Jonathan Glover

Unlike most of Washington’s larger counties that have moved toward decriminalizing felony drug possession in conjunction with diversion programs aimed at swapping jail cells for robust drug and mental health treatment, Spokane County has moved in a different direction.

For the fourth time in at least a year, Spokane police planted a bike outside the Safeway grocery store at Mission Avenue and Hamilton Street in north Spokane, hoping to bait people into walking away with an expensive new toy.

A decision to fire a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy with a history of bad behavior was upheld last week by a state arbitrator, the sheriff’s office said.

Whitworth University junior Hannah Stafford had never met a prison inmate before. Especially not one whose job it is to train and rehabilitate rescue dogs inside the high, razor sharp fences of Airway Heights Corrections Center. And yet, along with 24 of her classmates, that’s exactly what she did earlier this year – all part of a semester-long project in her courts and corrections class that aimed to analyze the prison’s dog training program through a lens of strategic planning.

A man suspected of pointing a gun at another person during a road rage incident was arrested over the weekend

Strewn about the roadway where a man is accused of crashing head-on with another car, shutting down two lanes of busy Freya Way for multiple Thursday morning, police found a large stash of drugs and paraphernalia, court records say.

A 39-year-old who was recently released from jail was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of stabbing his roommate during an argument.

A man was seriously injured in a crash on Freya Way that police say was caused by impaired driving and speeding.

Some might consider Benjamin Freedland an over achiever. For his Eagle Scout project this year, the West Valley High School freshman was supposed to collect 300 books, all of which would be handed over to Reach Out and Read. He gave them more than 1,000.

A man suspected of setting multiple fires at his girlfriend’s home while she was still inside has been charged with attempted murder and first-degree arson.

Investigation into shooting death of homeless man by a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy details a brief chase and deputy’s fear that the man was reaching into his pants for a weapon. No weapon was found.

Spokane police say the 35-year-old victim in the April 28 fatal East Central shooting exchanged rounds of gunfire with unidentified shooter before collapsing near a porch.

The Crosswalk Teen Shelter – Spokane’s oldest emergency youth shelter – is “bursting at the seams.”

Two people – and a dog – escaped unharmed from a raging mobile home fire Friday in Spokane Valley.

A man was briefly trapped in his car Friday morning on the South Hill as a charged electrical wire sat on his hood.

The Spokane County Medical Examiner has confirmed the identity of a man killed Sunday night in a drive-by shooting in East Central as Jason Allison, 35, who died from multiple gunshot wounds.

A massive fire erupted for the second time in less than two years early Wednesday at the former Tormino’s Sash and Glass in east Spokane.

Spokane police are investigating a fatal drive-by shooting that erupted Sunday evening in Spokane’s East Central neighborhood.