Thomas Clouse

A brief blast of cold and some scrappy new snow-moving techniques allowed Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park to open this past weekend.

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown announced Wednesday that employees will lower flags to half-staff at all city facilities to honor a Washington State Patrol trooper who was killed on December 19 as she worked a collision in Tacoma.

The Idaho State Police announced Monday that it has awarded two dispatchers with its Distinguished Achievement Award after they helped piece together information that led to the arrest of a kidnapping suspect last June. 

The Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office on Friday identified two men who died while in custody Monday inside the Spokane County Jail.

Spokane commuters will soon have a new option for flying to Alaska.

The windstorm that raced across the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday apparently held little regard for history. 

Strong winds will hit the Spokane region early Wednesday morning with predicted speeds that could match the devastating wind storm of 2015, according to the National Weather Service.