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News >  Idaho

July sun keeps shining

More warm summer weather is in store this week with highs mostly in the upper 80s to lower 90s and the chance of precipitation near zero.
News >  Spokane

U.S. 195 crossing will get exit lane

The deadly intersection of U.S. Highway 195 and Cheney-Spokane Road is getting the temporary fix that neighbors have been seeking. Washington state transportation officials said a new exit lane for southbound traffic will be separated from the roadway. Officials had said earlier they might only have enough money for an improved turn lane adjacent to the through lanes.
News >  Idaho

Thunderstorm risk continues

A decreasing risk of showers or thunderstorms is being forecasted for today after lightning and hail dampened an ongoing heat wave on Thursday.
News >  Spokane

Heat, hail and lightning

Richard Terzieff marveled at the creamy white hail that covered the ground from a thunderstorm Thursday over the Logan Neighborhood in north Spokane. “It was unbelievable,” he said of the storm that brought ice during an 85-degree noon hour. “It was pretty wild.”
News >  Idaho

Thunderstorms drop hail, lightning

Hail, lighting and fires struck the Inland Northwest this afternoon from a low pressure area that should linger across the region through Saturday before another heat wave arrives on Sunday.
News >  Spokane

Post Falls selects police chief

A Post Falls police officer who worked his way up from volunteer reserves to top commander was named Post Falls police chief Tuesday. Capt. Scot Haug, appointed the city’s new chief by the City Council, will assume duties Aug. 1 on the $95,700-a-year job.
News >  Spokane

Weather sparks fire watch

The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued a fire weather watch, warning of possible thunderstorms across the northern portions of Eastern Washington this afternoon and Friday morning. A high-pressure ridge along the Pacific coast is expected to buckle on its western flank, allowing an upper-level low-pressure area to form west of the region and move eastward, said forecaster Kerry Jones.
News >  Idaho

Fire weather watch posted for region

A fire weather watch was posted this afternoon by the National Weather Service for a risk of thunderstorms across the northern portions of Eastern Washington on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
News >  Spokane

Nationally admired artist Ruben Trejo dies

The art world in Eastern Washington and across the country is mourning the loss of a premier Mexican-American artist and educator whose originality took him all the way to the Smithsonian Institution, despite his humble beginnings. Ruben Trejo, professor emeritus at Eastern Washington University, died Sunday at Providence Holy Family Hospital from myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood disorder.
News >  Spokane

EWU, art world mourn artist, professor

The art world in Eastern Washington and across the country is mourning the loss of a premier Mexican-American artist and educator whose originality took him all the way to the Smithsonian Institution, despite his humble beginnings.
News >  Spokane

Bar patron shot with flare gun

A female bar patron suffered a one-inch burn to her face early today when she was shot with a flare gun inside the Top Hat Tavern, 6412 N. Division St.
News >  Idaho

July heat continues all week

Late July is statistically the warmest part of the year, and this July is not going to deviate from the pattern, forecasters said this morning.
News >  Spokane

Spokane Valley man helped recover Apollo 11

The Apollo 11 mission that landed a man on the moon 40 years ago holds a special place in the memory of one Spokane Valley resident. Retired Navy Commander Van Spradley was the first person to make radio contact with the astronauts after their capsule re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on July 24, 1969.
News >  Idaho

More dry heat coming this week

Highs today in the middle to upper 80s today will seem comfortable compared to the heat that’s being forecasted for the rest of the week.
News >  Idaho

More hot weather through Saturday

The mercury is going to max out today and Saturday as a high pressure system brings temperatures in the middle to upper 90s across the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas.