A dense fog advisory has been lifted across the Spokane region this morning, but forecasters said there is still a chance of fog and rain through this evening.
Spokane climbs onto a national stage today as it begins hosting the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. Skaters and their fans have already begun arriving for competitions that will decide the U.S. Olympic team for next month’s games in Vancouver, B.C.
Chad and Kayla Stewart stood outside their gutted Spokane County home Monday trying to figure out how they will piece their lives back together. The Stewarts, who are raising eight children, said that when they arrived home from church on Sunday, they saw smoke coming from their split-level house on Panorama Road overlooking the Little Spokane River valley.
An early morning fire has damaged apartments on North Crestline Street in Spokane. It was the fourth fire that displaced residents in the Spokane area since early Saturday.
Streams of moisture off the Pacific Ocean are going to keep the Inland Northwest under a cloudy and wet weather pattern for the next several days, forecasters said.
Shuttle buses that served skating fans in 2007 proved to be so popular that the Spokane Transit Authority is bringing them back for the national figure skating championships that start here this week. Buses will run on two routes every 10 minutes and serve the Spokane Arena, the FanFest venue at River Park Square and event headquarters at the Davenport Hotel. The shuttles will stop at other downtown hotels as well.
Two Idaho state biologists and a private pilot were injured Friday when the helicopter they were in crashed in a remote forested area in the vicinity of the Clearwater River in the central Panhandle mountains. At least two of the injured men were airlifted to a Missoula hospital, Idaho Fish and Game officials said. None of the injuries was considered to be life threatening.
Two Idaho state biologists and a private pilot were injured today when the helicopter they were in crashed in a remote forested area in the vicinity of the Clearwater River in the central Panhandle mountains.
A hazardous weather outlook has been issued for Eastern Washington and a winter weather advisory is in effect in the Columbia Basin west of Spokane for snow and freezing rain starting tonight.
The flip-flop weather this winter is going to flip back to mild and wet this evening, but not before one or two inches of snow accumulate in the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas. Arctic air that hit the region Wednesday was expected to linger through the day today, but it is going to be scoured out by a new Pacific storm system tonight that is forecast to bring a 60 to 70 percent chance of snow. The snow should change to rain after 10 a.m. Saturday.
Cold clear weather should continue for today with Friday bringing an initial surge of high clouds in advance of a weak Pacific storm system that could bring mixed precipitation to the region Friday night and Saturday.
Protesters gathered at Post Street and Riverside Avenue on Wednesday to decry the possibility that Spokane police Sgt. Bradley N. Thoma could be considered a victim of discrimination when he was fired last month after a drunken, off-duty crash. Rosemary Blanks carried a sign that read: “Cops should have consequences, too.”
Cold, dry air from Canada is replacing the moist Pacific flow of the past several days, bringing sunshine and temperatures below normal until Saturday.
A mix of rain and snow continues to fall across the Inland Northwest this morning, but forecasters said it should come to an end as dry cold air moves southward from Canada.
Spokane police sent to check out a vehicle prowler at a North Side apartment complex this morning discovered a man with a long criminal history trying to steal a Chevrolet Suburban by towing it away.
Two Spokane residents burned in a fire in a backyard recreational vehicle on Friday remained at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where they were under sedation Monday as part of their treatment, fire officials said.
A Spokane Valley man was arrested over the weekend for the second time in less than a week – most recently for trying to take a can of beer from a convenience market, police said today.
Clicking on the Washington State Department of Transportation Web site may sometimes feel like traveling in the slow lane. The site has become so popular that downloading page views can take a long time, especially during snowstorms or busy travel days.
Clicking on the Washington State Department of Transportation Web site at times may feel like traveling in the slow lane. The site has become so popular that downloading page views can take a long time, especially during snowstorms or busy travel days.
Tom Willette, a homeless man staying at House of Charity, got a big gift for New Year’s. Willette, who is recovering from cancer at the downtown Spokane shelter, had a front-row seat at the Gonzaga-Oklahoma basketball game in the Spokane Arena on Thursday night.
