An employee arriving to work this morning at Mountain West Bank in Coeur d’Alene was confronted by a man who attempted to take money from the bank, but instead robbed the woman of a small sum, police said.
Colder air has started filtering into the Inland Northwest this afternoon as a threat of snow showers diminishes and sets the stage for clear roads through the weekend.
Fire damage was so extensive to Chef in the Forest restaurant at Hauser Lake that the fire chief said Monday a cause will be difficult to determine. The fire broke out just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday after the owner left the business for the night.
The weather outlook through the Christmas holiday should be favorable for drivers across the Inland Northwest, with the exception of snow expected over the mountains of Northeast Washington and North Idaho through midday Wednesday. As colder temperatures arrive in the region, light snow may find its way to the lower elevations tonight, but accumulations are going to be light, forecasters said.
The future of transportation in the Spokane region is going to get a yearlong look in 2010. Leaders from local governments and the private sector have agreed to launch a study that will culminate in a “unified regional transportation vision” for Spokane.
The future of transportation in the Spokane region is going to get a yearlong look in 2010.
Leaders from local governments and the private sector have agreed to launch a study that will culminate in a “unified regional transportation vision” for Spokane.
Three people were killed early Thursday when a vehicle driving the wrong way on the eastbound on-ramp of U.S. Highway 2 onto Interstate 90 collided with another car. The ramp was closed for at least three hours after the 2:11 a.m. accident, the Washington State Patrol said.
A 16-year-old Great Falls girl killed in a double-fatal accident in Post Falls was on her way to Seattle for medical care in advance of a kidney transplant. Destiney S. Moore was traveling Tuesday with her mother, her 17-year-old boyfriend and another child when the vehicle that the mother was driving crossed the median of Interstate 90 in Post Falls and struck three other vehicles. Moore died at the scene.
A 16-year-old Great Falls, Mont., girl and her 17-year-old boyfriend were killed Tuesday evening when the vehicle they were riding in crossed the center median of Interstate 90 in Post Falls and struck three other vehicles.
An urban and small stream flood advisory issued earlier today for Spokane and Kootenai counties has been lifted. A combination of snow melt and rain clogged streets and storm drains, creating hazards of standing water for motorists.
Slushy snow and rain turned to ice Tuesday night, contributing to dozens of collisions across the region. But it wasn’t known if weather was a factor in a four-car crash on Interstate 90 that killed a teenage passenger and injured several others. The eastbound lanes of the freeway near Post Falls were closed for several hours while the Idaho State Police investigated the crash, KHQ.com reported.
A 78-year-old man with dementia spent most of Monday and early today wandering through the downtown area before he was located by police through a suspicious person call at 4 a.m., a police spokesman said this morning.
Snow levels are likely to rise above valley floors today as milder air from the Pacific Ocean cuts away at the cold air left over from last week’s arctic freeze.
Testing of a new “reverse 911” emergency notification system is taking place this week in Spokane County, as officials get ready to put the alert technology online next month. Test calls were expected to begin Monday and continue through Wednesday to 47,000 homes in the county.
Snow is expected to change to rain later today in the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene area as temperatures rise above freezing for the first time in two weeks. But the milder temperatures might not prevent an icy commute this morning.
A popular Colton, Wash., high school science teacher may have slipped on ice covered by snow and then slid down a cliff to his death, officials said Monday. The body of Glenn Voshell, who went missing Saturday while spending the day bird-hunting, was found Monday morning during an extensive search in Whitman County.
Testing of a new “reverse 911” emergency notification system is taking place this week in Spokane County, as officials get ready to put the alert technology online next month.
A popular Colton, Wash., high school science teacher may have slipped on ice covered by snow and then slid down a cliff to his death, officials said on Monday.
A winter storm warning has been posted this afternoon for what’s shaping up to be the biggest snowfall of the season in the Inland Northwest starting this evening and continuing into Tuesday before rain arrives in lower elevations.
An electrical short-circuit was fingered as the possible cause of a house fire this morning that forced two men from their home on the North Side of Spokane.
