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Suit claims Spokane County deputy allowed homicide by not arresting armed, drunken man angry at his neighbor

Sat., April 24, 2021

The wife of a Spokane County man killed by his neighbor in May 2019 has filed suit against Spokane County, alleging a sheriff’s deputy’s negligence allowed the killing to happen.

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Spokane’s American Ninja Warrior full of hope after losing her homemade course to toppled tree

UPDATED: Fri., April 23, 2021

American Ninja Warrior Sandy Zimmerman is no stranger to hardship.

News >  Idaho

Contained 20 acre fire near Lewiston another warning for volatile wildfire season

UPDATED: Fri., April 23, 2021

Unusually dry moss allowed for a wildfire that started Wednesday to spread 20 acres in Juliaetta, 30 miles northeast of Lewiston.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

5-year-old girl critically injured in stabbing now breathing on her own

UPDATED: Fri., April 23, 2021

The 5-year-old seriously injured in a stabbing that also killed her mother began breathing on her own for the first time since medics whisked her to hospital earlier this month .

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Deputies arrest suspect in Spokane Valley bank robbery but believe there’s another suspect outstanding

UPDATED: Thu., April 22, 2021

Based on a description of a suspect’s vehicle, deputies have arrested a man in connection to the Tuesday bank robbery at Banner Bank on Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release.

News >  Business

Numerica Credit Union donating $300,000 to local charities

UPDATED: Thu., April 22, 2021

Numerica Credit Union, which serves Eastern Washington and North Idaho, will donate $300,000 to regional nonprofits as part of its annual donation promise, including to 13 nonprofits in the Spokane area and three in North Idaho, according to a Numerica news release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Motorcyclist dies in collision west of Airway Heights

UPDATED: Thu., April 22, 2021

A 67-year-old man died when his motorcycle struck a car Wednesday on U.S. Highway 2 near Spoko Fuel, 1 mile west of Airway Heights.

News >  Spokane

Large equipment crashes into cable, leaving 5,000 out of power on South Hill for afternoon

UPDATED: Thu., April 22, 2021

An equipment failure and car accident caused about 5,000 households on the South Hill and 18,000 Avista households overall to lose power Thursday, according to Avista.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

FBI: Spokane doctor accused of trying to hire kidnapper for wife also trapped girlfriend in underground tank

UPDATED: Thu., April 22, 2021

The Spokane neonatal doctor accused in dark web schemes of trying to hire someone to break his former colleague’s hands and kidnap his estranged wife will remain in jail, after a federal judge said Wednesday afternoon he poses too much danger to the community.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Medical Examiner finds man who officer fired at Saturday died by suicide

UPDATED: Wed., April 21, 2021

The Spokane County medical examiner has determined a man killed Saturday in connection to a police shooting, Vadim Grishchuk, 38, died by a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

News >  Spokane

Firefighters, motorcyclist, helicopter deployed to rescue injured hiker in Liberty Lake Regional Park

UPDATED: Wed., April 21, 2021

When a woman who had hiked more than 3 miles into Liberty Lake Regional Park was injured in a fall Tuesday and responders could not reach her by four-wheeler, local firefighters got creative, according to the Spokane Valley Fire Department.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Deputies searching for suspect in Spokane Valley bank robbery

UPDATED: Wed., April 21, 2021

Spokane Valley deputies are investigating a robbery at a Banner Bank and searching for a suspect they believe to be a shorter man with two full sleeves of tattoos, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Couple found dead Sunday tested positive for drugs, medical examiner says

UPDATED: Tue., April 20, 2021

A couple found dead in a Spokane Valley apartment Sunday tested positive in a preliminary drug screening, according to a post by the Spokane County Medical Examiner.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane community: Chauvin’s conviction ‘an important first step’ after historical injustices

UPDATED: Tue., April 20, 2021

The guilty verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd marks a reckoning for Shari Clarke.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Relief, determination in Spokane following Chauvin conviction for Floyd’s murder

UPDATED: Tue., April 20, 2021

Artist and muralist Amber Hoit was at a gas station when a fellow customer stopped her to ask if she had heard about the verdict in the trial against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. The two cheered, Hoit said.

News >  Higher education

‘An awesome story to be part of’: How a shelter, vets and community members rallied to save an abandoned dog

Tue., April 20, 2021

The young chocolate Lab had no collar, no microchip and no owner calling in to find him when Spokane County Regional Animal Protective Services officers lifted him from the side of the road.

News >  Washington

‘A special place’: Steptoe Butte still open after closure planned for 2021 delayed

Mon., April 19, 2021

Washington State Parks has a long list of improvements to make at Steptoe, including rehabilitating the park’s roads and parking lots, adding a turnaround for safety and traffic flow, new traffic signs and changes to address accessibility and pedestrian safety at each parking lot.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Department of Children, Youth and Family Services to pay $300,000 settlement following discrimination investigation

Mon., April 19, 2021

The Department of Justice's investigation into the agency's Child Welfare Program found evidence of failures to provide assistance, including sign language interpreters, on more than 100 occasions between 2017 and 2019, the release said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police: Man attacked random woman in her apartment after planning to fight her neighbor

Sun., April 18, 2021

Police suspect a man who planned to fight another man waited in the laundry room of an apartment building Tuesday, chased a woman he did not know into her apartment and attacked her before leaving and returning with a knife, according to a search warrant filed Thursday.

News >  Higher education

‘Science, healing and art’: Gonzaga staff, students paint mural of native healing plants in Logan neighborhood

Sat., April 17, 2021

The mural taking shape on the brick-red wall of Global Neighborhood Thrift on Trent Avenue has been months, if not years, in the making, said Laura Truitt, a professor of art at Gonzaga University.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Suspect arrested in stabbing death of Kassie Dewey, whose 5-year-old girl remains in critical condition

UPDATED: Fri., April 23, 2021

Police arrested a man Saturday suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend and stabbing her 5-year-old daughter in the throat and several organs last Sunday.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police: Officer fired at armed man suspected of vehicle prowling who died at scene

UPDATED: Wed., April 21, 2021

A Spokane Police Officer shot a suspected vehicle prowler who died at the scene around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Eastern Washington man sentenced to 25 years for child pornography charge

UPDATED: Fri., April 16, 2021

A man in his 30s who pleaded guilty to pressuring minors to send nude photos, including a developmentally disabled 15-year-old girl, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison this week, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Holocaust survivor faces Spokane Nazi at sentencing: ‘What can I do to convince this man the Holocaust happened?’

UPDATED: Sat., April 17, 2021

A Holocaust survivor rose from her seat Friday morning moments before a self-proclaimed Nazi would get seven months behind bars for defacing the Temple Beth Shalom Synagogue in Spokane with swastikas this February.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Catholic Diocese of Spokane marks Child Abuse Prevention month with pinwheels in lawn

Thu., April 15, 2021

About two dozen kids stuck pinwheels into the lawn in front of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane on Mission Avenue Wednesday in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month.