The blaze, which scorched an 10-foot-wide swathe of grass along U.S. Highway 2 and sent a plume of smoke over the West Plains after 5 p.m., prompted evacuations and road closures. Most of the immediate evacuation orders had been lifted by 7 p.m.
Spokane Valley deputies are investigating a shooting that occurred at about 2 a.m. on Thursday near South Pines Elementary School. No one was injured in the shooting.
Beyond Pink, a local nonprofit dedicated to fighting breast disease, decorated the running statues on Spokane Falls Boulevard in bras in an effort to raise awareness of their organization.
Six members of the white supremacist organization Patriot Front appeared in the Kootenai County Courthouse on Monday afternoon on charges of criminal conspiracy to riot. They were arrested with 25 other men while allegedly on their way to target a Pride event in June.
COEUR D’ALENE – Throngs of people shuffled through the Kootenai County Fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon surrounded by scents of fried food and hay along with the sounds of country music, monster trucks and carnival rides.
A man wanted for felony motor vehicle theft was in the hospital on Sunday after he was shot at by deputies who approached him in a storage vehicle. The Spokane County Sheriff's Office said the man drove his vehicle toward them after they attempted to surround his vehicle.
Prosecuting attorneys showed jurors a video interview between investigators and former Spokane cop Nathan Nash, who is charged with rape during the second day of testimonies of the trial. Nash told investigators that he thought "she was coming onto" him.
The victim of an alleged rape by a former Spokane cop testified in court about the encounter on Wednesday afternoon. Prosecuting attorneys described the accused, Nathan Nash, as a man who used his badge as a means of exploiting women who were victims of domestic violence
A Texas man is facing federal charges after allegedly stealing more than $345,000 from an elderly Spokane man in a fraud scheme. David J. Osinski, 57, a resident of Arlington, was charged with six counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering.
A large group of public commenters showed up to the Mead School Board to oppose the banning of "critical race theory" from the Mead School District and gender studies from the district's elementary libraries.
Four members of the white supremacist organization Patriot Front appeared before a Kootenai County judge on Monday on charges of criminal conspiracy to riot.
Three teenage girls escaped from a cabin in Priest Lake after the man who brought them there allegedly sexually abused them, according to new court documents. Rodney N. Stubbs, 57, was arrested on Aug. 11.
The Mead School Board will introduce proposals during its Monday meeting that would ban critical race theory from its school district and ban books about gender studies from its elementary libraries.