When Anne Kirkpatrick was interviewed to be Spokane’s police chief, she was asked how long the city could expect her to stay. Her answer was frank: about five years. Nearly five years later, that position hasn’t changed. Kirkpatrick confirmed Tuesday that she has suggested Mayor…
Washington is one of the most peaceful states in the nation, according to a new study that examined various factors such as homicide and violent crime rates. Idaho ranked 16th. The Institute for Economics and Peace, a nonpartisan think tank, examines violence from an economic…
Two Spokane police officers were justified when they shot a man who was pointing a gun at another man outside a Hillyard bar last December, the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office said Tuesday. Cpl. Zachary Storment and Officer Christopher Douville will not be charged for the…
Two accused killers are on trial in Spokane County Superior Court this week for a July 2009 stabbing death. Lawyers for Maggie Mae Tyler, 26, (pictured) and Matthew M. Nedeau, 26, say the two acted in self defense during the fight that killed Vitaly M.…
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