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City plows on standby as Spokane prepares for moderate snow accumulations

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 20, 2019

The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory on Tuesday predicting that at least one inch of fresh snow will fall on Spokane through Wednesday morning.

News >  Spokane

No-fee cross-country ski trails are groomed and open in Spokane

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 16, 2019

Indian Canyon Golf Course is open this winter for cross-country skiing, thanks to enough snow and low temperatures.

News >  Spokane

Half inch of snow possible Saturday night before Spokane temperatures drop early next week

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 15, 2019

While there is a chance to see some more flurries Saturday, forecasters don’t expect it to bring the mass amounts we saw earlier this week.

News >  Spokane

Spokane Valley fire captain who died from toxic-smoke-related cancer remembered at funeral

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 10, 2019

Hundreds of friends and family gathered Saturday to honor retired Spokane Valley Fire Captain Tim Cruger at his funeral following a procession of emergency response vehicles.

News >  Spokane

Winds dying down today, a few inches more expected

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 10, 2019

Spokane will likely see another 2 to 3 inches of snow today amid calmer winds.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

After wild police chase and nearly eluding police, suspect found day later hitching a ride

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 8, 2019

A man who fled from and escaped Sheriff’s deputies in his car Thursday night was found Friday morning and arrested.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man in 2017 Cheney pot shop killing sentenced to prison after plea deal

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 9, 2019

A man who murdered a pot shop employee in Cheney in 2017 signed a plea deal last month and will serve 35 years to life in prison.

News >  Spokane

Semitruck crash blocks I-90 in Spokane Valley

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 7, 2019

The Washington State Patrol responded to a four-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 in Spokane Valley.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police searching for man who stabbed woman at north Spokane Albertsons

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 7, 2019

A woman in her 70s was stabbed in north Spokane, and police are searching for the suspect. The woman was sent to a hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.

News >  Spokane

Police arrest squatter in connection with house fire

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 6, 2019

After an unoccupied house caught fire Wednesday morning in north Spokane, police arrested a man who witnesses say left the house after the fire started and wiped his hands in the snow.

News >  Washington

Central Washington University given ‘all clear’ after active shooter report, lockdown

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 6, 2019

A report of a shooter at Central Washington University turned out to be a false alarm after the school went into lockdown and police searched and cleared the campus’ buildings.

News >  Business

Dodson’s Jewelers to close shortly after Valentine’s Day

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 7, 2019

Dodson’s Jewelers announced its last day of business is Feb. 16. In November, the company

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police raid felon’s hotel room, catch him painting shotgun to look like a toy

Tue., Feb. 5, 2019

Police caught a felon painting a shotgun to look like a toy in a Spokane motel room Monday, according to Spokane Police Department in a news release.

News >  Spokane

Spokane celebrates life of grocery courtesy clerk who touched the lives of thousands

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 2, 2019

Rick Chase met Andrew Vathis 25 years ago while they were working at Albertsons on the South Hill.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane Valley man killed, woman injured in head-on crash Friday night near Newport

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 2, 2019

A Spokane Valley man died Friday night and a woman was injured in a three-vehicle crash near Newport when he attempted to pass another car in a no-passing zone and collided head-on with a vehicle traveling in the oppostie direction.

News >  Spokane

Ferris fight draws backlash against resource officer’s tactics

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 2, 2019

A fight at Ferris High School, in which a resource officer put his knee to a student’s neck, is drawing scrutiny about why Spokane Public Schools hired a former deputy with a history of violent conduct.

News >  Spokane

Judge sets $1 million bond for former student for school shooting threats

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 31, 2019

A judge on Thursday set a $1 million bond for Ryan B. Lee, the suspect in a second school shooting threat in a year at Lewis and Clark High School. Lee was arrested Wednesday while out on bail for a similar case in May and in the latest case allegedly threatened two of the same female students at LC, one of whom is 15 years old.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Pullman’s only winery under investigation for illegal gambling

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 30, 2019

Pullman’s only winery is under investigation for illegal gambling for possessing a craps table.

News >  Spokane

WSU study finds mortality rate higher in Eastern Washington

Wed., Jan. 30, 2019

Researchers at the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine have found that mortality rates in 10 of the 11 most common causes of death are higher on the state’s East Side than its West Side.

News >  Spokane

Troublesome abandoned house along Bloomsday route to be torn down, owner says

Wed., Jan. 30, 2019

Outside Mark Jaremko’s window sits an abandoned house on the overgrown property across the street. Char marks from a recent transient warming fire stain the house’s white paint, and particleboard covers windows.

News >  WA Government

New recycling ‘think tank’ aims to improve Washington’s markets, better inform residents

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 2, 2019

It’s been more than a year since China stopped accepting most recycling from the U.S., leading to a stockpile of paper, metal, glass and plastic that states like Washington have to spend more money cleaning up – or throwing away.

News >  Spokane

Man shot by police ID’d, draws attention of NAACP

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 24, 2019

The man who was shot and killed by police Wednesday night in north Spokane has been identified as Dwight Delando Steward, 46, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner.

News >  Spokane

Police kill man they say held knife, approached officers in north Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 23, 2019

Spokane police cordoned off a section of North Monroe Street in the wake of a shooting Wednesday afternoon near the intersection with West Fairview Avenue.

News >  Spokane

Man found guilty of vehicular homicide, possession of meth in 2016 crash that killed bicyclist

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 23, 2019

A jury convicted a man of vehicular homicide and possession of methamphetamine stemming from a 2016 crash that killed a bicyclist in downtown Spokane.

News >  Spokane

2019 Spokane Women’s March draws around 3,000

UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 19, 2019

The third Spokane’s Women’s March drew around 3,000 people Saturday.