An officer who handled a substance, suspected to be fentanyl, with latex gloves started struggling to breathe Sunday, and he and two other officers were eventually sent to the hospital, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.
Prosecutors have charged Albert Reed, 36, with six counts of assault, including four felony charges, after deputies say he aimed a handgun at his girlfriend’s head and then pointed an AR-15 at her daughter and the girl’s friends.
With a touch of pink in the morning sky Wednesday, a Grant County bus whizzed along state Route 155 at 80 mph followed by a trail of flashing red and blue lights.
Attorneys at the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office believe an August police shooting of a robbery suspect was justified and will not press charges against officers, according to a Spokane County news release.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is making the way to detain an Othello man suspected of killing two women and leaving their body parts in an abandoned car, according to a statement from the agency.
Dale Renfro of Spokane Valley, 60, died Friday after falling into a remote lake near Harrison, Idaho, according to a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office news release.
A large ponderosa pine that had been scheduled for removal Saturday fell Friday night, causing a power outage that affected more than 8,500 homes at its peak, according to a tweet from the City of Spokane.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted a colder, snowier winter than usual for Washington this year, but January clocked in below average for snow.
Around 7:30 p.m. Friday, more than 8,000 Avista customers lost power, 12 hours before a planned outage in Peaceful Valley to remove risky trees. The affected customers had dropped to 400 by shortly after 10 p.m.
Findings from University of Washington researchers’ audit of Amazon algorithms point to a dire situation: The tech giant’s search engine promotes misinformation about vaccines.
Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies have arrested a 28-year-old man they believe killed and dismembered two women whose remains they discovered in Othello Thursday morning.
Deputies arrived at a gruesome scene an hour before sunrise Thursday in a sprawling Othello neighborhood, according to an Adams County Sheriff’s Office news release.
Vanessa Waldref, if confirmed, will be the first woman U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Washington. She’ll also be one of the youngest U.S. attorneys in the country.
A semi carrying a propane tank crashed south of Loon Lake on Saturday morning, requiring several nearby residents nearby to shelter in place in case of an explosion.
A driver told deputies he didn’t realize he’d hit a pedestrian and caused her serious injuries Friday morning, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release.
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office has lifted an evacuation order for Warden residents near a fire at the Washington Potato Facility after about a third of the town was threatened by an ammonia tank that could have exploded in the blaze.
A group advocating for families of prisoners is calling for a meeting with the head of the state Department of Corrections as more than 5,000 COVID-19 cases and nine deaths have been reported among inmates since the start of the pandemic.