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Felon suspected of shooting man in Food Mart parking lot

Sun., July 19, 2020

A shooting in the Food Mart parking lot in Spokane Valley Friday led to the arrest of a convicted felon on three charges, according to a Spokane Valley Police Department press release.

News >  Nation/World

‘John Lewis fought the good fight’: Black leaders in Spokane grieve civil rights icon

UPDATED: Sat., July 18, 2020

Rev. Lonnie Mitchell was flying back from Louisiana where he’d attended his 93-year-old father’s funeral Sunday when he saw the news that John Lewis had died.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

‘I love the police department’: Pastors, sheriff address hundreds gathered at Spokane rally to support law enforcement

UPDATED: Sat., July 18, 2020

Several hundred people flying dozens of pro-police American flags featuring a single blue stripe gathered Saturday by the Riverfront Park clocktower for the Law Enforcement Support Rally organized by local pastors.

News >  Spokane

‘Masking is a satanic ritual’: Group protests outside Spokane health officer’s house over state mask mandate

UPDATED: Tue., July 21, 2020

A group of about 30 people gathered with a megaphone outside Spokane Regional Health Officer Dr. Bob Lutz’s house Friday evening to protest his handling of the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic, promote conspiracy theories and push back on state and county mandates on mask-wearing in public.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Elderly pedestrian hit, critically injured by car in Lincoln Heights

UPDATED: Fri., July 17, 2020

A car struck an elderly woman walking on the 2600 block South Southeast Boulevard near East 25th Avenue Friday, causing her critical injuries, according to a Spokane Police Department press release.

News >  Pacific NW

Despite delay in test results, Nez Perce community effort proves successful in slowing spread

Fri., July 17, 2020

The Nez Perce tribe reported good news about its efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus among its members this week, but the long wait raised concerns at Nimiipuu Health.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Suspect cuts man intervening in car theft

UPDATED: Thu., July 16, 2020

A suspected knife-wielding car prowler injured a man last week when the victim tried to stop the crime, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police arrest man with self-inflicted gunshot wound for unlawful possession of a firearm

UPDATED: Wed., July 15, 2020

Police jailed a convicted felon for unlawful possession of a firearm after the man shot himself in the leg Tuesday.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police say scammers are asking residents to donate to families of officers killed on-duty

UPDATED: Tue., July 14, 2020

A suspected phone scam emerged in Spokane this week in the guise of a nonprofit supporting police, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  World

How to view one of the brightest comets this century before it’s gone for seven millennia

UPDATED: Wed., July 15, 2020

It’s a once in a 6,800-year opportunity.

News >  Washington

At Coyote Ridge, amid 229 COVID-19 cases, inmates say conditions are ‘disgusting’

UPDATED: Sun., July 12, 2020

Last week, Beverly Richmond’s son spent up to 36 hours at a time locked in a 6-by-9-foot cell with another prisoner and no toilet. She said he peed in water bottles and defecated in a coffee can.

News >  Spokane

National outcry about racist statues sparks decades’ old debate over Spokane’s own

Sun., July 12, 2020

In recent weeks, protesters across the country have spray-painted, beheaded and toppled statues of historical figures such as Christopher Columbus and Confederate soldiers, figures who are associated with racism and subjugation of people of color.

News >  Washington

Yakima County inmates report poor conditions amid surge of COVID cases

UPDATED: Fri., July 10, 2020

Angel Pacheco tested positive for coronavirus last week. Before he was released from the Yakima County Jail on bail Wednesday, he said he spent a week in an isolation cell with no hot water.

News >  Spokane

‘Best of the bad choices I had’: Health officer defends decisions to jail man who refused to self-isolate

UPDATED: Fri., July 10, 2020

While driving to work on a recent morning, Spokane County Health Officer Bob Lutz saw people holding signs that read “Lutz is nuts” and “Lutz is a tyrant.”

News >  Pacific NW

Spokane police host teenager who travels nationwide thanking officers

UPDATED: Tue., July 21, 2020

Savannah Solis, 15, has traveled to 36 states with her parents since age 10 to thank police officers for their service.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

East Central shooting reported after bloody victim entered stranger’s apartment

UPDATED: Thu., July 9, 2020

Police first heard about a Wednesday shooting in East Central from a resident who reported that the victim of a shooting, a stranger to the caller, had entered their residence covered in blood, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

WSP investigation: Spokane officer was driving twice speed limit before crash that led to charges

UPDATED: Thu., July 9, 2020

A Washington State Patrol investigation found a Spokane police officer was driving 65 mph in a 30 mph zone seconds before he T-boned another car, injuring the two people inside it on March 25.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police officer charged with vehicular assault

UPDATED: Wed., July 8, 2020

A Spokane police officer has been charged with two counts of vehicular assault, based on a recommendation from the Washington State Patrol.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man injured in shooting in East Central Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., July 8, 2020

The Spokane Police Department responded to a shooting on the 1700 block of East First Avenue around 3 p.m. Wednesday.

News >  Spokane

Decision to jail man with COVID-19 could set ‘dangerous precedent,’ observers say

UPDATED: Tue., July 7, 2020

An unhoused man who tested positive for COVID-19 and allegedly refused to self-isolate last week has spent, as of Wednesday, seven nights isolated in Spokane County Jail without having committed a crime.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

18-year-old woman killed in head-on collision in Okanogan County

UPDATED: Sat., July 4, 2020

Two vehicles collided head-on Friday along Mock Road in Okanogan County, killing 18-year-old Melina Salcedo.

News >  Spokane

26 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Spokane ahead of Independence Day celebrations

UPDATED: Sat., July 4, 2020

Spokane County saw 26 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Independence Day, after the Spokane Regional Health District reported 59 new cases Friday.

News >  Washington

Coyote Ridge Corrections Center nears 200 confirmed cases of COVID-19

UPDATED: Sat., July 4, 2020

The spread of COVID-19 inside the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center continued this week, when the number of confirmed cases among prisoners jumped to 195 on Thursday from 110 the week before.

News >  Spokane

Unmasked family refuses to leave Spokane Valley grocery store, video goes viral

UPDATED: Sat., July 4, 2020

A video of an unmasked family refusing to leave Grocery Outlet in Spokane Valley has racked up over 30,000 views and sparked Facebook organizers to plan an “Unmasked Shopping Event” at the store.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Rock slide blocks Highway 95 south of Riggins

UPDATED: Sat., July 4, 2020

A massive rock slide blocked Highway 95 Friday in the Sheep Creek area of Idaho County, about six miles south of Riggins.