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Portland comedian sues U.S. Customs and Border Protection for unlawful detainment at Spokane Intermodal Center

UPDATED: Thu., April 25, 2019

A Portland comedian who ignited a viral tweet storm earlier this year after being stopped by immigration authorities at Spokane’s Intermodal Center is now suing U.S. Customs and Border Protection for unlawful detainment.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

8 displaced in apartment fire on Spokane’s South Hill

UPDATED: Thu., April 25, 2019

Eight people and several pets were displaced from their homes Wednesday night after a fire tore through two units of an upper South Hill apartment complex.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

No injuries to two children on school bus that collided with car on upper South Hill

UPDATED: Wed., April 24, 2019

Two kids were on a Spokane Public Schools bus involved in a crash Wednesday morning on the upper South Hill.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Motorcyclist killed in crash on East Broadway Avenue in Spokane Valley

UPDATED: Tue., April 23, 2019

A motorcyclist driving upward of 80 mph down a stretch of East Broadway Avenue in Spokane Valley was killed Tuesday morning when he hit a truck hauling a camper trailer.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Amber alert suspect found dead inside Whitman County home; son safely in custody

UPDATED: Tue., April 23, 2019

A man accused of stabbing his wife and abducting their 5-year-old child – generating an Amber Alert in Washington and Idaho – was located Tuesday in the small town of St. John in Whitman County.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man injured after he ‘darted out into traffic’ on Sprague Avenue near Spokane Valley Costco

UPDATED: Mon., April 22, 2019

A man was injured Monday after running out into morning traffic on Sprague Avenue near Costco in Spokane Valley.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Father involved in custody dispute arrested, accused of pointing gun at ex-wife

UPDATED: Mon., April 22, 2019

Spokane police arrested a man over the weekend accused of pointing a gun at his ex wife while he kidnapped their son.

News >  Spokane

Spokane Fire Department gifts gear, firetrucks to Peruvian volunteer firefighters

Fri., April 19, 2019

Two Peruvian firefighters visited the Spokane Fire Department training center Thursday where the all volunteer force was gifted with at least one retired firetruck and a range of clothes, gear and boots no longer being used by the city.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Boom truck snags overhead power lines in northeast Spokane, causing hundreds of power outages

UPDATED: Thu., April 18, 2019

A boom truck became tangled in power lines on East Broadway Avenue Thursday afternoon, leading to hundreds of power outages in northeast Spokane.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police investigating man linked to half dozen sexual assaults in Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., April 17, 2019

A man with a criminal history is being investigated in connection to a half dozen rapes and sexual assaults in the Spokane area, at least four of them dating back almost a decade.

News >  Spokane

Do crime rates rise with homelessness in Spokane?

UPDATED: Wed., April 17, 2019

If history of crime is any indication, there were worse times to be a resident of Spokane.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man arrested on suspicion of slashing another man with box cutter on STA bus

UPDATED: Fri., April 12, 2019

A man was arrested Friday morning under suspicion of cutting another man’s throat while on a Spokane Transit Authority bus in Spokane Valley.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Mead-area home partially destroyed in small landslide on private property

Fri., April 12, 2019

A northern Spokane County home on private property was partially destroyed in a small land slide this week.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police seeking community’s help identifying Apple thief

UPDATED: Fri., April 12, 2019

Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies would like some help nabbing an Apple thief.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man accused of breaking into elderly woman’s north Spokane home by shattering window and sitting with her

UPDATED: Thu., April 11, 2019

An elderly woman told Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies she sat fearfully in her living room for about an hour early Thursday morning after a man broke into her home to “get out of the cold.”

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Firefighters respond to ‘suspicious package’ call at county courthouse. Turns out to be envelope filled with medication.

UPDATED: Wed., April 10, 2019

A report of a suspicious package at the Spokane County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon led to a large response from city firefighters.

News >  Washington

Flash flooding damages homes, cars and businesses in Pullman, Moscow

UPDATED: Thu., April 11, 2019

Heavy rain caused flash flooding Tuesday night in Pullman and Moscow, sweeping up cars, damaging buildings and trapping about two dozen people inside businesses.

News >  Spokane

Judge reverses jury’s decision regarding massive Christmas display in Hayden

Wed., April 10, 2019

A court decision that should have netted North Idaho couple Jeremy and Kristy Morris $75,000 after a jury found a Hayden homeowner’s association engaged in religious discrimination is looking a lot more lean these days.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police investigate possible rubber bullet shooting on the lower South Hill

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2019

A man was shot with what police are describing as a rubber projectile after a fight broke out at a lower South Hill apartment complex early Tuesday morning.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Dog abandoned in crate in Spokane Valley died from dehydration and starvation, SCRAPS says

UPDATED: Mon., April 8, 2019

A necropsy showed the dog’s cause of death was starvation and dehydration “attributable to abandonment in her crate.”

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Sheriff’s deputies say man stabbed himself in the chest to avoid jail

UPDATED: Mon., April 8, 2019

Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies say a man with active arrest warrants repeatedly stabbed himself in the chest with a large knife to escape from going back to jail.

News >  Spokane

SpokAnimal closes dog kennel for quarantine after five puppies adopted at Pet Expo diagnosed with contagious parvovirus; all alive

UPDATED: Fri., April 5, 2019

SpokAnimal, an adoption agency now caring for five puppies adopted during a weekend pet expo that were diagnosed this week with the contagious, sometimes deadly canine parvovirus, has closed its dog kennel for quarantine.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Business destroyed, two families displaced in Spokane Valley fire Friday morning

UPDATED: Fri., April 5, 2019

A Spokane Valley small business was destroyed Friday morning after a fire tore through an attic, displacing two families who lived in basement apartments.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

All lanes of I-90 near Lookout Pass reopened after semi truck crash blocked westbound traffic for several hours

UPDATED: Thu., April 4, 2019

All lanes of Interstate 90 are reopened after a semi truck crash blocked westbound traffic for about three hours.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Deputies make arrest in suspicious death investigation involving woman found dead inside Spokane Valley apartment complex

UPDATED: Thu., April 4, 2019

Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man on charges of allegedly murdering his girlfriend. He reportedly barricaded himself inside an apartment and refused to leave. Her body was discovered Wednesday after deputies forced their way inside the home.