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News >  Washington

‘About a lie’: Author dissects tale of murdered Washington missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman

UPDATED: Fri., May 7, 2021

As an elementary school student, Blaine Harden was taught a lie that he would later learn had been debunked 50 years prior to his birth.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Deputies arrest suspect in killing of 15-year-old Spokane Valley boy

UPDATED: Fri., May 7, 2021

Deputies have arrested a suspect in the killing of a 15-year-old University High School student outside his family’s Spokane Valley apartment March 29.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police, medical examiner investigating death of local rapper found in Spokane River

UPDATED: Thu., May 6, 2021

The Spokane County Medical Examiner hasn’t yet determined what killed Edwin “G Notes” Geter, whose body was found in the Spokane River on April 13, but his friend Bo Blunt doesn’t believe it could be suicide.

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A&E >  Books

‘Support in unlikely places’: Spokane born and raised author Eileen Garvin discusses the novel bringing her national acclaim

UPDATED: Wed., May 5, 2021

For Eileen Garvin, “The Music of Bees” was the ultimate distraction from COVID-19 during the first weeks of staying home for the pandemic. A year later, the book had her beamed across televisions in America.

‘What if it was your sister?’: Pavilion turns red for missing, murdered American Indians

UPDATED: Fri., May 7, 2021

Riverfront Park smelled like blooming lilacs and burning sage Wednesday as a march of hundreds – many American Indians and many wearing red – stretched from the Rotary Fountain to the Pavilion.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police issue Silver Alert for missing 85-year-old man with Alzheimer’s

UPDATED: Tue., May 4, 2021

Police are asking citizens to keep an eye out for an 85-year-old man with Alzheimer’s, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  Business

Vintage Ming Wah sign is back up thanks to thousands of dollars donated

UPDATED: Wed., May 5, 2021

The vintage sign for Ming Wah pointed the way to the Chinese American restaurant again Tuesday after more than a year out of commission.

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15-year-old arrested after suspected drive-by shooting at 5th Avenue and Fiske Street

UPDATED: Tue., May 4, 2021

Police arrested a 15-year-old in a stolen car with ammunition inside it Thursday after reports of a drive-by shooting in the East Central neighborhood, according to court documents.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Pavilion to turn red in recognition of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women

UPDATED: Fri., May 7, 2021

The U.S. Pavilion in Riverfront Park will be awash in red light Wednesday night in recognition of killed and missing Indigenous women and girls.

News >  Spokane

‘The rhythm of 20,000 runners’: Bloomsday participants who haven’t missed a race in 45 years meet again

Mon., May 3, 2021

The perennials gathered Saturday, as the 45th running of Bloomsday kicked off. The virtual race will run through next weekend. 

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Lawsuit: State operation to catch sex offenders entrapped innocent men to boost arrest numbers

Sun., May 2, 2021

Quentin Parker believes the sting operation that identified him as a “dangerous child predator” in 2019 failed its mission. Though charges against him were ultimately dropped, he claims in his recent lawsuit against Washington State Patrol that dishonest detectives manipulated him and “forever tainted and destroyed” his life for their own financial gain.

News >  Spokane

Spokane couple wins $1 million from Publishers Clearing House

UPDATED: Sat., May 1, 2021

William McGunagle answered the phone singing “hello” Friday afternoon.

News >  Health

Fallout continues from Republic super-spreader event, with hospital transfers and backup on the way

UPDATED: Sat., May 1, 2021

The town of Republic continues to see the fallout from a super-spreader event in April, as physicians are having to transfer COVID-19 patients out of Ferry County for treatment.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Comedian accosted by Border Patrol agents in Spokane to get $35,000 settlement

UPDATED: Thu., April 29, 2021

In January 2019, a Libyan-born Portland comedian said he was traveling through Spokane on a bus ride home when U.S. Border Patrol agents wrongfully detained and interrogated him about his immigration status.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Deputies investigating killing of man found stabbed in Spokane Valley motor home

UPDATED: Thu., April 29, 2021

Deputies found Anthony Plumb, 58, dead from a stab wound in a motor home in Spokane Valley last Friday, according to court documents.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Stevens County firefighters save nine dogs in burning house Thursday

UPDATED: Thu., April 29, 2021

Stevens County firefighters rescued nine dogs trapped inside a burning house Thursday while the homeowners were gone.

News >  Business

Police seek help identifying suspects in defacing of downtown Spokane George Floyd mural

UPDATED: Thu., April 29, 2021

Spokane police want help from the public identifying three men captured on video defacing a George Floyd mural downtown, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Suspects in string of bank robberies arrested through law enforcement partnership

UPDATED: Wed., April 28, 2021

After deputies arrested a suspected getaway driver in a Spokane Valley bank robbery last week, they arrested a second suspect Tuesday who they believe robbed three banks.

News >  Idaho

‘Eight years is good’: Coeur d’Alene mayor Steve Widmyer will not seek third term

UPDATED: Wed., April 28, 2021

Coeur d’Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer announced Wednesday he will not be seeking a third term, the Coeur d’Alene Press reported.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Video of officer shooting 70-year-old woman in Spokane jail lobby released

UPDATED: Wed., April 28, 2021

Footage of a Spokane County Jail officer shooting 70-year-old Nancy King sheds new light on the killing, which the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office deemed justified last month.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

As 5-year-old stabbing victim begins talking, walking again, suspect’s trial could be delayed

UPDATED: Tue., April 27, 2021

On April 11, Spokane police found a 5-year-old girl laying beside her mother in their family’s garage, critically injured with stab wounds in her throat and several organs. When police reached her mother, Kassie Dewey, she was dead.

News >  Business

‘A devastating hole in Spokane’: Upscale salon 14th and Grand closing permanently after 36 years in business

UPDATED: Wed., April 28, 2021

After 36 years in business, 14th and Grand Salon on the South Hill has decided to close its doors permanently, announcing Tuesday on Facebook it would be their last day of business.

News >  Business

Coeur d’Alene megamillionaire Duane Hagadone dies at age 88

UPDATED: Sat., April 24, 2021

The multi-millionaire founder of the Coeur d’Alene Resort, Duane Hagadone, died at age 88 Saturday in his winter home in Palm Desert, California, the Coeur d’Alene Press reported.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

‘I want my son back’: Loved ones of people killed by officers gather at Riverfront Park to demand change

UPDATED: Sat., April 24, 2021

A small group formed a crescent around JD Leighty, a close friend of a man killed by Bonner County deputies, as rain fell in Riverfront Park Saturday.

News >  Spokane

‘The legacy I want to see for Spokane’: Hundreds gather to advocate for housing, public restrooms

UPDATED: Tue., April 27, 2021

Hundreds gathered in the Lilac Bowl at Riverfront Park Saturday to march for demands that protesters said would reduce homelessness in Spokane.