Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Featured Stories

Latest Stories

News >  Washington

Hanford Patrol officer fired, sentenced for federal COVID fraud in side business

A Pasco gun dealer who also worked for the Hanford Patrol has been sentenced to two years probation but no jail time after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government in his private business. Leif Gerald Larsen was sentenced Wednesday by Judge Stanley Bastian in the Yakima U.S. Courthouse for wire fraud related to U.S. government loans intended to help small businesses remain afloat ...
News >  Washington

Former prosecutor tried to stop Benton sheriff’s retaliation and abuse

Testimony at a high-profile lawsuit this week revealed that former Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller threatened to strip an embattled sheriff of his legal protections so he could be personally sued if he continued to retaliate against county employees. But the jury won’t be allowed to consider exactly what steps were taken by county officials to put a stop to ex-Sheriff Jerry Hatcher’s ...
News >  Washington

New U.S. Energy secretary to visit Tri-Cities this week. He’ll be busy

President Trump’s energy secretary plans his first official visit to the Hanford nuclear site, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Ice Harbor Dam since he was confirmed 10 months ago. On Thursday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright will visit Ice Harbor Dam on the lower Snake River east of Pasco. It is one of four Snake River dams that have been considered for breaching in Eastern Washington. ...
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: The Progressive Party

In April 1916, 80 to 100 members of the Spokane County Progressive Party held their county convention and elected 22 delegates for the state convention in June. The progressives, also nicknamed the Bull Moose Party after former President Theodore Roosevelt, were an offshoot of the Republican Party.