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Spokane police to crack down on DUI arrests through Labor Day

Sun., Aug. 30, 2020

Spokane police are ramping up efforts to arrest drivers on suspicion of driving while intoxicated through Labor Day weekend, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  Spokane

‘Nourish your soul’: Spokane farmers’ markets provides buyers, sellers stability during pandemic

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 29, 2020

Among tent booths selling raw honey, locally grown vegetables and myriad fresh baked scones, the most obvious sign Saturday that something is different about the Spokane Farmer’s Market this year was the yellow caution tape preventing shoppers from getting too close to the vendors.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

West Plains wildfire now 90% contained

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 29, 2020

Crews gained further control Saturday of the Bartholomew fire that burned structures and forced evacuations Thursday on the West Plains.

News >  Washington

Pullman now ranks 5th in nation for fastest-rising cases adjusted for population

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 29, 2020

Whitman County’s COVID-19 case count rose to 422 Saturday, nearly tripling the county’s numbers since last week, according to a Whitman County press release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Suspect in domestic violence call uses baby as shield, police say

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 28, 2020

Spokane police say a domestic-violence suspect used his baby as a shield while resisting arrest Friday night.

News >  Spokane

MAC reopens, putting artifacts from Pompeii back on display – and present-day pain in perspective

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 28, 2020

First they were buried under volcanic debris for nearly two millennia. Then they were out of sight again for some six months, in Spokane's Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. But as of Tuesday, the more than 100 Roman artifacts that comprise the exhibition “Pompeii: The Immortal City” were brought back into public view.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Bonner’s Ferry chiropractor charged with killing fellow chiropractor

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 28, 2020

Detectives with the Idaho State Police and the Bonners Ferry Police Department arrested a local man on Thursday in connection with the March 12 murder of a chiropractor in his Bonners Ferry office.

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Juvenile says he was kidnapped, duct taped to chair, assaulted in potential gang crime

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 28, 2020

Spokane police officers responded to an assault investigation in north Spokane just before midnight on Friday and discovered a potential gang-related kidnapping.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police respond to shooting near Whitman Elementary School

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 28, 2020

Spokane police responded to a report of a shooting on the 1700 block of East Sanson Street just before 9 p.m. Thursday night after several callers said they heard gunfire, said Sgt. Teresa Fuller.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

‘Plethora’ of guns found after reckless driving arrest, police say

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 28, 2020

Spokane police say they found a driver with a car full of firearms he was prohibited from owning after an officer pulled him over on suspicion of reckless driving Monday afternoon.

News >  Spokane

Brush fire near Fairchild burns structures, forces evacuations before crews stop its growth

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 27, 2020

A 165-acre wildfire on the West Plains burned several structures, forced the closure of State Route 902, and led to the evacuation of homes and parts of Fairchild Air Force Base before crews brought it under some control Thursday evening.

News >  Spokane

USPS ‘not to be messed with’: Postal workers, protesters gather at Spokane post office

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 25, 2020

A group of about 30 people gathered around the U.S. Post Office in downtown Spokane on Tuesday calling for public support and criticizing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for causing delays in mail.

News >  Spokane

‘No honor in genocide’: Native Americans rally to change name of Fort George Wright Drive

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 24, 2020

In huge letters, the words “No Honor in Genocide” hung on a banner over a teal bus Saturday, where more than 200 people gathered on Fort George Wright Drive, rallying to rename the road.

News >  Idaho

The race must go on: Runners praise socially distanced Coeur d’Alene Marathon

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 22, 2020

Kelli Gibbs ran in the Coeur d’Alene Marathon for the sixth time Saturday and it didn’t disappoint.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man suspected of choking mother of his children released without a no contact order

Sat., Aug. 22, 2020

A man suspected of choking the mother of his children multiple times and threatening to kill her was released on his own recognizance and without a no-contact order Saturday, according to court documents.

“No Honor in Genocide” shines on courthouse to protest Fort George Wright Drive

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 22, 2020

A Spokane branch of a national protest art organization shined "No Honor in Genocide" on the Spokane County Superior Court house around 8 p.m. Friday, as a preview of the Saturday event in protest of Fort George Wright Drive.

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Palmer holds at about 13,500 acres while Spokane gets break from small fires

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 21, 2020

The fast-growing Palmer fire that crews feared would swell Friday has steadied at about 13,500 acres, said Isabelle Hoygaard Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman.

News >  Education

WSU sends alert of substantial increase in COVID-19 cases in young adults

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 21, 2020

Three days before fall classes begin, Washington State University officials warned students and staff of a “substantial increase” in COVID-19 cases in Pullman among people ages 18 to 24.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Homeless man hangs onto small tree over cliff drop for hours in standoff with police

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 21, 2020

Spokane police spent about four hours Thursday night trying to talk a man off a cliff’s ledge as he threw rocks at officers and tried to light fires in grass around him.

News >  Spokane

Bowling alleys rev up to reopen following governor’s new orders

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 21, 2020

This week’s announcement by Gov. Jay Inslee allowing bowling alleys to reopen was a surprise for Eddie Williams, manager of Lilac Lanes in Spokane.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police raise charge for repeat domestic violence offender found sleeping in woman’s home

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 21, 2020

A man with prior convictions of domestic violence has been arrested on suspicion of punching his ex-girlfriend in the face in early August.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Murder suspect surrenders with house surrounded by Spokane police, armed vehicle, K9 unit

Fri., Aug. 21, 2020

Spokane police surrounded a suspect’s house and arrested him Thursday on suspicion of shooting and killing a man found dead in June, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  Spokane

Sheriffs deputies develop rapport, rescue ‘cantankerous’ cat from tree

Fri., Aug. 21, 2020

Spokane County deputies who responded to an early morning disorderly call of a female screaming about a cat in a tree, went “above and beyond” to rescue the treed cat, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office press release.

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‘The public would be shocked’: Nonprofits see teen victims, while authorities focus on sex trade

Fri., Aug. 21, 2020

When Homeland Security agents posted their first phony online advertisement for child sex to draw out pedophiles in the Spokane area, they received so many inquiries their server shut down.

News >  Spokane

Palmer burns at over 11,000 acres while six small fires burn in Spokane County

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 20, 2020

Some crews from the 244-acre Badger Fire south of Cheney have moved to fight the rapidly spreading Palmer Fire in Okanogan County, Department of Natural Resources incident contact Isabelle Hoygaard said Thursday.