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News >  Idaho

Light snow to fall overnight

A second wave of snowfall is expected over Eastern Washington late tonight and early Thursday during the morning commute, forecasters said this afternoon.
News >  Idaho

Valley rain tonight; then all snow and cold

The next in a series of winter storms is going to bring rain to lower elevations and up to a foot or more of snow to the mountains of the Inland Northwest tonight, but an arctic flow is looking more likely this weekend through Wednesday, forecasters said today.
News >  Spokane

Wind brings hint of what’s ahead

A powerful burst of wind, possibly in excess of 80 mph, knocked down a string of Avista transmission poles near Potlatch, Idaho, at the height of Tuesday morning’s storm that darkened thousands of homes in the Palouse and across the region. “The poles just broke like toothpicks,” said Debbie Simock, communications manager for Avista Utilities.
News >  Spokane

Verner urges residents to prepare for winter

Spokane Mayor Mary Verner kicked off the Inland Northwest snow season on Monday with a plea to residents to keep their sidewalks clear and cars out of the way of plow trucks. At the same time, National Weather Service forecasters said that the risk of snow and cold weather will increase as the week wears on.
News >  Idaho

Wind to whip region tonight

The National Weather Service has posted a wind advisory for the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene areas tonight for gusts approaching 40 mph.
News >  Spokane

Getting There: Drowsy driving a growing problem

More than four out of 10 drivers admitted to having fallen asleep behind the wheel at least once, according to a newly released study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Drowsy driving has long been considered one of the top causes of motor vehicle accidents and fatalities, and this new study indicates why sleep deprivation is a wide-reaching and possibly bigger problem than previously thought.
News >  Spokane

Man arrested for 7-Eleven beer robbery

Spokane police on patrol early today spotted a maroon Dodge Neon believed to have been used in a robbery nearly six hours earlier and arrested two persons, one in connection with the robbery, through the tracking efforts of a police dog.
News >  Spokane

Gearing up for winter – and just in time

With colder autumn weather settling over the Inland Northwest, National Weather Service forecasters said there is an increasing possibility of snow falling in the lowlands this week. However, little if any accumulation is expected in the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas this morning and Wednesday morning, even with snow levels expected to drop to about 2,000 feet during predawn hours both days.
News >  Idaho

Autumn turns cooler

Autumn is turning over a new leaf this week with cooler temperatures and a chance of snow entering the forecast by this week.
News >  Spokane

Getting There: Funds give new life to aging bridges

Three Spokane County bridges will be replaced in coming years under a federal program to upgrade bridges around the country. The largest project, at $19 million, is the western structure of a pair of bridges over the Spokane River at Sullivan Road in Spokane Valley.
News >  Idaho

Mild November weather changing by Sunday

Higher elevation clouds are expected to move across the Inland Northwest today from a change in weather that will bring rain on Sunday and colder temperatures next week.
News >  Spokane

Police: Man in standoff was suicidal and arguing with family

A police standoff with an unstable, armed man ended peacefully near Westview Elementary School in northwest Spokane on Thursday morning. The school canceled classes for the day. Police cordoned off an area around North Fotheringham Street and West Decatur Avenue and sent a negotiator to the scene to get the man to give up his handgun peacefully.
News >  Spokane

Paving crews racing to beat the freeze

Dozens of workers were hurrying on Wednesday to lay rock, fix utilities and prepare West Second Avenue for its finishing layers of asphalt pavement in coming days. A $3.3 million reconstruction of Second between Howard Street and Sunset Boulevard is about two weeks behind schedule, but the contractor is hoping there’s still enough time to finish paving before cold weather settles in this month.