Police are investigating a house fire where the body of an older woman was recovered last week. The cause and manner of her death are still under investigation, as is the fire.
The Williams Lake fire near Cheney decreased in size, although evacuations remained Friday, and Lind residents were able to return home on Thursday evening as the fire there was reportedly under control, Department of Natural Resources officials said during a Friday morning press conference.
Spokane police got into a standoff with a man for more than four hours after he exchanged gunfire with them in the early morning hours. The man was later shot and killed by police.
The Justice Department has filed its first lawsuit in the wake of a historic Supreme Court decision allowing states to outlaw abortion, arguing that a near-total ban on the procedure slated to take effect soon in Idaho would violate a federal requirement to provide medical care when the woman's life or health is at stake.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was arrested this week for allegedly travelling to Othello to pay for sex with a 13 year old girl, police said.
A body was discovered in Moran Prairie that authorities believe is that of a missing 20-year-old man, Shaan P. Aujla, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office said.
A video purportedly filmed by two men of accused of shooting a Spokane police officer on June 28 showed what Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich described as an increase in attacks against law enforcement.
The two men accused of a series of drive-by shootings that wounded a Spokane police officer on June 28 appeared in court on Thursday. Investigators believed the two men were “lying in wait” to target police in an attempt to gain street cred.