Spokane police this morning said they are trying to determine what happened in a traffic accident this morning in which a pedestrian was struck in a crosswalk.
This week’s cool and wet weather has moved off to the east, but not the clouds associated with a broad area of lower air pressure that remains in place across the Pacific Northwest.
The weather record book confirms what everyone with a rain jacket or umbrella already knows: late spring in the Inland Northwest has been unusually wet and cool. Nearly 4 inches of rain has fallen in Spokane since May 17.
The weather record book confirms what everyone with a rain jacket or umbrella already knows: late spring in the Inland Northwest has been unusually wet and cool.
Spokane police detectives were searching a vehicle today to gain evidence in a brazen robbery on Tuesday in which one of three robbers fired a shot in the air as the thieves drove away, police said.
A flood watch has been issued today for portions of North Idaho and western Montana as a moist storm system moves into the Inland Northwest from the south, carrying the potential for an inch of rain in the mountains and up to a half inch of rain in valley locations.
A man accused of crashing his car into a northwest Spokane home early today was scheduled to plead guilty Monday to a charge related to a Cheney shooting, but he didn’t show up.
Starting tonight, blasting work for a major expansion of Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass will close the freeway in both directions for up to an hour at least twice a week. I-90 will be expanded from four lanes to six lanes on the east side of the pass.
Panicked family members tried to claw their way through a burning Spokane home Friday morning to rescue a 5-year-old boy trapped in the basement but were turned back each time by thick smoke and fire. Four of them were injured in the attempts.
A 5-year-old boy rescued from a burning home in northeast Spokane has improved from critical to serious condition this afternoon at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
A 22-year-old Worley, Idaho, man with a history of driving under the influence was being held in the Spokane County Jail Thursday after a wild ride that involved at least two accidents in southeast Spokane County. Toma N. Moses was booked on charges of driving under the influence, hit and run and driving with a suspended license. Other charges are pending following the Wednesday evening incident, deputies said.
Fire investigators this morning returned to the scene of a north Spokane apartment fire that injured a resident and drove two others out of their homes late Wednesday night.
One more cool and wet day is in store for the Inland Northwest until a system of higher air pressure this weekend drives away this latest in a string of springtime storms.
Rain – some of it heavy at times – has been falling across the Inland Northwest this morning from a new Pacific storm system that is continuing the region’s wet spring.
The historic Muzzy Mansion Bed and Breakfast on Spokane’s North Side has been ordered to close because the owners failed to comply with city codes in converting the residential structure to a lodging facility. The order was issued May 28, owners Mike Schultz and Steven Sanford said in a letter to Spokane Mayor Mary Verner.
National Weather Service forecasters today said they expect one of the nicest weather weekends of the year with highs going from the middle 70s Saturday to lower 80s on Sunday and Monday.
Lines of thunderstorms have been spotted on National Weather Service radar this afternoon near Lake Coeur d'Alene and south of Colville, forecasters said.
Downtown Spokane pedestrians are getting a new look at crosswalks along Second and Third avenues. The city of Spokane has been installing pedestrian signals that tell walkers how much time they have left to clear crosswalks before the traffic light changes.
The effects of Thursday’s rain storm will continue through the next two days as a low pressure area continues to keep the Inland Northwest on the cooler side of spring.
