brother likely will have his eyes removed as part of medical recovery.

News >  Spokane

North Idaho teen hospitalized after accidental shotgun blast to the face

Mon., June 25, 2018

A 13-year-old was hospitalized Friday after Kootenai County Sheriff’s deputies say he was accidentally shot in the face with a shotgun.

News >  Idaho

Nothing half-hearted about Coeur d’Alene half Ironman 70.3

UPDATED: Sun., June 24, 2018

Coeur d’Alene couldn’t have asked for a more picturesque Sunday to argue that a half Ironman is halved only in name, not in spirit.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Fire crews prevent large fire in Kittitas County from threatening town of Vantage

UPDATED: Thu., June 21, 2018

Fire crews were able to contain a large fire burning north of Interstate 90 in Kittitas County from threatening structures in the town of Vantage.

News >  Spokane

Rachel Dolezal makes first public court appearance on charges of felony welfare fraud

UPDATED: Wed., June 20, 2018

Rachel Dolezal made her first public appearance in court Wednesday morning on accusations of stealing from the Washington welfare system.

News >  Spokane

Defense blasts state’s evidence in opening remarks of attempted murder trial

UPDATED: Tue., June 19, 2018

Defense attorney Richard Wall wasted little time Tuesday morning lambasting the state’s evidence as a “complete fabrication,” as he delivered opening arguments in the attempted murder trial of a career criminal and admitted gang member.

News >  Spokane

New York murder suspect arrested in Spokane

UPDATED: Tue., June 19, 2018

A homicide suspect from New York was arrested recently in Spokane after police theorize he drove more than 2,000 miles in a few days.

News >  Spokane

Woman charged with killing Hillyard man

UPDATED: Mon., June 18, 2018

A man who was placed on life support following a Friday shooting in Hillyard has since died, prompting Spokane County prosecutors to charge his suspected killer with first-degree murder.

News >  Spokane

Suspect in Spokane music club shooting on trial for second time

UPDATED: Mon., June 18, 2018

Five months after a jury was split on whether a career criminal tried to kill a man outside of a downtown Spokane music venue in 2013, prosecutors will soon have another shot at convicting him.

News >  Spokane

More than 1,500 Spokane Valley Avista customers experienced power outage Monday morning

UPDATED: Mon., June 18, 2018

About 1,600 Avista Utilities customers in Spokane Valley were without power for about an hour Monday morning.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man injured after leaping from moving freight train near Browne’s Addition

UPDATED: Sun., June 17, 2018

A man was injured Sunday afternoon when police say he jumped from a moving freight train near an overpass in Browne’s Addition.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Teen seriously injured by vehicle while crossing intersection in northwest Spokane

UPDATED: Sun., June 17, 2018

A teenager was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Saturday evening after police say a vehicle hit him while he crossed Northwest Boulevard.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man arrested after domestic violence call leads to house fire

UPDATED: Sun., June 17, 2018

Police arrested a man Saturday evening who is under suspicion of deliberately setting his house on fire during a violent altercation with his girlfriend.