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Thomas Clouse

Thomas Clouse

Current Position: reporter

Thomas Clouse joined The Spokesman-Review in 1999. He is currently the business reporter. He previously worked as an investigative reporter for the City Desk and covering federal, state and local courts for many years.

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News >  Spokane

Fairgrounds roof collapses from heavy snow

Part of the roof of a building at the Spokane County Interstate Fair and Ag Expo Center collapsed over the weekend, and employees in another county building were ordered to evacuate late Monday morning as the wet snow continues to cause problems.
News >  Spokane

Garbage crews struggle to pick up holiday waste

A day before, kids ripped off the wrapping paper and scrambled through the boxes to see what Santa Claus (or others) brought them for Christmas. After the magic of the moment leaves, all that joy usually becomes one of the biggest messes of the year left in alleys for garbage pickup crews in Coeur d’Alene and Spokane. Not this year.
News >  Spokane

County reaffirms decision against disaster declaration

Spokane County Commissioners met in a special meeting Wednesday, but decided not to declare a disaster emergency that could tap any available state funds to help dig out from last week’s record snowfall and anticipated storms this weekend.
News >  Spokane

Man confronts plow drivers with pistol

Spokane Police arrested a man Tuesday on the charges of felony harassment after he reportedly used a handgun to confront two plow-truck drivers who were clearing residential streets in front of his mother’s home.
News >  Idaho

Holiday travel getting tougher

Holiday travelers in the Inland Northwest had better get where they are going by noon on Wednesday. Otherwise, they may be in for another wintry nightmare.
News >  Idaho

More snow on the way

Just as Spokane and Coeur d’Alene residents come to grips with this week’s record snowfall, the forecast calls for possibly three more storms that could add to the snow already on the ground before the calendar starts a new year.
News >  Spokane

Another snowstorm heading this way

Even before most residents will have a chance to dig out from the record snowfall on Wednesday and Thursday, another system is heading this way that could dump another 4 to 6 inches on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
News >  Spokane

Officials urge commuters to stay home

While conditions have improved somewhat this morning, officials continue to urge Spokane area residents to stay home rather than chance the still-unplowed side streets.
News >  Spokane

Protester accused of felony assault

Anne Price and Joe St. John were in Riverfront Park applauding members of the U.S. armed forces Wednesday evening when their son called to tell them he had been arrested on the other end of the park on suspicion of felony assault on a police officer.
News >  Spokane

Zehm held pop bottle

The pop bottle has appeared. A video released Thursday shows Otto Zehm had a 2-liter plastic bottle in his hands as he lay on his back in the initial stages of the fatal March 18 confrontation with Spokane police.

Police admit inaccurate account of fatal beating

Acting Spokane Police Chief Jim Nicks acknowledged Thursday that he gave inaccurate information while trying to defend his officers' actions during a fatal struggle with Otto Zehm, the mentally disabled janitor beaten and hogtied by police four months ago.
News >  Spokane

‘The case has consumed me’

Each morning, convicted rapist Kevin Coe rises early in his 6-foot wide, 9-foot deep, 10-foot tall cell and performs his isometric exercises. The AM talk radio is blaring when he’s not watching television. His cell is filled with his bunk, commode, desk, typewriter, foot locker and the boxes that contain the twisted legal history of his life.
News >  Spokane

Judge’s Clout Costs Citizens

A retiring Spokane judge and former state lawmaker used his influence over the years to help a former employer collect millions of dollars through county contracts and special-interest legislation, moves that forced many traffic violators and others to pay substantially higher fees.
News >  Spokane

Fund set up to help family who lost home

Dozens of callers offered financial help Wednesday to a family who lost its home and several pets in a Tuesday fire in northwest Spokane County. However, because of a mix-up, an account to help the family wasn't activated until 2:45 p.m. Wednesday. "I was just so disheartened," said Carol Brazington, who called to set up the account at U.S. Bank branches. "Hopefully, people will come back and make contributions."
News >  Spokane

Suspects have family ties to legal system

Two friends arrested Thursday in a crime spree connected to street racing have fathers who work to put criminals behind bars. Joshua James Mulvey, 20, and Michael Vance Peterson, 18, were among 15 suspects rounded up in raids by detectives from the Washington State Patrol, Spokane Police and Spokane County Sheriff's Office.

Rollover crash injures sheriff’s deputy

A Spokane County sheriff's deputy remains on life support after suffering severe head injuries caused by a rollover car crash. Sheriff Mark Sterk withheld the name of the 41-year-old deputy who crashed his car Friday morning on Grove Road, between Jade and Andrus roads south of Interstate 90.
News >  Idaho

Fool’s gold at Bonanza Ranch

Four decades ago, gold flowed from Bonanza Ranch. Folks from most states and several foreign countries raced to buy their little piece of Idaho from ads they read in Outdoor Life and the Wall Street Journal.