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Family settles with Spokane County for $7.5 million in 2019 murder-suicide

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 6, 2023

“What is critical and important about this case is that the actions of law enforcement put the community and citizens in more danger than they would have been otherwise."

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‘Justice was done today’: Former Spokane County employee who stole $1.4M sentenced to one year in prison

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 4, 2023

Rhonda Sue Ackerman, 53, was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing $1.38 million from Spokane County over the course of a decade.

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Man arrested after reported hammer attack in Target restroom in north Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 4, 2023

Spokane police arrested a man last week after three alleged attacks in downtown and north Spokane, one of which included a hammer in a Target restroom. 

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Police looking for suspect in South Hill bank robbery

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 4, 2023

Spokane police are searching for a suspect who robbed a bank on the South Hill on Tuesday night. Another South Hill bank was robbed last month as well. 

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Firefighters save Shadle home on Tuesday night

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 4, 2023

Fire crews saved a house from an appliance fire on Tuesday night in the Shadle neighborhood, the Spokane Fire Department said. 

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Hayden man arrested after firing weapon in apartment building

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 3, 2023

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man after neighbors reported that he was firing a weapon on Monday afternoon inside of his apartment building in Hayden.

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Woman shot in leg and head on Friday near Othello

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 1, 2023

A woman was shot in the leg and head at her home near Othello after answering the door to a masked person who was asking about her son.

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Family of UI murder suspect says not to presume guilt; Idaho extradition to be expedited

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 2, 2023

“Mr. Kohberger has been accused of very serious crimes, but the American justice system cloaks him in a veil of innocence. He should be presumed innocent until proven otherwise – not tried in the court of public opinion,” the attorney for Bryan C. Kohberger said.

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Baptism of ice: Hundreds take the plunge at annual Coeur d’Alene event

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 1, 2023

Hundreds rushed into the water at noon in Coeur d'Alene's Sanders Beach for the annual Polar Bear Plunge. 

News >  Education

Difference Maker: Outgoing chancellor of Community Colleges of Spokane leaves behind gifts for students

Sun., Jan. 1, 2023

“If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together."

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Authorities asking for public’s help locating stolen mini excavator

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 29, 2022

Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a mini excavator that was stolen in July.

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Three arrested in Othello Wednesday in suspected gang-related shooting

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 29, 2022

One adult and two juveniles were arrested in connection with what the Adams County Sheriff's Office believes was a gang-related shooting in Othello on Tuesday night. 

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Court docs: Woman accused of killing man in Medical Lake said he was trying to rape her

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

A woman who is alleged to have shot a man she was dating in Medical Lake last week said he was trying to sexually assault her, according to newly released court documents

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Police allege 16-year-old killed, injured apartment residents after they ended a late-night party early in north Spokane

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 30, 2023

New court documents shed light on a shooting that killed one and injured another after the two ended a party at their apartment on Dec. 18.

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One man shot and one man arrested after argument in Spokane Valley apartment

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

One man was arrested and another man was shot in the leg after an alleged argument in the parking lot of a Spokane Valley apartment complex on Tuesday night. 

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Police investigating drive-by shooting on Christmas Eve that injured two

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

The Spokane Police Department is investigating a drive-by shooting that hospitalized two people on Christmas Eve.

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Warm temps trigger rapid snowmelt, burst pipes, urban flooding across Inland Northwest

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Expect temperatures to dip again, followed by more snow this week. 

News >  Education

Rhodes to success: Spokane woman and economics student earns scholarship to Oxford

Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Ilina Logani, 23, of Spokane, received the prestigious Rhodes scholarship in November. 

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Deputies investigating suspected homicide possibly linked to burglary near Deer Park

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide south of Deer Park after it was alerted to a report of a suspicious death on Monday night. 

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Uber driver hospitalized after attack on Christmas Eve; family fundraising for medical costs

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 25, 2022

Duane Johnson, 57, was hospitalized after he was shot in the chest in a drive-by shooting before sunrise on Christmas Eve, his family said.

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How the NORAD Santa Tracker got its start from a newspaper typo

Fri., Dec. 23, 2022

It was 1955 when an Air Force colonel got an unexpected phone call at a Colorado base. It was a child looking for Santa Clause. 

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WSU police officer who shot man in Pullman standoff identified

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 22, 2022

Police identified the Washington State University police officer who shot and killed a man after a seven-hour standoff near campus on Dec. 15. 

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Spokane Valley firefighters save home from major damage

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 22, 2022

Spokane Valley firefighters saved a home from major fire damage after a fire spread from a detached carport on Wednesday evening.

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‘A gifted soul’: Candlelight vigil honors Spokane nurse shot and killed while working at patient’s home

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 21, 2022

Friends, family and colleagues shared memories of Doug Brant, who was shot and killed on Dec. 1 at a patient's home he was working at as a nurse.

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Crews extinguish residential fire that displaces one near Mica

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 21, 2022

One person was displaced from a home near Mica as a result of a fire that was extinguished by Spokane County Fire District 8 and Spokane Valley Fire Department on Wednesday morning.