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As prisons open visitations, incarcerated parents hope to hug their kids soon

Tue., June 8, 2021

Bobbie Pflugrad’s partner hasn’t held their 16-month-old son since he was two weeks old.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police investigated a woman’s miscarriage as suspected mistreatment of a child, but is it a crime?

Sun., June 6, 2021

In March, a woman miscarried in a Spokane hotel. Police investigated. They searched her room, told her they’d meet her at the hospital and found it suspicious when she did not show up. They filed a search warrant in hopes of finding her.

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Evacuation warnings called off after brushfire starts north of Fairchild Air Force Base

UPDATED: Sat., June 5, 2021

A wildfire estimated at 35 to 40 acres burned a few miles north of Fairchild Air Force Base and spurred evacuation warnings before firefighters put it out Saturday evening.

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News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man shot by at least one Kootenai county deputy now hospitalized

UPDATED: Sat., June 5, 2021

At least one Kootenai County deputy fired at a man who threatened to harm people in Post Falls Thursday, according to a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office news release.

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Discarded cigarette ignites Pullman apartment building, fire department says

UPDATED: Sun., June 6, 2021

Residents of the burning apartment complex at 1024 Latah St. called 911 around 5:45 p.m. Friday to report a balcony fire, according to a Pullman Fire Department news release.

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Silverwood’s Timber Terror roller coaster running again after arsonist set it on fire, deputies say

UPDATED: Sat., June 5, 2021

Kootenai County deputies said they found a wooden support to the Timber Terror roller coaster at Silverwood Theme Park burned from arson early Saturday morning and are still trying to identify a suspect.

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Fire started by barbecue displaces 17 people from Spokane Valley apartments

UPDATED: Sat., June 5, 2021

A fire at an apartment building in Veradale rendered seven apartments unlivable and displaced 17 people Friday after a propane barbecue caught fire, officials said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police set up phone line and email to aid in investigations of previously backlogged rape kits

UPDATED: Thu., June 3, 2021

Spokane police are sifting through the results of hundreds of previously untested sexual assault kits in an effort to close cold cases. Now they have a phone line and email address to help survivors reach them about their cases.

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Post Falls police chief announces retirement after 26 years with department

UPDATED: Thu., June 3, 2021

Post Falls police Chief Pat Knight has announced his retirement effective in August after 26 years with the department, according to a Post Falls Police Department news release.

News >  Washington

Spokane search and rescue team pitches in during search for man missing in Skagit County mountains

UPDATED: Thu., June 3, 2021

Volunteers from Spokane County Search & Rescue stepped in to aid in the search for a missing hiker in Skagit County, according to a news release from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

‘Resilience’: West Valley dance team captain navigates grief, bound for medical school

UPDATED: Thu., June 3, 2021

Gabrielle Andres – valedictorian, West Valley High dance team co-captain and University of Washington bound pre-med student – has been learning to appreciate the little things during her senior year.

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Two dead in rollover crash west of Colfax

UPDATED: Wed., June 2, 2021

A rollover crash 15 miles west of Colfax killed two people Wednesday afternoon.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Seven-car pileup on I-90 in Spokane Valley blocks road

UPDATED: Wed., June 2, 2021

A crash in the left lanes of eastbound Interstate 90 near the Sullivan Road interchange in Spokane Valley caused significant delays Wednesday, according to a tweet from Washington State Department of Transportation.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Deer Park man suspected of firing gun into air during fight

UPDATED: Wed., June 2, 2021

Deputies arrested a man in Deer Park this week who allegedly fired a gun into the air three times during a fight, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release.

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Prosecutor charges 15 WSU fraternity members in drinking death; family says ‘this is not justice’

UPDATED: Thu., June 3, 2021

Fifteen former members of a Washington State University fraternity were charged Tuesday in connection with the 2019 alcohol poisoning death of a student, according to a news release from the Whitman County Prosecutor’s office.

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Second suspect arrested in connection with killing of 20-year-old in Coeur d’Alene

UPDATED: Wed., June 2, 2021

Coeur d’Alene police have arrested a second homicide suspect in the Monday death of a 20-year-old man .

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Coeur d’Alene man, 20, found dead Monday; Spokane Valley suspect arrested

UPDATED: Tue., June 1, 2021

A Coeur d’Alene man is dead and a Spokane Valley man has been arrested in connection with the killing, police said.

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Woman life-flighted to hospital after head-on crash north of Spokane that police believe may have been DUI

UPDATED: Sun., May 30, 2021

Washington State Patrol troopers are investigating a head-on collision that sent two drivers to Sacred Heart Medical Center with injuries and may have been the result of driving under the influence, according to a WSP news release.

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Silverwood’s new roller coaster ‘a great remembrance’ of stunt pilot who died in Airway Heights air show

UPDATED: Sat., May 29, 2021

Bob and Ken Heale surveyed a memorial to their pilot father moments before Stunt Pilot, Silverwood’s newest roller coaster, opened to the public for the first time Saturday.

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Spokane woman with rare skin-hardening disease dies, outliving her doctors’ predictions by six years

UPDATED: Fri., May 28, 2021

At the age of 22, Cat Davis was alone in a doctor’s office when her practitioner said, “You have 2-5 years to live, but don’t worry, you’ll never have wrinkles.”

News >  Washington

Blustery, dusty day to give way to blast of heat, meteorologists say

UPDATED: Thu., May 27, 2021

Meteorologists predict the dusty gray sky Thursday in Spokane will melt into a warmer weekend.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Detectives say man suspected of molesting one child could have more victims in the same Spokane Valley apartment complex

UPDATED: Thu., May 27, 2021

A 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of molesting a child in his Spokane Valley apartment complex could have more victims, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release.

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Evacuations lifted southwest of Cheney after 13-acre wildfire

UPDATED: Thu., May 27, 2021

Crews tackled a 13-acre fire southwest of Cheney on Thursday that spurred evacuations and drew in multiple engines and one aircraft.

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Semi crashes on I-90 in Spokane, spilling wood chips on highway and forcing closure of exit

UPDATED: Wed., May 26, 2021

A crashed semi spewed a truckload of cedar wood chips onto Interstate 90 on Wednesday afternoon not far from downtown Spokane, forcing the closure of an exit.

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Deputies arrest trio suspected of stealing more than $15,000 in tobacco products from Chattaroy store

UPDATED: Wed., May 26, 2021

Deputies have arrested three of four suspects in a burglary that cost a Chattaroy store up to $21,000 in losses and damage, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release.