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News >  Spokane

Enterprising Spirit: Allied Vending keeps workers fed during long days

Tue., Aug. 18, 2020

A lot of things have changed about the average day at the office in the past few months. But one thing remains constant through busy days and slow weeks: at some point in a workday afternoon or a hectic late night on the job, you will want a snack.

News >  Spokane

As near record-breaking heat sweeps Spokane, rafters and floaters keep cool

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 16, 2020

As the thermometer approached record-breaking levels Sunday afternoon, Spokane residents and visitors alike took to the river for some relief.

News >  Idaho

Only minor injuries after car crashes into Hayden home

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 16, 2020

A van driven by a Spokane man wound up in a Hayden home after the crash Saturday afternoon, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office. 

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Wildfire near Sunset Highway completely contained

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 14, 2020

A brush fire burning Friday near the Sunset Highway and Grove Road west of downtown Spokane has grown to between 10 and 20 acres.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Bonners Ferry police chief under investigation for off-duty killing of Boise man

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 13, 2020

The police chief of Bonners Ferry is under investigation for shooting and killing a Boise man during an Aug. 1 altercation at a central Idaho campground, according to the Custer County Sheriff’s Office.

News >  Pacific NW

‘Guerrilla’ gardener brings wild tactics to Riverfront Park, and Spokane reaps the flowery results

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 12, 2020

After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2004, Pete Syverson noticed one little bright spot in the wreckage. Sunflowers.

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23 inmates, 5 staff at Kootenai County Jail test positive for COVID-19

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

Twenty-eight inmates and staff at the Kootenai County Jail in Coeur d’Alene have tested positive for COVID-19.

News >  Spokane

Homicide victim identified as ex-wife of suspect

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

A woman found dead in her car in Browne’s Addition on Saturday has been identified as the ex-wife of the man suspected of killing her, according to court documents.

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Burglar of South Hill home arrested after returning to crime scene

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

A man who robbed a South Hill home was arrested in a car stolen from the residence after neighbors reported he returned to the scene and crashed the car into a garage, according to a release from the Spokane Police Department.

News >  Idaho

Three dead in car crash near Sandpoint

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

Two children transported to Bonner General Hospital after the car they were riding in drove into the Lower Pack River near Sandpoint on Sunday. The three adults in the car all were declared dead at the scene.

News >  Pacific NW

Lawsuit alleges Excelsior Youth Center ignored reports of sexual abuse by former employee

Mon., Aug. 10, 2020

The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, alleges Excelsior employees acted in "callous disregard" by allowing the abuse to continue while the victim relied on staff for basic needs and care during his time at the center.

News >  Spokane

As Spokane care facilities struggle with outbreaks, state announces phased plan for easing visitor restrictions

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 6, 2020

While a dozen Spokane long-term care facilities are battling COVID-19 outbreaks and rising numbers of deaths, state officials announced plans Thursday to give such residences the opportunity to gradually ease their restrictions on visitations.

News >  Spokane

As Spokane care facilities struggle with outbreaks, state announces phased plan for easing visitor restrictions

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 7, 2020

More than 200 COVID-19 cases are connected to outbreaks in long-term care facilities and adult family homes in Spokane County currently. On Thursday, the governor announced that the state has created criteria for long-term care facilities to open up to visitors if they meet certain markers.

News >  Military

75 years later, Hiroshima’s impact still echoes in Spokane

Thu., Aug. 6, 2020

Seventy-five years ago, Jack Lynch stepped off a minesweeper onto the charred earth of Hiroshima, Japan.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Reward offered for information on string of north Spokane burglaries

UPDATED: Tue., Aug. 4, 2020

Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest of suspects in a string of three burglaries at the same north Spokane home last month.

News >  Local business

Goodbye to Greenough’s: Site of Spokane’s first supermarket razed to make way for medical offices

Mon., Aug. 3, 2020

"The effect, it is stated, will be entirely different from anything in the way of food stores now in the city," The Spokesman-Review gushed about Greenough's on Washington Street in 1928. The building was recently demolished to make way for a medical office building. 

News >  Spokane

‘The bottom has just dropped out’: As insect populations plummet, scientists wonder why

Sun., Aug. 2, 2020

There were no bugs buzzing around the lights in the parking lot.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Firefighters respond to fire near closed Shopko on South Hill

UPDATED: Fri., July 31, 2020

A wildfire moving rapidly through a field and on the verge of causing major damage to a South Hill apartment was halted Friday afternoon by firefighters – and possibly an exploding hose.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Phone store employee held at gunpoint during robbery

UPDATED: Thu., July 30, 2020

An employee at a phone store in north Spokane was held at gunpoint during a robbery Thursday morning.

News >  Spokane

Black Lives Matter mural defaced with red, white and blue paint

UPDATED: Wed., July 29, 2020

A Black Lives Matter mural on a downtown advertising agency’s building was defaced Wednesday when vandals splashed red, white and blue paint across the word “black.”

News >  Idaho

Groups hopes to save historic Coeur d’Alene home through music

Tue., July 28, 2020

Efforts underway to turn Couer d'Alene's historic Hamilton House in a music conservatory.

News >  Business

‘I can’t wait to have a rink full of smiles back’: Spokane skating rinks, bowling alleys try to hang on despite closures

Sun., July 26, 2020

Spokane is now in what may well be its time of greatest need for some fun on a slow afternoon.

News >  Spokane

Open hearts (and the ‘boredom of quarantine’) mean empty kennels at Spokane animal shelters

Wed., July 22, 2020

For most Spokane establishments, empty spaces where there were once guests, friends and customers is a depressing sight – a sad reminder that things aren’t like they used to be, and won’t be for a while.

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Enterprising Spirit: Palouse Bar & Grill back to self-imposed shutdown

Tue., July 21, 2020

Many Spokane restaurants are back to some semblance of normal business by now. Despite climbing COVID-19 case numbers in Spokane County, local spots have worked to bounce back from weeks or months of closure with limited, careful dine-in service.

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High summer temps here to stay

Tue., July 21, 2020

Summer in the Inland Northwest has felt a little cooler than usual until this week and hot temperatures may be here to stay.