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Spokane County rethinks recruitment efforts for deputies, corrections officers

Updated 10:07 p.m.

Spokane County is trying something new to attract potential employees to the region’s public safety system, while ending a yearslong effort that awarded tens of thousands to new hires.

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Evacuations lowered after multiple fires erupt near SFCC

Updated 9:39 p.m.

Spokane County rethinks recruitment efforts for deputies, corrections officers

Updated 10:07 p.m.

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown proposes waiving fees, deferring others and more to encourage affordable housing

Boeing continues production ramp-up, with 42 Max deliveries in June

Justice Department says no ‘client list’ exists in Epstein sex trafficking files

Trump escalates criticism of Putin after restoring arms shipments to Ukraine

Barker steps down as U.S. Attorney for Eastern Washington

Hayden man sentenced to 10 years in prison for breaking infant’s legs, ribs

High costs may force WA ferry electrification program off course

Idaho Republican Party members face threats online, by phone. What police say

Central Valley schools to end summer a week early in exchange for more breaks in the school year in ‘balanced calendar’ initiative

WSU releases new insights on Washington’s LGBTQ+ community

SRHD confirms county’s first rabid bat of 2025

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High costs may force WA ferry electrification program off course

Federal funding restored to Spokane’s tree equity program

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Veterans Affairs reverses course on large-scale layoffs

Rescues underway amid New Mexico flash flooding emergency

Updated 8:59 p.m.

This day in history: Walla Walla inmates protested strip search. Judge took pity on man who made beer

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This day in history: Walla Walla inmates protested strip search. Judge took pity on man who made beer

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This day in history: Walla Walla inmates protested strip search. Judge took pity on man who made beer

Wed., July 9, 2025

From 1975: About 200 inmates staged a protest at the state penitentiary on Walla Walla after a woman visitor was strip-searched.

News > Health

SRHD confirms county’s first rabid bat of 2025

Wed., July 9, 2025

For the first time this year, a Spokane County bat has tested positive for rabies.

News > Transportation

High costs may force WA ferry electrification program off course

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

OLYMPIA – Washington aspires for its largest-in-the-nation fleet of passenger ferries to operate reliably and emission-free by 2050.

News > Weather

Rescues underway amid New Mexico flash flooding emergency

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

The National Weather Service declared a flash flooding emergency in New Mexico on Tuesday after rapid rainfall caused the waters of the Rio Ruidoso to surge over its banks, creating life-threatening conditions. The NWS said multiple water rescues were underway in Ruidoso, saying that a father and two children had been swept away by rushing water in Lincoln County, about 150 miles southeast of ...

News > Nation

Shootings of Minnesota lawmakers lead to calls for metal detectors in Capitol building

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

The targeted shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers have sparked discussion about whether more security is necessary to ensure safety in the relatively open State Capitol building, one of the few in the country that does not use metal detectors or X-rays. Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were killed and Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman were seriously injured after ...

News > Crime/Public Safety

Liberty Lake police officer cleared in shooting of hit-and-run suspect with knife

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

A Liberty Lake Police officer will not face criminal charges after he shot and wounded a hit-and-run suspect who charged at the officer with a knife, the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office ruled.

News > Nation/World

Dueling U.S. Efforts Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans Held in El Salvador for Americans

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

The Trump administration’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was overseeing a deal to free several Americans and dozens of political prisoners held in Venezuela in exchange for sending home about 250 Venezuelan migrants the United States had deported to El Salvador.

News > Washington

Barker steps down as U.S. Attorney for Eastern Washington

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

After only 5 months in office, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington Richard Barker stepped down from his roll Monday to return to private practice in Spokane.

News > Nation

Confronted over Epstein files, Trump and Bondi tell supporters to move on

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi once suggested they would expose the hidden, potentially sinister truth about Jeffrey Epstein’s death in 2019. On Tuesday, they had a message to supporters incensed by the decision to close the case once and for all: Get over it.

News > Local Government

Spokane County rethinks recruitment efforts for deputies, corrections officers

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

Spokane County is trying something new to attract potential employees to the region’s public safety system, while ending a yearslong effort that awarded tens of thousands to new hires.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘It looked like a volcano went off’: Evacuations ordered as 2,000-plus-acre wildfire burns north of Kettle Falls

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

A 2,161-acre fire burning near the Columbia River between Kettle Falls and Northport, Washington, forced evacuations Tuesday, according to officials.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Evacuations lowered after multiple fires erupt near SFCC

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

Officials put Spokane Falls Community College under an evacuation after new fires broke out along the Spokane River Tuesday . All evacuation orders had been lowered to warnings by about 5:30 p.m.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Greenacres Park vandalized to tune of $12,500

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

A Spokane Valley park undergoing renovations sustained an estimated $12,500 in damages over the weekend after detectives believe someone used construction equipment to vandalize the park, according to the Spokane Valley Police Department.

News > Nation

Supreme Court clears way for mass firings at federal agencies

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

The Trump administration can move forward with plans to slash the federal workforce and dismantle federal agencies, the Supreme Court announced Tuesday. The decision could result in job losses for tens of thousands of employees at agencies including the departments of Housing and Urban Development, State and Treasury.

News > Washington

Hundreds of earthquakes detected at Mount Rainier on Tuesday. What’s going on?

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

The swarm began shortly before 1:30 a.m. near Mount Rainier’s summit, with the largest earthquake being a 1.7 magnitude, the USGS said on X just after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. “Currently, there is no indication that the level of earthquake activity is cause for concern, and the alert level and color code for Mount Rainier remain at GREEN / NORMAL,” the agency said in a separate statement. The U.S. ...

News > K-12 education

OpenAI and Microsoft bankroll new AI training for teachers

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

The tech industry’s campaign to embed artificial intelligence chatbots in classrooms is accelerating.

News > World

Trump escalates criticism of Putin after restoring arms shipments to Ukraine

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

President Donald Trump stepped up his criticism of President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Tuesday, accusing him of duplicity a day after saying that Ukraine needed more weapons to defend itself against Russian's invasion.

News > National business

Waymo begins offering teen accounts, starting in metro Phoenix

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo is launching a new account type that lets teenagers hail a robotaxi and ride alone, expanding its rider base while continuing to test its service in more U.S. cities.

News > Nation

‘Diddy Parties’ became a meme. The Combs case was about something else.

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

Before the music mogul Sean Combs went to trial on sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges this year, an avalanche of lawsuits had already cast him as a brazen, A-list supervillain, capable of almost anything.

News > Nation

Texas crews scour flood zones as questions mount over warnings

UPDATED: Tue., July 8, 2025

Search crews slogged through thick mud and debris Tuesday in central Texas, where more than 100 people are confirmed dead after catastrophic flooding. Pressure is growing on local officials to explain why more people weren’t warned in time to escape.

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