Mike Prager

Drier weather is now seen in the forecast with the chance of a spell of fine autumn weather to arrive next week.

A Pacific storm is expected to move inland today, bringing more wet weather to the region.

Clouds this morning may give way to a sunny afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

HARRINGTON, Wash. – This small Lincoln County wheat town no more than an hour’s drive west of Spokane is undergoing a historic revival. Third Street in Harrington is lined on both sides with aging brick buildings, giving it the look and feel of the early 20th century.

One of the National Weather Service eyes in the sky is being brought into sharper focus in Spokane. The Doppler radar system, installed here in 1995, is being upgraded this month to provide greater detail to forecasters.

Light rain has tapered off this afternoon in Spokane, but more rain is expected tonight and on Wednesday.

A big slice of Spokane history is going to be on display this weekend in a historic home tour at Gonzaga University and the adjacent neighborhood. A highlight will be a stop at the Bing Crosby House where the crooner spent a large part of his boyhood.

A Pacific storm system is moving closer to the Washington coast and is expected to bring rain starting tonight.

Christopher Smith, a Gonzaga University junior from Tampa, Fla., found himself dangling from a ledge over the Spokane River before daybreak Friday in a daring rescue of a suicidal man who had jumped into the river minutes earlier. Smith, 19, shinnied about 12 feet down from a viewing platform on the Centennial Trail’s Kardong Bridge near the Gonzaga campus to reach the man, who was partly submerged and holding on to one of the bridge’s concrete piers.

The damage at Mary Lou’s Milk Bottle on Garland Avenue was so severe that the cause of Sunday night’s fire may never be determined, Spokane fire officials said Friday. The blaze gutted the historic Milk Bottle, 802 W. Garland Ave., and the iconic Ferguson’s Cafe next door, and dealt a blow to the resurgent Garland business district.

Christopher Smith, a Gonzaga University junior from Tampa, Fla., found himself dangling from a ledge over the Spokane River before daybreak Friday in a daring rescue of a suicidal man who had jumped into the river minutes earlier. Smith, 19, shinnied about 12 feet down from a viewing platform on the Centennial Trail’s Kardong Bridge to reach the man, who was partly submerged and holding onto the bridge’s concrete pier. He pulled out the man and tried to keep him warm until firefighters arrived. As they waited, they talked about the man’s reasons for wanting to die.

High temperatures in the lower 80s for Spokane and Coeur d'Alene could be the last time the thermometer breaks the 80-degree mark this year.

Afternoon temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s will make the last two days of September feel more like summer.

Two children were taken from a squalid home in Mead this morning during a methamphetamine raid that netted two arrests.

Higher air pressure is moving back into the region today with a few more warm days expected before autumn rains resume early next week.