About 40 residences near Cheney remained under evacuation orders as the Williams Lake fire continued to burn at about 3,200 acres on Thursday morning. 

A fire fueled by strong winds, high temperatures and parched vegetation torched about 3,200 acres, as well as a fire engine and two structures, within hours of breaking out Wednesday near Williams Lake in southern Spokane County.

One woman was found dead in a house fire in Spokane Valley on Wednesday morning, the Spokane Valley Fire Department said. 

The Spokane Police Department is investigating the circumstances that led to a man arriving at a local hospital with severe burns while still on fire.

Travelers driving through the rolling hills of the Palouse this summer may have noticed more fields that glow bright yellow. The yellow blossoms belong to the canola plant, which has become a hot commodity for Eastern Washington farmers.

Residents are being warned to get ready to evacuate the Vantage area in Kittitas County due to a wildfire estimated around 5,000 acres that broke out Monday afternoon.

Three members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front pleaded not guilty in Kootenai County District Court Monday afternoon to conspiracy to riot during a Pride event in Coeur d’Alene on June 11.

The National Weather Service in Spokane has extended their excessive heat warning for the Inland Northwest until Monday night, with temperatures expected to cool off Tuesday. After temperatures topped 100 degrees Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the weather service forecast high temperatures in the low 90s in Spokane by Tuesday.