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Residents in Bolt Creek fire area told to be ready to evacuate

UPDATED: Sun., Sept. 25, 2022

The Bolt Creek fire intensified Sunday, prompting authorities to raise the evacuation level to Level 2 from Skykomish to Baring, King County.

News > Education

WSU study finds Native Americans have to travel further for radiation therapy

Sun., Sept. 25, 2022

Twa-le Abrahamson-Swan has seen firsthand how Indigenous and rural communities are at a disadvantage when they need cancer treatment.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Wrongful death suits against cities are evolving. After a landmark $4 million settlement, will Spokane Police Department policy change with them?

Sun., Sept. 25, 2022

The call came on a cold Monday night. A frightened man told police dispatchers that his neighbor was drunk, shouting racial slurs and had a gun.

News > Auto

‘The future is electric’: Spokane’s prioritization of electric vehicles part of a larger trend

Sun., Sept. 25, 2022

The Spokane City Council last week agreed to buy four Ford F-150 Lightnings for a little under $200,000. The purchase was just one indicator of a much larger trend.

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Candidates for Washington secretary of state disagree on experience, election management, cybersecurity

Sun., Sept. 25, 2022

Democrat incumbent Steve Hobbs and nonpartisan Pierce County Auditor Julie Anderson will face off in the general election this November after finishing in the top two in the primary election.

News > Crime/Public Safety

26-year-old Spokane man dies in Grant County crash

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 24, 2022

A 26-year-old Spokane man was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday morning while running on a highway in Grant County.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Moses Lake man accused of killing his wife arrested in Pennsylvania

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 24, 2022

The 54-year-old Moses Lake man suspected of murdering his wife was arrested on the East Coast less than two days after her body was discovered in Lincoln County.

News > Spokane

The Riverfront Park Pavilion, brought to you by … ? Parks Department seeks naming partner for iconic structure

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 24, 2022

The agreement will give the partner exclusive naming rights to the structure, rebuilt in 2019 at a cost of roughly $25 million as part of a redevelopment of Spokane's downtown park, for a decade.

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Wine grape picking to start weeks later than usual following a cold spring and late frosts in Yakima Valley

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

An unusually cool spring that's kept wine grapes on the vine longer than usual has Yakima Valley vintners facing a vexing choice.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘I just hope people don’t forget him’: Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting death of Jakobe Ford outside Lucky’s

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

Jakobe Ford will never live out his Olympic dreams or take his 4-year-old son to his first day of school.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘You are a coward.’ Family of woman murdered on Joint Base Lewis-McChord blasts killer during his sentencing

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 24, 2022

In Tacoma's federal courthouse on Friday, Deborah Jackson turned from the podium to face her daughter's killer. After four years of hearings she wanted no apology, Jackson only wanted her words to never leave the man's mind.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Arrest warrant issued for Moses Lake man accused of killing his wife

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

A 54-year-old Moses Lake man is accused of killing his wife after her body was found Thursday in Lincoln County.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Man accused of shooting state trooper makes first court appearance in Walla Walla

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

The man accused of shooting Washington State Patrol Trooper Dean Atkinson Jr. Thursday was in court Friday, where he had his bail set at $1 million.

News > Features

Valleyfest returns after pandemic hiatus: ‘It’s a family reunion’

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

Valleyfest is back – a prospect so exciting to organizers that this year’s volunteer T-shirts say “Welcome” in multiple languages on the front and “Welcome back” on the back side.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich says homeless encampment an ‘ongoing protest,’ seeks warrant to clear it in October

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

"It's not my responsibility to figure out how to fix your mess," Knezovich, who wrote a letter to the Washington Department of Transportation on Thursday announcing his intentions to break up Camp Hope by mid-October, said in an hourlong news conference Friday, addressing local and state agencies. "It is my responsibility to clean it up."

News > Crime/Public Safety

Yakama woman found stabbed to death in Seattle buried at Yakama Reservation; no arrests made

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

Sep. 23—A Yakama woman found stabbed to death in a wooded area on the University of Washington campus in June was buried near relatives on the Yakama Reservation on Thursday. Burial for Mavis "Boots" Kindness Nelson, 56, of Seattle took place at Black Wolf Cemetery outside Goldendale, where her mother, former tribal general council Mavis George "Tamaslut" Kindness, and other relatives are ...

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WA state trooper drives himself to Walla Walla hospital after being shot in face

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

Sep. 23—A Washington State Patrol trooper shot in the face while on duty in Walla Walla Thursday evening drove himself to the hospital before being airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to the Patrol. Trooper Dean Atkinson, a five-year veteran of the force, is in the intensive-care unit, a Harborview spokesperson said Friday morning. "This evening we were once again ...

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Residency program launches in Pullman

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

Sep. 23—PULLMAN — The goal of Pullman Regional Hospital's new Family Medical Residency program may be to train the next generation of rural doctors, but it's really about falling in love. That's the hope, anyway. The program is a partnership between PRH and Washington State University's Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. It will provide the final three years of training that recent medical ...

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Long-time Spokane state representative challenged by teacher who was fired for refusing to wear mask

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 23, 2022

Veteran state lawmaker Timm Ormsby, a Democrat, will face a former Spokane Public Schools teacher on the November ballot as he attempts re-election in the strongly Democratic 3rd Legislative District.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Missing Moses Lake woman found dead in Lincoln County, husband still missing

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 22, 2022

A body believed to be of the missing Moses Lake woman was found Thursday in rural Lincoln County, while her husband is still unaccounted for.

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