Man robs motel with butcher knife

A man with a 12-inch butcher knife robbed a North Division motel early Thursday.

A clerk told deputies the man entered the Quality Inn, 7919 N. Division St., shortly before 1 a.m. wearing a red bandanna over the lower half of his face and the hood of his black sweatshirt up, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

The man jumped over the front counter and demanded money, grabbing crash from the register and throwing the till on the floor. He ran southbound on Division, and no getaway vehicle was seen.

The man is described as white, age 20 to 30, 5 foot 10 and 160 pounds, with dark eyebrows and black pants and shoes. He may have been wearing gloves, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Anyone with information is asked to call (509) 242-TIPS.

Meghann M. Cuniff

Man sought in two robberies

A man wanted in an armed robbery at a Spokane Zip Trip on Wednesday night is believed to be the same man who robbed Divine’s Shell on Saturday.

Authorities said the man had the same type of gun and bag for the money.

On Wednesday, a man entered the convenience store at 3030 E. Euclid Ave. about 9:30 p.m. He displayed what appeared to be a black handgun and demanded money.

He left the store on foot with an undisclosed sum of money, police said. He was wearing a black leather cap, greenish-gray zip-up sweatshirt, black shorts and brown sandals. His black T-shirt had a large white cross shape on the front.

Last Saturday, a man fitting the same description robbed a Shell gas station at 3125 E. Mission Ave., said Spokane police Cpl. Jon Strickland.

Anyone with information on the crimes is urged to call 911 or (509) 242-8477.

Jody Lawrence-Turner

Hit-and-run leaves pedestrian injured

Police are looking for information on a hit-and-run Saturday that left a pedestrian seriously injured.

The victim was in a crosswalk crossing Francis Avenue at Cincinnati Street just before 10 p.m. when a small white or silver passenger car driving eastbound struck him and drove away, according to a news release.

Spokane police ask anyone with information to contact Cpl. Dave Adams at (509) 835-4567.

Staff report

Cataldo

Public can review repository design

North Idaho residents can review design plans for the new East Mission Flats Waste Repository at Cataldo on Thursday.

An open house will be held from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at Canyon Elementary School, 27491 E. School House Loop.

The repository will contain contaminated soil from local property cleanups and help reduce exposure to lead, arsenic and cadmium, according to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. It is west of Cataldo, across Interstate 90 from the Old Mission.

The waste repository’s design is 60 percent complete. An executive summary is available at www.basincommission.com.

For more information, call Andy Mork at DEQ, (208) 373-0141.

Becky Kramer