Woman faces DUI after Spokane Valley crash
Mon., Oct. 28, 2019
A woman faces a charge of driving under the influence after a crash in Spokane Valley late Sunday night.
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Henry Thomas, star of ‘E.T.’, arrested for DUI in Oregon
Tue., Oct. 22, 2019
Authorities say Henry Thomas, the actor who starred as a child in “E.T. the Extra Terrestrial,” has been arrested for driving under the influence in Oregon.
Washington Supreme Court strikes down mandatory car impounds on DUI arrests
Thu., Oct. 17, 2019
Mandatory impound law for DUI arrests is unconstitutional, state Supreme Court says.
Man suspected of causing school bus crash in north Spokane arrested on assault charges
Thu., Oct. 17, 2019
A man suspected of causing a crash involving a school bus and another car will face vehicular assault charges, Spokane police said.
Man dies after crashing into Liberty Lake roundabout
Tue., Oct. 8, 2019
Police believe speed and alcohol were the cause of the accident, and the driver was not wearing his seat belt.
West Valley schools delayed after vehicle crashes into pole, knocking out power
Tue., Sept. 24, 2019
An early morning vehicle crash in Spokane Valley damaged a power pole, knocking out power for more than 1,000 homes and closing almost a mile of North Argonne Road. Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the collision near East Wellesley Avenue just after 1:00 a.m. Tuesday morning and arrested the driver, who was uninjured, for driving under the influence.
Spokane police urge public not to drink and drive after several dangerous crashes over Labor Day weekend
Mon., Sept. 2, 2019
One crash involved a 23-foot pontoon boat being towed by a truck near Spokane Community College, police reported.
Spokane police stop driver suspected of DUI in Vinegar Flats neighborhood Sunday
Sun., July 21, 2019
Spokane Police stopped an SUV that was driving erratically in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood late Sunday morning. No one was injured, but Inland Empire Way between 14th and 15th avenues was closed for a brief period.
Newport woman was airlifted after suspected DUI crash
Thu., July 11, 2019
A 32-year-old Newport woman was airlifted to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane early Thursday morning following a suspected DUI crash.
Spokane Valley council candidate Al Merkel facing DUI charge after May crash
Tue., June 25, 2019
Spokane Valley City Council Candidate Al Merkel is facing a charge of driving under the influence after he was arrested in May.
Two injured in four-vehicle pileup on Freya Way bridge
Fri., June 21, 2019
Spokane police say a man possibly under the influence of drugs caused a four-vehicle pileup on the Freya Way overpass near Spokane Community College on Friday morning.
Minor allegedly driving while high hits another car, sends man to hospital
Fri., May 24, 2019
A 16-year-old woman allegedly high on marijuana crashed into a car at about 5:50 p.m. Thursday on East Sinto Avenue and North Dick Road.
Police: Man drove drunk to pick up woman charged with DWI
Fri., May 24, 2019
Authorities say a man drove drunk to a New Jersey police station where he was picking up a woman who had been charged with drunken driving
Woman sentenced to 10 years for DUI vehicular homicide
Fri., April 26, 2019
A woman who hit and killed a motorcyclist while driving drunk in 2017 was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
Legislature looking to make changes in DUI law
Tue., April 9, 2019
Drunken drivers could soon avoid a DUI arrest by pulling off the road and taking a nap.
DUI suspected in crash near Loon Lake that injures 3
Tue., March 19, 2019
The Washington State Patrol is suspects a driver under the influence caused a crash that injured three people Monday night north of Loon Lake.
Area law enforcement make at least three dozen drunken driving arrests of St. Patrick’s Day weekend
Sun., March 17, 2019
Nearly 40 people were arrested over the St. Patrick’s Day holiday weekend under suspicion of drunken driving.
Deputies respond to back-to-back DUI incidents on Bigelow Gulch Road
Tue., Feb. 26, 2019
A man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Monday evening after crashing his pickup truck into a ditch along Bigelow Gulch Road. When the vehicle was removed and the road reopened, sheriff’s deputies learned of a second intoxicated driver who was unconscious in a car sitting 100 yards down the road.
Woman accused of injuring Washington State Patrol trooper in I-90 crash was driving drunk, authorities say
Mon., Feb. 11, 2019
A woman accused of injuring a Washington State Patrol trooper after striking his vehicle Sunday evening on Interstate 90 in Spokane Valley may have been driving drunk.
Cop nabs DUI driver on way to DUI award ceremony
Fri., Dec. 28, 2018
East Wenatchee Police Officer Josh Virnig was driving to city hall on Dec. 14 to receive an award for proactive traffic enforcement when he saw a motorist swerving across the road.