Winter weather advisories have been posted for parts of Eastern Washington and North Idaho this morning for the likelihood of snow starting about 4 p.m. and continuing into the evening.
Tech. Sgt. Richard Sanders, a career airman from the Tri-Cities, was awarded the bronze star Wednesday at Fairchild Air Force Base for his effective command of large supply convoys on dangerous roads in Iraq. “It’s an awesome thing to get recognized for the things you do,” Sanders said.
Tech. Sgt. Richard Sanders, a career airman from the Tri-Cities, was awarded the bronze star Wednesday at Fairchild Air Force Base for his effective command of large supply convoys on dangerous roads in Iraq.
The main band of overnight snowfall Wednesday has exited the Inland Northwest, but forecasters said snow showers are likely to continue until the next snow storm arrives about 4 p.m. Thursday.
Heightened airport security in the wake of an attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines jet on Christmas Day has not caused any major delays for screening at Pacific Northwest airports, including Spokane, officials said.
A quick-acting Spokane Valley police officer arrested a man Monday afternoon in connection with the theft of a wallet from the Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. First Ave., which occurred a few minutes earlier.
Idaho State Police are cautioning eagle watchers at Lake Coeur d’Alene not to stop in the middle of the roadway on state Highway 97, or they risk getting a ticket.
The first in a series of Pacific storm systems should arrive across the Inland Northwest tonight bringing light amounts of snow to the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas and potentially deeper amounts from Rosalia southward.
Much of the Inland Northwest may have missed out on a white Christmas this year, but forecasters are promising to make up for it this week. National Weather Service meteorologists Monday were eyeing a pair of Pacific storm systems moving toward the Inland Northwest.
Short-term closures of U.S. Highway 395 near the Little Spokane River will occur over the next several weeks as construction workers set off explosives to excavate the site of an interchange with the new north Spokane freeway. The blasting started two weeks ago to build the connection between the freeway and U.S. 395 in the vicinity of Wandermere Road. It is expected to continue for about another month.
A landmark mansion that overlooks Spokane Valley will be rebuilt after an early morning fire that gutted the historic building’s interior, the general manager said Wednesday. “We can rebuild it,” Jim van Loben Sels said of Arbor Crest Cliff House, 4705 N. Fruithill Road. “It’s not burned to the ground.”
An early morning fire gutted the interior of the landmark Cliff House mansion on the grounds of Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, but its owners said they will restore the damage if possible.
A glancing shot of modified arctic has moved across the Inland Northwest this morning, and forecasters said it is having the effect of clearing out any threat of snow through the weekend.
Fog may be a problem starting late Friday.
Three people are missing and presumed dead after an early morning apartment fire Tuesday in the historic Curlew School building, authorities said. Two of the missing may be children, confirmed Ferry County Prosecutor Mike Sandona, who also serves as coroner. No names or identities were given.
