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Two hospitalized after vehicle crashes into home in northwest Spokane

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 24, 2023

The vehicle appeared to be traveling at a high speed when it crashed through a tree and a parked car before colliding with the home, the fire department said.

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Pedestrian injured early Sunday near Stateline

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 23, 2023

A pedestrian was sent to the hospital with serious injuries after he was struck by a vehicle at about 1 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 90 near Stateline, Idaho State Police said in a release.

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Man killed in vehicle rollover near Fish Lake over weekend

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 23, 2023

Deputies responded to a reported rollover crash before sunrise on Saturday near the 15200 block of South Cheney-Spokane Road after a Cheney Police Department officer came across a Dodge pickup truck resting on its top on the east side of the road.

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Lewis and Clark graduate accused of participating in violent Atlanta riot

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 23, 2023

Madeleine Feola was arrested on other felony charges, including first-degree arson, interference with government property, as well as a handful of misdemeanors.

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Fire in garage extinguished in Northwest Spokane on Saturday morning

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 22, 2023

Fire crews extinguished a fire in a garage in Northwest Spokane on Saturday morning. 

News >  Washington

Scientists ‘optimistic’ about improving drought conditions in Washington

Sun., Jan. 22, 2023

 “This has been a longstanding drought that has been going on for years.”

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Man who set north Spokane Catholic school ablaze sentenced to 5 years as he vows to stay on mental health medications

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 17, 2023

“Staying on the medications is the most important thing you can do. I don’t see how five years in prison is going to help.”

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Man sentenced to more than one year in prison after attacking girlfriend

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 17, 2023

Court records alleged that the man also abused his wife while he was dating another woman. 

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Firefighters extinguish cooking fire in small home in North Hill neighborhood

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 15, 2023

The cause of the fire was determined to be from cooking.

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Cat dies in residential fire in Vinegar Flats on Saturday

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 15, 2023

A cat died in a residential fire in Vinegar Flats on Saturday afternoon, the Spokane Fire Department said. 

A&E >  Northwest Passages

Gonzaga law dean talks genealogy, crime and law with author at Northwest Passages

Sun., Jan. 15, 2023

“This book is suggesting one of the things we need to teach is science. Lawyers need to be conversant in science in order to do their jobs.”

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Road rage killer sentenced to 15 years for ‘obvious tragedy,’ but defense argues ‘context matters’

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 12, 2023

“We’re never going to get our Erika back, but we do need justice,” the mother says of her daughter who was killed in a road rage shooting in 2021. 

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Pedestrian killed in Ferry County

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 12, 2023

A Kettle Falls man was killed in Ferry County on Wednesday night after he was struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 395.

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Police: Man arrested after STA carjacking

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 11, 2023

Police officers arrested a man after they located the stolen vehicle in the Garland District, near the intersection of North Howard Street and West Lacrosse Avenue.

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Lewiston man succumbs to injuries sustained in crash that killed his wife last week

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 11, 2023

A Lewiston couple has died as a result of a crash south of Spokane last week. 

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Mead High School put on ‘modified lockdown’; student arrested on Tuesday in unrelated incident

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 11, 2023

The modified lockdown is unrelated to similar incident on Tuesday regarding a student who was arrested after threatening the school, the Mead High School principal said.

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Man killed in Grant County house fire identified

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 10, 2023

The Grant County Coroner's Office identified the man killed in a house fire near Moses Lake on Saturday. 

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Man arrested after attempted burglary of Spokane Valley strip club after hours

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 11, 2023

Surveillance footage showed that the man used the back end of his Jeep Liberty to push open the front door of Deja Vu about two hours after the club closed. 

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‘Veiled threats’ involving Shadle Park High School deemed not credible, police say

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 10, 2023

Spokane police are investigating threats made on Tuesday morning that involve Shadle Park High School.

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Man arrested downtown after reported robbery at Riverfront Park

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 9, 2023

The victim told police he was visiting from out of town and was looking at the Spokane Falls near the Washington Water and Power Building when another man punched him and demanded he empty his pockets.

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One killed in Grant County house fire

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 9, 2023

An older man’s body was recovered from the scene of the house fire and is in the care of the Grant County Coroner’s Office.

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Multiple shots fired in drive-by shooting in north Spokane on Sunday

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 9, 2023

No one was injured in the shooting. Police have not arrested anyone in connection with it. 

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More precipitation and warmer weather expected through the week

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 9, 2023

A new weather system is making its way through the Inland Northwest on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 

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Passenger of suspected DUI driver calls cops… on the cops

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 9, 2023

The passenger of a fleeing vehicle called 911 to report that they were being followed by Washington State Troopers after midnight on Sunday.

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Woman escapes uninjured from Saturday night apartment fire on South Hill

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 8, 2023

Damage to a four-unit apartment building on Eighth Avenue was limited to the unit the fire originated from.