Nicole Hensley

Standard medical calls kicked off the first fully operational day for Spokane Valley’s reconstructed Fire Station 6 on Wednesday. Firefighters no longer need to worry about the roof leak that plagued their former station’s apparatus room, nor a damaged kitchen from a recalled dishwasher that caught fire two years ago. They built the new station at 6306 E. Sprague Ave. right where the old one stood, torn down in March to make way for the $1.55 million project, said Deputy Fire Chief Larry Rider.

A wandering horse named “Missy” found herself trapped inside a swimming pool Tuesday morning after yesterday’s strong winds knocked over its fencing, according to a Spokane Valley Fire Department news release.

Percussion rumbled in the distance as members of the Eastern Washington University pep band warmed up Saturday morning. Drummers honed their inner rhythm to join with the woodwinds and belting brass for the Football Championship Series semifinals against the Sam Houston State Bearkats.

The pilot of a model airplane watched emergency crews rescue his kit aircraft tonight after he crashed it into live power lines near Andrew Rypien Field in Hillyard.

A fugitive suspected of homicide told his stepfather he killed a woman before fleeing the Spokane area in a stolen car, according to court documents filed today.

The 11-month-old German shepherd paced up and down Manito Boulevard on Friday, ragged from the cold rain and wind. A neighbor wondered why Daisy was loose.

A man found dead in a West Central alley Friday morning was shot multiple times in the head, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office. His death was ruled a homicide. David B. Deponte, 28, was surrounded by a pool of blood when a resident found him while taking out the garbage. Police believe Deponte was walking through the alley when he was killed.

A man found dead in a West Central alley Friday morning was shot multiple times in the head, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

As you head out on your morning commute, you may see street crews deicing and sanding Spokane's arterials and intersections, primarily on hills.

Police are conducting a homicide investigation at 2305 W. Broadway Ave. after a man called 911 to report a dead body in a house.

The hunt is over for a man suspected of firing at police and abducting a Rathdrum woman. Authorities captured fugitive Mitchell Lee Walck, 57, Wednesday morning in North Dakota after he allegedly threatened a man by gunpoint outside a Bismarck truck stop.  

While the manhunt continues for a man suspected of kidnapping a Rathdrum woman and firing gun shots at police, authorities are investigating multiple tips on the whereabouts of fugitive Mitchell Lee Walck.

Susan Smith entered the Albertsons grocery in a small Montana town Sunday night and asked to use the phone. She wanted to call a local pastor, she told the deli manager.

A Rathdrum woman kidnapped at gunpoint by a man on the run from police was released unharmed in Montana, authorities said. Now, a multistate search is continuing for Mitchell L. Walck, who also is alleged to have opened fire on an Idaho State Police officer during a Friday night pursuit. The officer was uninjured, but the gunman escaped into the woods off Bingham Road.

Down the steep High Drive Bluff, it smells like the holidays as forestry crews chip away at pine trees. The crew of seven has been working the bluff since October under a $50,000 grant from the Department of Natural Resources to the city’s Urban Forestry program to clear undergrowth and reduce the risk of intense fires along the South Hill’s recreational treasure.

Firefighters rescued a pet python from a Spokane home Wednesday morning before the home nearly burned to the ground. Fire crews were dispatched to the burning home in the 2300 block of East 46th Avenue at about 10 a.m.

Flames raced through a Spokane home’s attic, nearly burning the rancher to the ground Wednesday morning.

A motorcyclist hit by a pickup truck in downtown Spokane during the Monday night rush hour commute remains in critical condition, says Sacred Heart officials.