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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

New evidence prompts mistrial in murder trial of Spokane man

The discovery of new evidence appears to be the reason that a defense attorney called for a mistrial earlier this month in the first-degree murder case against a Spokane man charged with the 2016 killing of the nephew of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
News >  Spokane

Cold February puts Washington wheat farmers a month behind

During most years, many area farmers put in their spring wheat crop about the same time area high schools begin chasing championship dreams at the State B tournament. However, the snow and cold of February has mostly kept tractors out of the field at the same time turbulent market forces remain unresolved.
News >  Spokane

Appeals Court overturns Spokane man’s convictions from alleged machete attack

A Spokane man convicted of assaulting another man with a metal pipe and a machete had his three felony convictions vacated Thursday by appellate judges in a split decision with the majority ruling that the trial judge should have allowed a defense attorney to question a witness about whether the victim was armed at the time of the attack.
News >  Spokane

Spokane prosecutors decline to file charges in ‘child torture’ case

A man suspected of breaking his 3-year-old son’s leg and splinting it with a Pringles potato chip can, which was among a list of injuries discovered on three children that one nurse described as torture, will not face criminal charges because Spokane County prosecutors say they don’t have enough evidence to proceed.
News >  Spokane

Idaho lawmaker charged with federal tax evasion in Texas

A conservative lawyer from Post Falls, who recently won a landslide election to the Idaho House of Representatives, is facing federal charges in Texas alleging that years ago he helped a well-heeled couple avoid federal taxes by hiding the proceeds from the sale of gold coins.