Brace yourselves. Today could be tough. The National Weather Service is forecasting a high today of 97, a slight reprieve from Tuesday's outlook, which predicted temperatures in the triple digits.
When Nicole Adams’ 3-year-old son would get upset, he found the most comfort at the dog bed. That’s where Halo, the family’s albino boxer, would let Junior sleep with him and play with his jowls.
Fires continued to ravage Eastern Washington and North Idaho, causing low air quality and evacuations as the region experienced hot and dry weather Saturday.
Spokane barely avoided breaking yet another hot weather record when it topped out at 87 degrees at the Spokane International Airport on Thursday, ending a 14-day streak of 90-degree temperatures.
Multiple fires continued to burn in Eastern Washington and North Idaho, causing local forecasters on Thursday evening to warn wildfire smoke had made the air unhealthy for smoke-sensitive groups in the Lewiston-Clarkston area.
When Greg Massey, a physical education teacher in Priest River, Idaho, put out a kiddie pool in his yard, he expected it to attract elk, deer or the occasional moose.
A Kootenai County judge sentenced a woman to a year of probation after she pleaded guilty to misrepresenting herself as a certified nurse midwife on a birth certificate.
Smoke and flames from a Browne’s Addition house fire displaced several residents and forced the evacuation of the neighboring Elk Public House restaurant Wednesday afternoon.
Forecasters on Tuesday issued a red flag warning for the coming days in the Spokane area as several fires already threatened homes and prompted evacuations in the region.
A wind-driven fire that prompted immediate evacuations and threatened more than 12 structures in the Pine Hill area was "under control" as of Saturday evening, according to local fire officials.
City councilmembers in Airway Heights passed an ordinance Friday allowing the local fire chief to suspend the discharge of fireworks during extreme fire danger, but it won’t go into effect until next year.
Amid a run of record-setting temperatures, seven deaths in Spokane appear to have been related to the heat, according to the Spokane County medical examiner.