The 5-4 decision is likely to prompt state legislators to rewrite the drug possession law. The majority found that it improperly allowed a conviction even if the person prosecuted under the statute did not know they possessed drugs. 

Bloomsday race officials released the 2021 race poster Thursday, featuring a runner surrounded by stained glass depictions of Spokane, Paris, Rome and other international cities.

Spokane residents have three more days to make an everlasting mark on their city.

The city of Spokane will reduce recycling collection to every other week starting in May.

The Jensen-Byrd Co. has had a long history in Spokane and former salesman Don Mittelstadt was there for 47 years of it.

This year when my husband asked what I wanted to do for my birthday, I was ready.“Nothing,” I said. “And I know just the place to do it.”

The first day of spring is only 24 23 days away, making it time to think about organizing spring chores and projects to get ready for warmer weather.

Growing up on a dairy farm north of Deer Park, Mike Reiter, 68, spent plenty of time around cattle, and there were always a few horses in the barn.“But we were never cowboys,” he said.That’s why one year he was a bit puzzled by his father’s Christmas gift.

Being a firefighter is an unpredictable business. Crews can be kept running from call to call or go hours between calls. On Feb. 18, the entire Spokane Valley Fire Department scrambled to respond to two fires called in only 10 minutes apart.

The atmospheric river that swept through Washington state late Sunday night through Monday of this week was packed with more than wind gusts and rain. It was also packed with irony.

Pipelines are the safest way to transport oil.

After an election that brought up questions of security, the bill aims to keep certain election procedures and plans of continuity unavailable to the public. Sponsor Rep. Laurie Dolan, D-Olympia, called it "an election integrity issue."

Every night after the lights go out in the McCarthey Athletic Center, shadowed, flat figures remain seated inside the Kennel.

In 2021 so far, Spokane police have responded to triple the number of shootings recorded in the same nearly two-month period in either 2020, 2019 or 2018, according to data provided by the Spokane Police Department.

Pullman police are recommending misdemeanor charges for seven fraternity members involved in the heavy drinking that led to a 19-year-old Washington State University student’s death by alcohol poisoning.