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Boy dies after jumping off Riverfront Park bridge

UPDATED: Thu., May 9, 2024

A boy died Wednesday night after he and three other teens jumped off the orange pedestrian bridge at Riverfront Park in downtown Spokane.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

30-year-old man accused of shooting person with BB/pellet gun in alleged South Hill road rage incident

UPDATED: Wed., May 8, 2024

A road rage shooting involving a pellet or BB gun Wednesday on the South Hill left a person with minor injuries and landed a 30-year-old man in jail.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Rathdrum man sentenced for killing 19-year-old cousin in DUI crash

UPDATED: Tue., May 7, 2024

A 34-year-old Rathdrum man will spend at least two years in prison for killing his 19-year-old cousin in a car crash last summer.

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News >  Spokane

‘Let the festivities begin’: Spokane leaders kick-start 50th anniversary of Expo ‘74

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2024

Using the same giant scissors President Richard Nixon used 50 years ago to open Expo ’74, Mayor Lisa Brown and City Council President Betsy Wilkerson cut a purple ribbon to kick off the 50th anniversary of the international event Saturday night at the U.S. Pavilion.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Mead School District responds to alleged football player assaults at last summer’s camp

UPDATED: Sat., May 4, 2024

A group of Mead High School football players restrained two teammates and applied a “massage gun” to their private parts last year at an Eastern Washington University-hosted football camp, according to an investigation by the Mead School District.

A&E >  Northwest Passages

Spokane native, bestselling author Eileen Garvin talks new novel, ‘Crow Talk’

UPDATED: Thu., May 2, 2024

Good things are often born from bad situations.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

12-year-old girl located safe after going missing last month

UPDATED: Thu., May 2, 2024

A 12-year-old girl who did not return to her Spokane Valley group home after school April 19 has been found.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man has life-threatening injuries after crashing vehicle into Spokane River

UPDATED: Thu., May 2, 2024

A man was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after crashing Thursday morning into the Spokane River in east Spokane.

News >  Spokane

‘I’m excited to get it going’: 50th anniversary of Expo ‘74 starts Saturday at Riverfront Park

UPDATED: Fri., May 3, 2024

Fifty years ago, the World’s Fair attracted tens of thousands of people to Spokane, including President Richard Nixon, and changed the landscape of downtown.

News >  Higher education

Gonzaga students ask university to cut financial ties to Israel

UPDATED: Thu., May 2, 2024

Arrests, encampments and some violence marred recent pro-Palestine protests across the country, but a Wednesday afternoon demonstration at Gonzaga University was short, peaceful and without a police officer in sight.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Newman Lake home destroyed in fire

UPDATED: Tue., April 30, 2024

A fire destroyed a home Tuesday afternoon on the east side of Newman Lake.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man arrested in alleged drug robbery that left 16-year-old boy dead

UPDATED: Tue., April 30, 2024

A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a Spokane Valley drug robbery that left a 16-year-old boy dead in March, police said.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Electrical malfunction started fire that killed couple in Chattaroy fire, investigators say

UPDATED: Tue., April 30, 2024

An electrical malfunction started a house fire that resulted in the deaths of an elderly couple Saturday north of Chattaroy, according to Spokane County Fire District 4.

News >  Idaho

Local dog lovers find passion for French sport

Mon., April 29, 2024

RATHDRUM – Lynn Peacock’s simple command, “Ziva, attack,” sent her 1-year-old German shepherd into a full sprint until its teeth latched onto decoy, Saul Garcia, who was sporting a padded bite suit.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man dead, woman injured in Chattaroy fire

UPDATED: Sat., April 27, 2024

A man died, and his wife was in critical condition after an early Saturday morning house fire north of Chattaroy.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Medical examiner’s office identifies man found dead in downtown Spokane after months-long effort

UPDATED: Fri., April 26, 2024

A man found dead in February in downtown Spokane has been identified.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Two men charged with killing 28-year-old man during a fight near a Kellogg bar

UPDATED: Fri., April 26, 2024

Two men were charged with felony manslaughter after a fight left 28-year-old Reed Norris dead last weekend in Kellogg.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane man gets at least eight years in prison for beating homeless woman with pliers, strangling her at Cd’A hotel

UPDATED: Fri., April 26, 2024

A 31-year-old Spokane man who beat a homeless woman with a pair of pliers and tried to suffocate her earlier this year at a Coeur d’Alene hotel was sentenced to a minimum of eight years in prison.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police seek alleged South Hill robber

UPDATED: Thu., April 25, 2024

Spokane police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man who is alleged to have robbed a South Hill store last week.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

54-year-old Spokane man sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting man five times in head in Suncrest

UPDATED: Thu., April 25, 2024

A Spokane man who shot 46-year-old Derek J. Johnson in the head five times last year in Suncrest, Washington, was sentenced to nearly 25 years in prison.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Othello police arrest 15 people in sex trafficking operation

UPDATED: Thu., April 25, 2024

The Othello (Washington) Police Department arrested 15 alleged sex buyers from around the region in an operation spanning several weeks.

News >  Weather

Wet weather coming to region after dry April thus far

UPDATED: Thu., April 25, 2024

A dry month is expected to get wetter in the Inland Northwest.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man gets four years in prison for tying up, robbing man at gunpoint before being shot by victim in Spokane Valley

UPDATED: Thu., April 25, 2024

A 28-year-old man who tied up and robbed a man before the victim shot him in the leg at a Spokane Valley apartment was sentenced to four years in prison, according to court documents.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

One teen injured in north Spokane apartment shooting

UPDATED: Thu., April 25, 2024

A teenage boy sustained a gunshot wound to his lower back Wednesday night at a north Spokane apartment complex.

A&E >  Stage

Spokane teens to perform ‘painful,’ ‘dark’ plays to take a stand against gun violence 25 years after Columbine

UPDATED: Thu., April 25, 2024

Teen actors will take the Spokane Children’s Theatre stage this week to push for an end to gun violence 25 years after the infamous Columbine school shooting.