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The credit union shared a surveillance photo on social media of the person who tried to steal the cash machine at a branch located at 207 E. Hastings Road just before 3:40 a.m. They are wearing a mask and driving a red, stolen 2015 Nissan Pathfinder, according to STCU. 

Mary Ann Bleisner, 80, is named in a 12-count indictment handed down Tuesday against her and her company, Valley Processing. The grand jury alleges for at least eight years the firm had been selling tainted juice products to clientele that included schools participating in the federal government's free and reduced-price meals program, and that Bleisner made false statements to the Food and Drug Administration when it began to investigate in 2018. 

Eric Dooyema, 47, and Jenny Zappone, 40, are vying for the seat on the bench that will be vacated by retiring District Court Judge Donna Wilson. Dooyema has earned Wilson's endorsement, while Zappone has been building a coalition of supporters that include local Democratic and Republican groups, law enforcement officials and members of the legal community. 

The longtime local litigator and graduate of Shadle Park High School, Washington State University and the Gonzaga School of Law had spent his brief retirement pushing awareness of the growing threat of illicit fentanyl in the district. He was a founding board member of the group Spokane Alliance for Fentanyl Education, which had just recently begun work to bring community leaders together to address the threat identified as a health crisis.

Air quality continued to worsen Sunday afternoon in Spokane, and forecasters aren't expecting it to leave anytime soon.

Police were initially called to the home in the 6200 block of West Prairie Avenue around 4 p.m., according to a news release. A woman at the address said Christopher L. Wilburn threw a table at her. 

The crash of Mourn 79 remains the deadliest aviation crash in Spokane County history, yet there are no obvious visual clues guiding potential visitors to this logged expanse where metal met mountain.

The admission of guilt and pledge to improve herself convinced U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson, who denied the federal prosecutor's office request that Barrington, previously known as Jessica Cunnington, spend 28 years behind bars, instead handing down a sentence of 20 years. After a frequently contentious back-and-forth with Assistant U.S. Attorney Dave Herzog dealing with other child sexual abuse cases brought in the district, Peterson said she saw "no value" in imprisoning Barrington for another eight years based on her motivation to seek treatment while in jail since January 2019.

Pat Hicks, 66, moved to Spokane to be closer to Sandy Williams, her partner. They were both aboard the crash Sunday off Whidbey Island in western Washington that the U.S. Coast Guard said killed everyone on board. 

Visitors began leaving flowers early Tuesday morning at the Carl Maxey Center in the East Central neighborhood, the community center Williams raised money to build, said Spokane City Councilwoman Betsy Wilkerson. 

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said the fire was reported near 38000 Miles Creston Road. The fire was reported just after 3:30 p.m., according to dispatchers. 

Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" program Sunday morning with Dana Bash, Tiffany Smiley and Patty Murray gave their pitches for the vote in the November election, addressing the campaign issue of abortion and responding to President Joe Biden's speech Thursday in which he said certain followers of the former president who rejected the election results "represent an extremism that threatens the very foundation of our republic."

Two 54-year-old men, one from Spokane and one from Medical Lake, were killed Saturday evening in a crash that investigators say was caused by the Spokane man driving the wrong way.

Deanna Crull, 46, is running against Andrew Biviano, 47, in the nonpartisan election for the seat. District judges serve four-year terms and preside over misdemeanor criminal cases, traffic infractions, small claims issues, protection orders in cases of domestic violence or harassment and therapeutic court proceedings. 

James Drew Bradley pleaded guilty in May to a single count of attempted enticement of a minor. An adult sex worker went to Spokane Police in August 2019, sharing texts she had with Bradley in which he requested she find him a 12-year-old girl "for 24 hours ... and virgin," offering her $1,000, according to court records. 

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers defended her recent votes in Congress on issues of drug pricing, benefits for veterans and contraception access in a Spokane town hall Wednesday, while questioning the "unprecedented" decision by the Justice Department to search the property of former President Donald Trump. 

Representatives for Amelia Clark and the state Board of Health signed an agreement Aug. 16 that prevents Clark from ever serving in the position again. Clark faced multiple complaints alleging she violated state law by dismissing Bob Lutz in October 2020, with an independent investigator later finding evidence she had acted without the approval of the local health board as required by statute. 

Monitoring by the United States Geological Survey showed river flows falling to below 1,000 cubic feet per second last week below the Monroe Street dam. Under a law passed by the Spokane City Council earlier this year, such a level could trigger an emergency declaration as early as next year from City Hall that would limit water use within city limits. 

The blaze, which scorched an 10-foot-wide swathe of grass along U.S. Highway 2 and sent a plume of smoke over the West Plains after 5 p.m., prompted evacuations and road closures. Most of the immediate evacuation orders had been lifted by 7 p.m.

The National Weather Service reported 543 strikes in Stevens County, 462 in Ferry County and 284 in Lincoln County as thunderstorms swept across the area Wednesday evening, said Valerie Thaler, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Spokane. In Spokane County, the National Lightning Detection Network of antennae reported 44 strikes. 

The free event will be first come, first served and begins at 5 p.m. in the Centennial Ballroom, according to a news release from the congresswoman's office. The annual event had been scheduled to take place Aug. 10, but was postponed so that McMorris Rodgers could attend the funeral of Jackie Walorski, the Republican congresswoman from Indiana who was killed in a car crash Aug. 3. 

The Spokane school board unanimously approved a half-billion-dollar budget Wednesday night while also agreeing to a labor deal that will delay the start of classes by an hour on Mondays during the school year.

Dustin W. Monen faces two assault counts against his sons, one a felony and one a gross misdemeanor. The victims told a Lincoln County Sheriff's Office sergeant independently that Monen would turn physically violent, striking and pushing them in the home when he became upset. 

Clifton F. Peter pleaded guilty in August 2021 to three counts of second-degree murder after fatally shooting three complete strangers during a crime spree that began at his family home. Peter's mother and uncle reported the 37-year-old, who'd previously been imprisoned on charges of robbery, theft of a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of a firearm, had spent the day drinking when he began acting violently on June 1, 2020.