A Fairchild Air Force Base airman was awarded the bronze star on Friday for his command of dangerous convoy missions in Iraq last year, base officials said. Tech. Sgt. Aaron M. Cecil was cited for successfully completing 15 convoys that supplied 23 forward bases in Iraq. The missions were finished with a 100 percent success rate.
A Fairchild Air Force base airman was awarded the bronze star on Friday for his command of dangerous convoy missions in Iraq last year, base officials said.
Spokane County sheriff’s deputies today issued a caution for children and parents in the vicinity of Mountain View Elementary School after a 13-year-old boy was confronted by a masked man while walking home Wednesday evening.
The prosecuting attorney in Garfield County said he is still awaiting final investigative results before deciding on charges in the traffic death of a Washington State University graduate last spring. Tanya Gusev, 22, of Mukilteo, Wash., died May 20 in a crash that Washington State Patrol troopers said appeared to be alcohol-related. She had just finished her degree in communications.
Cloudy weather with a 30 percent chance of rain and highs in the lower 40s are being forecasted for today with a chance of sunshine coming on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Northeast Youth Center opened its doors Monday to a newly remodeled facility in the heart of Hillyard. The center serves 120 children in before- and after-school programs during the school year and about 300 kids during summer vacation.
The National Weather Service said a short but intense snow shower this morning created near whiteout conditions as it moved from west to east across the Spokane region.
Commercial growth along Sullivan Road in Spokane Valley is forcing three street projects this spring and summer that will result in detours and delays starting as early as April. “We expect congestion,” said Craig Aldworth, senior engineer and project manager for the city of Spokane Valley.
A slow transition to more winter-like conditions is expected this weekend, but today’s weather should remain relatively mild with increasing clouds and highs in the middle 40s.
Spokane County sheriff’s deputies, including the SWAT team, raided two homes Thursday morning searching for guns and other items stolen from a collector who was away over the holidays. A large number of weapons were taken in what detectives believe were a series of burglaries at the collector’s home along U.S. Highway 2 in the Colbert area. The thefts took place between mid-December and Jan. 4 when the collector returned home, said sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan.
One more day of unseasonably mild temperatures will keep the Inland Northwest on the easy side of winter today, but a cooling trend with chances of rain or snow are expected to replace it starting on Friday.
Emergency calls in Spokane County Fire District No. 4 have been increasing year after year, but the district’s property tax revenue has not gone up at the same pace. Fire commissioners are asking voters on Feb. 9 to lift a state-imposed lid on the district’s annual property tax collections.
A year after the region saw record-breaking snowfall, folks might be wondering where winter went. Highs in the 40s and lower 50s in the past 10 days have seemed more like March than January.
Lawmakers convening in Olympia want to toughen laws on two types of illegal driving: speeding through school zones and talking on cell phone without a hands-free device. State Sen. Tracey Eide, D-Federal Way, has proposed making it a primary offense to talk on a cell phone held to your ear or to engage in text messaging while driving.
A micro earthquake was reported Wednesday in the vicinity of Lake Spokane to the southwest of Tum Tum, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.
The Spokane Public Library system has passed a milestone, one that may be a reflection of tough economic times. Late last month, the library system for the first time reached the 2 million mark in annual checkouts of books, compact discs and other circulation material.
