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A statement from the prosecutor's office did not identify the agent by name, but concluded that he "feared that he was about to be shot and killed" when he fired "in self-defense" at Randy Holmes, who was also using the name Randy James. 

Spokane voters inched Wednesday toward shooting down a measure that would give lawmakers more authority over the city attorney.

Biviano's percentage of the vote fell to 51.3% after votes were tallied Wednesday, but the vote margin against Crull increased to a little more than 4,500 votes countywide. Both candidates said Wednesday night they were waiting for additional returns, with an estimated 20,000 ballots left to count countywide as of Wednesday.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is headed to her 10th term in Congress, as Tuesday night's return show voters in Eastern Washington favored her over Democratic challenger Natasha Hill. 

The measure would give city lawmakers more control over launching litigation and firing the attorney in charge at Spokane City Hall. 

A three-tenths of 1% sales tax to fund Airway Height's transportation benefit district was passing after Tuesday night's returns, with 57.2% of the vote. The district was approved by voters in November 2013, and the city said it needed to extend the tax and increase it by one-tenth of 1% to pay for needed infrastructure as the city continues to grow. 

Two new District Court judges will take the bench after Tuesday's election in Spokane County. 

A 9-5 vote of the panel followed months of contentious public testimony about the change, part of a carbon reduction effort mandated in state law and pushed by Gov. Jay Inslee to reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency. The council voted in April to require new commercial construction to switch to heat pumps, devices that primarily use electricity to heat a home in a method that is the reverse of an air conditioner in the summer. Now, home builders will be required to follow the same rules with new construction.

Jerry White Jr., the Spokane Riverkeeper, characterized the results of the study not as an alarm, but as a notice that the chemicals were not just in the firefighting foam that seeped into the groundwater on the West Plains but also in discontinued versions of common consumer products including Teflon and Scotchgard. The study was produced by the Waterkeeper Alliance, which is based in New York, and includes data from waterways in 29 states and Washington, D.C.

"This is a huge deviation, in my mind," said Rice, before handing down a 20-year sentence to Hunter O'Mealy, 19. Rice also sentenced Caleb Carr, 23, to 20 years in prison, and a third member of the group that called themselves the "Fetty Bros," Matthew Gudino-Pena, 22, to a little more than 16 years in prison. 

The Salvatoris moved to Spokane in the summer of 2007, seeking a retirement destination after living together in Los Angeles. He started the Spokane Entrepreneurial Center, which included among its tenants future Mayor David Condon and Mike Allen, who became Salvatori's closest ally on a City Council that leaned conservative at the time of his election in 2011. 

An application for a special event permit on the site was submitted to the Spokane Fire Department, which inspected the shelter on Oct. 27. City Fire Marshal Lance Dahl inspected the structure, which has served as a hub for residents seeking identification cards and other services, after it was erected this summer as a cooling space for those living in tents on the property, which is owned by the Washington Department of Transportation. 

Kimberly McCollim is Woodward's nominee to lead the city's Neighborhood, Housing and Human Services division. Her nomination will go before the Spokane City Council at its next planned meeting Nov. 7.

Police were called to a home in the 3000 block of Road H NE in Moses Lake just before 6 a.m., according to a news release from the Moses Lake Police Department. A 20-year-old Moses Lake man was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the department. 

The poll, conducted Wednesday and Thursday with 506 respondents by Oregon-based polling firm Triton Polling & Research, found 50.6% of respondents favored Murray, the Democrat, to 45.4% support for Smiley, the Republican. The results fell within the poll's +/- 4.4% margin of error, and 3.9% of respondents said they were undecided.

The U.S. Treasury Department recently announced that Spokane County was one of several jurisdictions nationwide that had not timely spent an adequate amount of their $7.1 million in emergency rental assistance laid out in the 2021 stimulus package pushed by President Joe Biden. As a result, a little more than $1 million of that money, intended to be paid to renters outside the city of Spokane who experienced difficulty paying rent as a result of the pandemic and who make less than 80% of the area's median household income, will go to other jurisdictions. 

The chill in the air and the turning leaves bring renewed stories of hauntings throughout Spokane. What do those who live and work in the buildings say about the ghost stories? 

Bobby C. Owens pleaded guilty in August to a single count of attempted child sex trafficking. Authorities received a tip in May 2019 that Owens had been communicating on Facebook with the teenager discussing payment for sexual acts and images and videos. The teenager, when interviewed by authorities, told them she'd met twice with Owens and that they'd engaged in sexual touching, after which Owens paid her money, according to court records. 

Todd Krogh continues to grieve the death of his 28-year-old son, Dylan, who became hooked on the drug after a ranching injury and was found dead in his home near Newport in April 2021. The man accused of selling Dylan Krogh drugs, 23-year-old Antoinne Holmes, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for distributing fentanyl during the hearing.

Two men suspected of having roles in a Colville Indian Reservation crime spree that left two dead and a tribal police officer wounded were arrested after a Nespelem homeowner found them hiding in his backyard and held them at gunpoint until help arrived, according to court documents.

The candidates sparred on the campus of Gonzaga University in a debate hosted by the university, The Spokesman-Review, the League of Women Voters and KSPS-TV. Recent polls have showed a tightening in a race that Murray is the favorite to win, in a state that hasn't elected a Republican U.S. senator since 1994. 

Patty Murray and Tiffany Smiley tackled 20 questions during a debate on Gonzaga University's campus Sunday evening. Here are a few key moments of the debate in the candidates' own words. They've been lightly edited for clarity.

That location was the most favored among three put before residents of three neighborhoods on the South Hill over the past month. But some are still concerned that fencing an area of the park and providing additional amenities, including parking and water, will disturb the natural habitat in the sprawling park just off Southeast Boulevard. 

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, seeking her 10th term in Congress, attempted to tie her Democratic opponent, Natasha Hill, to what she sees as the failed policies of the Biden administration on public safety and plans for "radical" laws addressing abortion. Hill, at times turning directly to address McMorris Rodgers, accused the congresswoman of being beholden to donors over the people of Eastern Washington and failing to tamp down election conspiracy theories.