Wine lovers headed out this weekend to sample what the Spokane area has to offer are likely to taste wines that rank well against some of the best wines in the country, especially in terms of price. Spokane’s Spring Barrel Tasting weekend starts Friday and continues through Sunday. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. all three days.
The National Weather Service issued a special forecast this afternoon warning of heavy showers and thunderstorms across the Palouse region of Washington and North Idaho.
Motorists will find slow going through Millwood starting tonight with the reconstruction of Argonne Road that will reduce traffic to one lane in each direction until early August. Red Diamond Construction, of Spokane Valley, won an $822,000 contract to repair and rebuild the roadway through the commercial area between Frederick Avenue and South Riverway.
Motorists will find slow going through Millwood starting tonight with the reconstruction of Argonne Road that will reduce traffic to one lane in each direction until early August.
Two robbery suspects were arrested by Spokane police Wednesday night after officers used a police dog to locate one of the suspects near Driscoll Boulevard in northwest Spokane.
A Moscow, Idaho, woman is in satisfactory condition this morning after being injured in a Wednesday night accident in Pullman that involved an impaired driver, according to Washington State Patrol troopers.
A warm-up across the Inland Northwest begins today through Saturday, but forecasters warn that Sunday’s Bloomsday race could be run under cloudy skies and a chance of showers by Sunday afternoon.
The southern Howard Street bridge in Riverfront Park will be off-limits to vehicle traffic, and pedestrian access across the bridge will be limited because of deterioration to the concrete structure. City officials announced the restrictions Wednesday. They’ll be in place for Sunday’s Bloomsday race.
Vehicle traffic over the southern Howard Street Bridge span in Riverfront Park is being banned, and pedestrian access across the bridge is going to limited as a result of age and deterioration of the concrete structure.
One more day of cool, blustery April weather is in store for the Inland Northwest as a strong upper level low stays stalled over the Pacific Northwest.
A 49-year-old Spokane woman was found dead in her submerged car in the Columbia River at Vantage, Wash., on Monday morning, an incident that was still puzzling investigators today.
Sheriff Gene Dana of Kittitas County said foul play was not suspected in the death of Teresa Lynn Sampson.
Two charges of vehicular assault are being brought against an 18-year-old driver following a car racing incident that led to the serious injury of a passenger in a second car on Monday night.
Temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees below normal for late April are keeping a spring chill in the air today, and chance of snow showers on the valley floors in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene areas is possible tonight, forecasters said.
Cool April weather is getting reinforced today and Tuesday with the advance of a northerly flow from Canada that could bring rain or even snow showers to the region.
A major step in construction of a new north Spokane freeway gets under way today with new lane restrictions and a detour on U.S. Highway 2. The detour and restrictions will continue for the coming year as contractors lower the lanes of U.S. 2 to pass beneath the freeway.
Although the city-owned vans involved in a crash in northeast Spokane on Thursday were equipped with booster seats, none of the children was buckled into one, police said.
Spokane law enforcement officers found scores of child safety-restraint violations in March during the first stage of a program to improve compliance with the law. Extra patrols launched last month under a Washington Traffic Safety Commission grant resulted in 353 citations, with about half for child-restraint violations.
Spokane law enforcement officers found scores of child safety-restraint violations in March during the first stage of a program to improve compliance with the law.
