Washington

State Rep. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane, will soon be a state senator, barring an insurgent write-in campaign, after his only opponent withdrew from the race Monday.

The family of a 23-year-old Marshallese man who was killed by police after allegedly holding a knife to a toddler in 2022 may soon receive a settlement of $250,000 from the city of Spokane, avoiding a lengthy and potentially costly civil trial.

HARRINGTON, Wash. – Allen Barth bought a dilapidated building on Harrington’s main drag about 13 years ago, a former Ford dealership from the early 1900s. He needed a home for his lifelong hobby – a place to store and showcase his collection of Studebakers and memorabilia.

Washington recorded another grim milestone this week, with numbers from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission showing yet another year of increasing fatalities on the state's roads.

German concert pianist Johannes Fischer overcame a pair of difficulties during his American debut at Expo ’74.

The Spokane City Council will consider a new, longer ban on new development in Latah Valley area while development rules are overhauled and funding secured for a long-delayed fire station.

Drama that ensued last week when three people named Bob Ferguson all filed campaigns to run for Washington’s governor appeared to have boiled over Monday when two of the trio of Bobs dropped out of the race. On Monday afternoon, state attorney general Bob Ferguson issued a public statement in which he threatened to take legal action if the other two people by the same name did not withdraw their candidacies by the deadline later that day.

Friday was the deadline to file for political office in the Aug. 6 primary in Washington, and Monday was the deadline for candidates to withdraw from races if they changed their minds.

Medical Lake Mayor Terri Cooper has suspended her campaign to represent Eastern Washington in Congress, she acknowledged in a news release after not filing to run before the Friday deadline.

An unidentified youth fell from Expo ’74’s Skyride – a chairlift that spanned the fairgrounds – and ran away, apparently unharmed.

The Dishman Theater opened in October 1938 with a capacity of 516. The opening night film was “Having Wonderful Time” and starred Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Dressed in light green T-shirts, black pants and shoes and knitted green Shrek hats, the Centennial Middle School band played Smash Mouth’s “All Star” as they marched Saturday morning through downtown Spokane.

It’s been 11 days since students began an encampment at the University of Washington that they’re calling the “Popular University for Gaza Liberated Zone.”

Spokane greenspace added 500 new trees this week.