Stories by Alexandra Duggan for the Spokesman-Review

News > Crime/Public Safety

Woman found dead in Logan neighborhood, police suspect homicide

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

A woman was killed Sunday morning in the Logan Neighborhood, Spokane Police Department said in a news release.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Boy, 3, pulled from Spokane River during reported drowning Sunday

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

The Spokane Valley Fire Department pulled a 3-year-old boy from the Spokane River on Sunday when callers reported he was drowning.

News > Local government

Without Biden, choosing Harris is a less risky option for Democrats, local political experts say

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

There’s good reason Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the most likely replacement as the Democratic nominee for president, experts said Sunday.

News > Higher education

The Vandal Healing Garden and Memorial began with grief. The architecture became a journey of hope and togetherness

UPDATED: Sat., July 20, 2024

Grief isn’t linear – and neither is the Vandal Healing Garden and Memorial.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Five years after his wife was found dead in a freezer, Wahid Kashify is extradited back to Spokane and will stand trial for murder

UPDATED: Fri., July 19, 2024

A man accused of killing his wife and hiding her body in a chest freezer in 2019 was extradited from the Netherlands Thursday back to Spokane, where he will stand trial for first-degree murder.

News > Crime/Public Safety

12-year-old boy hit by STA bus in Cheney

UPDATED: Thu., July 18, 2024

A 12-year-old boy was hit by a Spokane Transit Authority bus in Cheney Thursday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Police say robbery suspects beat victim with a stick or pipe in drug-related assault

UPDATED: Wed., July 17, 2024

Police arrested two people suspected of beating a man with a stick or pipe Tuesday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Man urinates in bushes outside bar and then shoots at patrons, court records say

UPDATED: Tue., July 16, 2024

Police arrested a man Sunday who they say shot at bar patrons after urinating in nearby bushes.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Medical examiner ID’s 19-year-old who died at Coyote Rocks

UPDATED: Tue., July 16, 2024

The Spokane County Medical Examiner identified a teen who died at Coyote Rock over the weekend.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘The Viking’ tavern catches fire early Tuesday morning

UPDATED: Tue., July 16, 2024

A Spokane bar caught fire early Tuesday morning, likely stemming from a smoldering cigarette.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane jury convicts man of murder in 2022 stabbing downtown

UPDATED: Mon., July 15, 2024

A Spokane jury convicted 31-year-old Taylor Rogers on Monday for the 2022 murder of Jimmie Bailey.

News > Crime/Public Safety

One dead, others hospitalized after weekend evening swim at Coyote Rocks

UPDATED: Tue., July 16, 2024

One person died and three others were hospitalized after swimming Saturday evening in the Spokane River near Coyote Rocks.

News > Spokane

Returning the favor: Whitworth students help West Central man with a yard makeover

UPDATED: Fri., July 12, 2024

Nearly 20 Whitworth University student workers, covered in dirt and grass, wiped sweat from their foreheads Friday morning as they helped a man who spent most of his life helping others.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Tucson assistant chief selected to lead Spokane Police Department

UPDATED: Thu., July 11, 2024

Spokane has selected its new police chief after almost five months of searching, Mayor Lisa Brown announced Thursday.

News > Spokane

As hot weather persists, Washingtonians can no longer burn outside

UPDATED: Wed., July 10, 2024

With scorching temperatures persisting, all of Washington is prohibited from burning on forest lands, the Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Two early morning fires leave one man dead, four displaced

UPDATED: Wed., July 10, 2024

Two early morning fires in Spokane left one man dead and four people displaced.

News > Crime/Public Safety

No arrest in death of 23-year-old scooter rider

UPDATED: Mon., July 8, 2024

The Spokane Police Department will not arrest the person who reportedly drove through a stop sign and killed a 23-year-old scooter rider last week.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Medical examiner ID’s man found in river in June

UPDATED: Mon., July 8, 2024

The Spokane County Medical Examiner identified the man who was found in the Spokane River on June 24.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Missing Pullman toddler found in Mexico with father and his girlfriend

UPDATED: Mon., July 8, 2024

A Pullman toddler missing since early June was found in Mexico with her father and his girlfriend, Pullman police said in a news release Monday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Western Washington man accused in manslaughter of a Spokane woman after her remains were found in a ravine, records say

UPDATED: Fri., July 5, 2024

A Western Washington man told police differing stories about how a 29-year-old Spokane woman’s body ended up in a ravine in May, court records say.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane medical examiner identifies 23-year-old woman killed in scooter crash

UPDATED: Wed., July 3, 2024

The Spokane County Medical Examiner identified a woman who died in a scooter crash Tuesday near MultiCare Deaconess Hospital.

News > ID Government

After years of racist history, Coeur d’Alene city council unanimously passes hate crime ordinance

UPDATED: Wed., July 3, 2024

The Coeur d’Alene City Council, with approval from the mayor, unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday night that makes hateful acts illegal, following a string of recent high-profile incidents in the city.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Moscow prosecutors decline to charge UI football players suspected in beating of student

UPDATED: Fri., June 28, 2024

The Moscow City Attorney's Office declined to charge a group of University of Idaho football players suspected of beating and injuring a civil engineering student in February.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Court docs: North Spokane homicide stemmed from confrontation at apartment complex

UPDATED: Fri., June 28, 2024

Anthony "Tony" Brown was shot and killed outside the Serrano South apartments on East Wedgewood Avenue on Tuesday, the Spokane County Medical Examiner said. Brown was in a relationship and has children, according to his Facebook page.

News > Local government

Four Spokane police chief finalists talk community policing, budget woes and drugs at forum Thursday

UPDATED: Sun., June 30, 2024

Dalles Police Chief Tom Worthy, Tucson Assistant Police Chief Kevin Hall, Yakima Police Chief Matthew Murray and Memphis Police Col. Kathleen Lanier addressed department budget issues and policing philosophy as Mayor Lisa Brown looks for a permanent chief. That person will enter Spokane with a looming budget deficit and a fentanyl crisis, both problems that local leaders have differing opinions on how to solve.

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