NBC's Dateline program on Friday night will look into the 2013 murder of Doug Carlile in his Spokane home. Here's a look back at our coverage, with some primary documents, on-the-ground reporting and courtroom recaps to read as you watch.
James Henrikson's defense team called an Arizona man to offer another account of Kristopher Clarke's killing that differed from the one told by confessed killer Timothy Suckow.
U.S. District Court Judge Salvador Mendoza ruled Tuesday that prosecutors should have turned over a series of texts between Spokane Police Detective Mark Burbridge and defense witness Robert Delao to James Henrikson's defense team. But Mendoza wants involved parties to testify before ruling on whether a mistrial or continuance is necessary.
The two men that James Henrikson's defense team say are using their client as a scapegoat spoke about their criminal activity in testimony Tuesday morning.
Timothy Suckow, 52, said he did not want to kill Douglas Carlile when he lie in wait in the South Hill man's home Dec. 15, 2013. He said he'd been ordered there by James Henrikson, and instead meant only to rob Carlile, who was shot and killed.
Eleven men and seven women were picked Thursday from a pool of about 80 Central Washington residents to determine the innocence or guilt of James Henrikson, who is facing life in prison after being charged with 11 criminal counts, including murder-for-hire.
Attorneys on Tuesday once again pressed potential jurors in the Tri-Cities trial of accused murder-for-hire mastermind James Henrikson about how much they'd heard about the case in the media.
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said Monday night he's spoken with Harney County Sheriff David Ward and fears the outcome of the standoff near Burns could have ramifications nationwide.
The Spokane County corrections officer who discovered the alleged escape attempt of James Henrikson and Bud Ray Brown says the pair appeared to be watching television from their cell.
Kevin William Harpham, the man who planted a bomb laced with rat poison along the parade route on Martin Luther King Day in 2011, has lost his most recent appeal of a 32-year prison sentence.
Admir Rasic, a Bosnian national who immigrated to the Spokane area, said it was "a feeling unlike any other" finding the words "Death to Islam" spray painted on the outside of the Bosnia Herzegovina Heritage Association of Spokane on Saturday.
Both sides will be given more time to review transcripts from the trial earlier this year before Judge Thomas O. Rice renders a sentence.
A public records request for the expenses related to an assault case at the Kettle River Campground in September 2013 ending in a mistrial could not be completed.
The policy for Spokane Transit Authority drivers at intersections contains no written instructions for turns on yellow lights. The agency released its policies as part of a records request following Friday's fatal crash between an STA bus and a motorcycle.
This morning's story detailing Spokane County's receipt of a $150,000 grant to combat overcrowding at the jail was written before the MacArthur Foundation released all of the finalists. Go inside the blog to see them.
Two out of three appellate judges ordered Yakima County to throw out a drug conviction against Heath Wisdom, ruling the October 2010 search a sheriff's deputy was unlawful.
Appellate judges on Thursday overturned a ruling that would allow construction of apartment complexes near Whitworth University.
An Atlanta bar has dropped its copyright lawsuit against the now-closed Spokane Downtown Daiquiri Factory in federal court. The Spokane bar's owner is also fighting his eviction in the Washington Courts of Appeal.
U.S. District Court Judge Thomas O. Rice rules Tuesday Rhonda Firestack-Harvey, Rolland Gregg and Michelle Gregg may remain out of jail ahead of a sentencing hearing scheduled for June 10.
Making good on a promise delivered yesterday in U.S. District Court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Caitlin Baunsgard filed a motion today requesting Rhonda Lee Firestack-Harvey, Rolland Gregg and Michelle Gregg be jailed pending their sentencing on drug charges.
An Ephrata man successfully appealed conviction on child pornography charges by telling Washington appellate court judges the search of his computer did not follow the law.
Imprisoned fraudster Doris Nelson was ordered by a federal judge to pay $44.8 million to investors in her payday loan scam that brought more than 100 criminal charges. An appeal of her nine-year prison sentence has been filed.
A federal judge accepted a deal between prosecutors and Larry Harvey to drop charges against the 71-year-old lead defendant in a controversial medical marijuana case out of Stevens County.
Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell says he weighed "all factors" in determining not to file criminal charges against Spokane County Sheriff's Deputy Joe Bodman in the death of 15-year-old Ryan Holyk.
Spokane's most heavy-duty dry cleaning rack shattered over the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. Staff say a full replacement would cost $250,000.
