Thomas Clouse

The memorial wall includes the names of 244 service members from Eastern Washington and North Idaho who were killed during the Vietnam War. Visitors are welcome to view the wall – day or night – through 4 p.m. Sunday.

Hoping to take advantage of advances in DNA technology, the Lewiston Police Department announced a renewed effort Tuesday to try to solve the 35-year-old unsolved killings of two women and the disappearance of a man from the same night in 1982.

A 136-foot flying gas station can that can reach speeds of 580 miles per hour tends to get attention, especially when it flies low over Spokane.

Just days after Energy Secretary Rick Perry made his first trip to the Hanford nuclear reservation, HBO’s John Oliver used the polluted nuclear site as a satirical punching bag for the nation’s decades of failure to find a permanent storage solution for the millions of gallons of nuclear waste.

The slow burn by U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to secure changes for veterans’ care in Spokane just fell through the roof. Literally. Based on complaints funneled through a group of veterans who have protested for a year over a lack of cooperation from the staff at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, McMorris Rodgers asked for staff from the House Veterans Affairs Committee to come to Spokane in June and investigate conditions at the hospital. That probe found an unexpected hole in the roof.

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced an admitted gang member from Spokane to five years in prison after he was caught with a gun.

A Spokane Police officer is facing criminal charges for rendering criminal assistance stemming from a violent assault and reported kidnapping in May involving the officer’s daughter.

A visibly shaken Dror Ladin labored in court as he tried on July 28 to convince U.S. District Court Judge Justin Quackenbush why the ACLU’s lawsuit on behalf of three tortured men should go forward.

The door slammed and Li’l Puddns came up a couple inches short. The beloved black cat broke her routine last Thursday evening and didn’t quite clear the door before it slammed on her tail. Her owner took her to the after-hours Pet Emergency Clinic and Referral Center.

It started with a bang and the Toyota Camry went flying. Kagney Barger was the first of four cars stopped in a line by a construction flagger on May 28, 2014, in road work on U.S. Highway 2 west of Airway Heights. It’s when that fifth vehicle arrived that everything went horribly wrong.

The torture civil suit against two Spokane psychologists will continue to the next round, but a federal judge cast doubt Friday as to whether he’ll let the case proceed without direct evidence showing Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell interrogated two men who brought the suit.

The attorneys defending Spokane psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen are arguing that the successful defense of the “gas technician” of the firm that developed Zyklon B used by Nazis to kill Jews during the Holocaust should also apply to their clients.

Convicted serial killer Donna R. Perry entered the hearing Monday that would permanently take away her freedom with a smile. She shared small talk with the attorneys who tried to defend her. The attorneys’ faces prompted a question. “What do we got here? Bad news?” Perry asked as a courtroom of family and friends of her victims waited their turns to explain the pain she caused some 27 years ago.

Spokane County Sheriff’s investigators continue to work under the theory that a Spokane Valley man shot his wife, two dogs and then turned the gun on himself. The bodies were located Tuesday inside a fire at 1913 N. Sipple Road.

Two of Spokane’s congressional leaders said Tuesday that they are critical of the decision by the Veterans Administration to continue to keep Dwayne Thurman on the payroll despite his being formally charged last week with first-degree manslaughter in the death of his wife.

The former U.S. Marine charged with gunning down a Coeur d’Alene pastor in 2016 has pleaded guilty and will face a maximum of 25 years in prison.

The “Raging Grannies” attempts to stop coal and oil trains through Spokane just got derailed again.

A pilot walked away with only minor injuries Friday after his small two-seat airplane apparently had mechanical problems and crashed in a field just east of Hillyard.

Sometime soon, although the Washington National Guard won’t say exactly when, the 242nd Combat Communications Squadron based at Fairchild Air Force Base will deploy to the Middle East and Africa to assist in military operations.