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News >  Pacific NW

50 years after Roe, anti-abortion marchers celebrate in Spokane on Sunday, while abortion rights advocates march in Coeur d’Alene

The Walk for Life took place in Spokane on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the now-overturned Supreme Court decision that had ensured a right to an abortion. Abortion opponents celebrated, while the Kootenai County Women's March helped organize a march through the streets of Coeur d'Alene on Sunday afternoon, lamenting the loss of that right. 
News >  Spokane

Getting There: Neighbors warn of ‘Altamont speedway’ as Spokane prepares for traffic study on road affected by Thor/Freya work

Residents living on the road just above Underhill Park on the South Hill say they've spent the past several years lobbying City Hall to slow down speeders before tragedy strikes. The city has responded with data that neighbors reject as incomplete or inaccurate, and lawmakers acknowledge that the process prioritizing work to calm traffic has left the concerned residents with no good answers. 
News >  Crime/Public Safety

Oregon man had fuse in pocket, prompting police and emergency response last week at Sacred Heart

Marshall G. Cox, of Wallowa, was identified by the Wallowa County Sheriff's Office as the man brought to Sacred Heart with materials that prompted a massive emergency response on Wednesday, including diversion of patients from the hospital's emergency department. Security personnel at Sacred Heart reported the suspicious materials to police, who shut down roads and responded with an explosive disposal unit "out of an abundance of caution," said Julie Humphreys, a spokeswoman for the Spokane Police Department. 
News >  Washington

The Spokesman-Review protected from most of subpoena in defamed sheriff’s deputy case, appellate judges rule

A three-member panel of the Washington Court of Appeals ruled in a 19-page decision issued Tuesday that reporters and editors at the newspaper were protected from having to divulge conversations and documents related to how it covered the case of Jeffrey Thurman. Thurman's case went to trial in Spokane County last month, and a jury found that former Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich defamed Thurman by saying an investigation had concluded the deputy had used the N-word. Thurman successfully argued the accusation was fabricated by his accuser. 
News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man who exchanged gunfire with Spokane police downtown in October faces federal drug charge

Israel Garcia is identified in federal court documents as the man who stepped out of a dark-colored sedan and shot at officers at Cedar Street and First Avenue on Oct. 16. Police, working with the Drug Enforcement Administration, were communicating with Garcia through a confidential source that had arranged to buy drugs at a nearby apartment. Garcia is identified in court records, prepared by a DEA special agent, as a courier in the transaction with an unnamed drug source. 
News >  Agriculture

Pomeroy rancher, Army Corps of Engineers agree to settlement of land dispute on Snake River

The agreement, signed by a U.S. District Court judge on Dec. 21, prohibits Riley's River Ranch from allowing its cattle to graze on federal land that was part of a sale in the 1960s to provide wildlife refuge and offset land lost as part of the lower Snake River dams. In return, Walter "Sonny" Riley and his business, headquartered in Pomeroy, will be transferred a plot of about a third of an acre under a building they constructed on contested land.
News >  Auto

Son of Spokane man with mesothelioma awarded $5 million by jury in Volkswagen asbestos case

Tony Sorrentino worked on brakes and clutches at United Volkswagen Inc. from 1971 to 1974, using a tool called an arc grinder to shape drum brakes before installing them on cars, according to a complaint filed in King County in January 2021. Grinding the brakes produced dust containing asbestos that Sorrentino inhaled during the roughly 700 brake jobs he performed on Volkswagen vehicles, according to the lawsuit. 
News >  Crime/Public Safety

Brutal cold prompts several 911 calls overnight in Spokane; rising temperatures, snow might make for dicey holiday travel

After Thursday morning's brutal cold, temperatures across the region are expected to slowly rise through Christmas with potential daytime highs in the 40s in Spokane next week. Before that, several rounds of snow and ice are expected to fall beginning Friday morning, adding to the potential for localized flooding on the Palouse and in urban areas during the week before New Year's.
News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane nurse practitioner, business hit with 68-count criminal complaint alleging widespread Medicaid fraud

Paul B. Means, registered owner of the firm Abilia Healthcare based on Spokane's South Hill, was formerly charged with felonies including leading organized crime, theft, use of proceeds of criminal profiteering, money laundering, false Medicaid statements and witness tampering. Means is scheduled to appear before a judge in Spokane on Jan. 4, according to court records, following a three-year investigation by the Washington Attorney General Office's Medicaid Fraud Control Division.
News >  Spokane

Rebuilt Don Kardong Bridge near Gonzaga, Riverfront Park reopens Friday for Centennial Trail users

The span, originally built in the 1920s to carry train traffic over the Spokane River, has been radically transformed, with a new concrete deck to replace the aging wood and steel that would become slippery during the winter months. Gone, also, are the triangular trusses that rose from the previous bridge's deck, which is now protected by new guardrails and illuminated by a new lighting system.