A pre-emptive effort to protect natural gas hookups in Spokane is officially heading to the November ballot.

A “neighborly moonshine industry” was producing more than 20 gallons of “cawn likker” (corn liquor) in northeast Spokane, until police raided it.

A vacant Cheney City Council seat has attracted a lot of attention, drawing five people seeking to win one of the top two spots and advance to the general election in November.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 patients in Washington state have increased steadily all month long.

Longtime Spokane Regional Health District employee and former director for preventive public health Lyndia Wilson wrote Spokane Board of Health members a letter this week recommending they fire Administrator Amelia Clark.

The Spokane Public Schools released the findings of an investigation into an early May incident at Sacajawea Middle School when Black twin sisters were asked to clean cotton along with the other students in a social studies class exploring the industrial revolution, including use of the cotton gin.

The fire near Priest River grew on Friday and continues to have no containment as firefighters battle the blaze in extreme temperatures.

Inslee joined six governors in a virtual meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday to discuss wildfire fighting and prevention.

The family of an unarmed mentally ill man shot and killed by a Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy in 2019 filed a federal civil rights law suit Thursday, alleging the department doesn’t train deputies properly on mental health calls.

Spokane had its hottest July on record, but relief may be in sight in the form of rain and free rides to cooling centers before it could start to fall.

The state has reopened, but Spokane City Council chambers will remain closed for now.

One local statistic showed exactly how fast the auto had become the county’s predominant method of transportation.

Many colleges and universities across the Eastern Washington region are requiring students and staff to submit either proof of their COVID-19 vaccinations or exemption forms ahead of their fall semesters.

Washington State University will lead a new federally funded research institute to take the agriculture industry further into the future via artificial intelligence.

A long-time incumbent on the Cheney School Board faces two challengers in next Tuesday’s primary.

In a rebuke of Biden's annoucement, U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers called any effort to mandate a vaccine an overreach by the White House.  A spokesman confirmed that her criticism included mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for members of the military.

The majority of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths statewide since February are in those who are unvaccinated, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Health.

Tyler Johnson has never forgotten his roots. So when he got his ceremonial day with the Stanley Cup after the Tampa Bay Lightning won the NHL championship, there was little question what he was going to do with it.

Juan Carlos Sandoval-Guerrero pleaded guilty earlier this year to two charges of production of child pornography. A mother alerted federal authorities to contact between her two sons, ages 9 and 11, with an adult named "Juan" in November 2019. The boys said they had sent sexually explicit images to Juan in exchange for the purchase of items in the online video game.