The federal ruling is likely to face further scrutiny as the Joe Biden administration assumes office in Washington, D.C. 

The federal coronavirus assistance granted to state, local and tribal governments in March must be spent by the end of the year. Tribal governments are joining a chorus of government officials asking Congress to extend that deadline as the virus continues to spread and needs are growing. 

“There’s no stimulus out there. The extra unemployment is gone and all the waiters and waitresses are coming in for assistance,” said Maj. Ken Perine, executive director and corps officer at Salvation Army Spokane.

The Washington Department of Labor & Industries has investigated thousands of complaints about masking violations since July, according to a news release, and most companies, when contacted, agreed to follow requirements without the state taking formal action. A small number did not, the release said, and nine of those companies have been fined.

In August 1936, a "farewell parade" was held in downtown Spokane for the electric streetcar, now replaced by motorized buses. 

The victim had been identified as J.F. Olson of Elk, Washington, and he was believed to have checked into a Spokane hotel the day of his murder. Yet Olson’s signature on the hotel register did not match Olson’s true signature. The hotel night clerk said the body “did not in any manner resemble” the man who signed the register.

A driver was shot and killed after a brief chase with Spokane County Sheriff's deputies Sunday evening, Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said. 

Michael Cornethan was taken to a medical facility Friday after testing positive, according to a news release. He died Saturday, and is the third Department of Corrections inmate to die due to COVID-19 related issues. He's the first who was not an inmate at Coyote Ridge Correction Center in Connell. 

The Spokane City Council is set to decide Monday whether to open the door to the development of new apartment complexes on 10 acres of land between what is now the eastern dead end of 53rd Avenue and the Palouse Highway.

Spokane Symphony Associates members were determined to make their Christmas Tree Elegance event work this year.

Children pushed carts up and down the aisles of the General Store Saturday, tossing toys into their baskets and plotting what to get next with their friends.

Police finally came up with several leads in the Chicken House murder mystery, which stemmed from a gruesome discovery a week before outside of Cheney.