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‘On the upswing’: The new Union Stadium debuts without a crowd but inspires hope, fans say

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 28, 2021

With not a cloud in the sky, an announcer’s voice boomed through the pristine new Union Stadium for Mead and Mt. Spokane High Schools, but only elicited the applause of cheerleaders and coaches.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police respond to apparent shots fired, pistol-whipping in north Spokane on Saturday

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 28, 2021

Around 1 p.m.Saturday, a 911 caller near the 1700 block of East Lincoln Road said they had just seen a man "get shot and then thrown off the balcony," according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

‘Long live Owar’: Hundreds grieve after Feb. 6 shooting death of Mead High School sophomore

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 28, 2021

Owar Opiew, a Mead High School sophomore, was in Spokane Valley at a party when he was killed in what police believe might have been a gang-related shooting. Police had not made an arrest as of Saturday.

News >  Washington

Washington researchers find the phase of the moon affects how long we sleep

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 26, 2021

University of Washington researchers are beginning to peel away at the mystery of how moon cycles affect sleep, and what they’ve found so far surprised them.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Lawsuit claims Coeur d’Alene officer was forced out for refusing to lie

Fri., Feb. 26, 2021

A former police officer claims the Coeur d’Alene police chief forced him out of his career through a period of harassment after he refused to lie to an investigator.

News >  Business

Bloomsday 2021 race poster made by local dog-loving artist for 16th time

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021

Bloomsday race officials released the 2021 race poster Thursday, featuring a runner surrounded by stained glass depictions of Spokane, Paris, Rome and other international cities.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Snowstorm causes slippery roads in the Inland Northwest Thursday

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021

A winter storm made for slippery roads in the Inland Northwest during Thursday’s morning commute.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane Valley man in hospital with life-threatening gunshot wounds

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021

Spokane Valley deputies responded to a shooting Wednesday evening that left a man with life-threatening wounds, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Trio of teens suspected in armed burglary and drive-by shooting Wednesday

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 24, 2021

Police suspect two young adults and a 17-year-old boy burglarized a man’s home early Wednesday morning before shooting at him and hiding, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police responded to three times as many shootings in first two months of 2021 compared to past years

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021

In 2021 so far Spokane police have responded to triple the number of shootings recorded in the same nearly two-month period in 2020, 2019 or 2018, according to data provided by the Spokane Police Department.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man suspected of choking woman, shooting into her apartment

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 24, 2021

Police suspect a man choked a woman and then shot into her apartment early Tuesday morning.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Pullman police recommend hazing charges after alcohol poisoning death of fraternity pledge

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 24, 2021

Pullman police are recommending misdemeanor charges for seven fraternity members involved in the heavy drinking that led to a 19-year-old Washington State University student’s death by alcohol poisoning.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Washington State Patrol employee arrested on suspicion of attempted child rape

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 24, 2021

A Washington State Patrol employee in Kirkland has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of attempted child rape, according to a WSP news release.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane Valley man killed in crash with suspected drunken driver was ‘honest as could be’

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 25, 2021

A 69-year-old Spokane Valley man died in a multiple-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon when a suspected drunken driver hit his car head on, according to an Idaho State Police news release.

News >  Business

‘Shared emotional experience’: Movie theaters reopen in Spokane with new procedures and ideas

Wed., Feb. 24, 2021

The Garland Theater in Spokane has been operating since 1945 and, though it’s been closed temporarily before, owner Katherine Fritchie said she believes the COVID-related closure has been the theater’s longest in more than 75 years.

DNA evidence connects man to two rapes of developmentally disabled men

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 24, 2021

An Airway Heights prisoner convicted of sexually attacking a developmentally disabled man is now a suspect in a rape of another mentally disabled man after DNA from the cases matched, according to court documents.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police investigating death of West Central woman who won big at a casino

UPDATED: Mon., March 1, 2021

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman who had just won a large jackpot and had been struggling to get a man to leave her alone, according to court documents.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

The 21 victims of 2020 homicides in Spokane

Sun., Feb. 21, 2021

Makayla Young’s favorite people were her family. She was the first to volunteer to play with her niece, tell a joke to brighten her siblings’ day or help out her parents with anything they needed.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Deputy pursuit leads to multiple-vehicle crash near Trent and Freya; three injured

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 23, 2021

Zack Berntsen was at work at Wing Stoves and More on North Freya when he heard a giant wreck that sounded like rolling thunder.

News >  Health

Local Black panelists tackle history-based distrust of vaccines

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 20, 2021

A panel of Black community leaders and medical professionals met virtually Saturday to address distrust surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine in local communities of color.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Court documents: Nazi says he vandalized synagogue in hopes of recruiting more racist extremists

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 19, 2021

A suspected vandal and self-identifying Nazi admitted to defacing a synagogue and Holocaust Memorial in Spokane this month because Nazi recruitment has been down and he needed the publicity, according to court documents.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police seeking help identifying drive-by shooting suspects in silver Subaru

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 19, 2021

Police are searching for people involved in a drive-by shooting Thursday evening.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police arrest neo-Nazi suspect in Temple Beth Shalom vandalism

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 19, 2021

Police arrested a man Thursday morning who is suspected of defacing a Temple Beth Shalom in Spokane earlier this month.

News >  Business

‘A metaphor for the pandemic’: Museum of vintage aircraft, opened just before COVID-19 struck, is back in action

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 18, 2021

John Sessions has flown to the Arctic, landed on a flat-enough ice cap, traversed the Atlantic Ocean in a World War II bomber, been “fine” after midair engine failures several times and, in 2018, lost much of his left leg when his plane dropped from the sky.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Amber Alert issued for 14-year-old girl traveling with unknown adults

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 17, 2021

Authorities are searching for a missing 14-year-old girl last seen with two unknown adults in her parents’ car, which they found in the Lake Chelan area.