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A police officer was indicted on federal civil rights charges over a fatal confrontation with a developmentally disabled man who was struck and Tasered in 2006 at a Spokane, Wash., convenience store.
Police have killed a fleeing suspect who shot a police dog in Spokane.
More than 6 feet of snow in the past three weeks has made Spokane residents edgy, and Wednesday brought new problems as melting snow and ice caused flooding and mudslides.
The lights are on again in an eight-block area of downtown Spokane following an outage caused by a fire in an electrical vault.
A former priest accused in many of the child sex-abuse claims that bankrupted the eastern Washington Catholic diocese has agreed to pay $5 million to victims, who'll likely never be paid.
Steve Bodnar and his colleagues hear plenty of begging these days.
A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday confirmed a plan to allow the Catholic Diocese of Spokane to emerge from bankruptcy and pay victims of sex abuse $48 million.
A woman has accused the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops of sexually abusing her more than four decades ago when she was a child.
Agreement with Avista Keeps the Falls on the Spokane River Flowing All Year LongThe ugly low flow of the Spokane River in downtown Spokane, Washington will be a thing of the past thanks to the tenacious advocacy of Rachael Pascal Osborne and the UW Law School's Berman Enviornmental Law program with Avista in its bid for renewal of their license to generate e …
Is Anybody Happy? First of all, George W. Bush showed up on TV Friday morning to reassure the nation. What could possibly be worse?
The Downtown Spokane Duck Hero!Something really amazing happened in Downtown Spokane this week. Joel is a loan officer at Sterling Bank. He works downtown in a second story office building, overlooking busy Riverside Avenue.
Paper posts names of those it says bought fake degrees, 9612 of them.SPOKANE —A newspaper has published the names of nearly 10,000 people it says bought bogus college degrees from a Spokane diploma mill. The names include people working in military, government and education fields.
Boeing gets another chance at $35 million Air Force contractThe Department of Defense - NOT the Air Force - will oversee a new, rapid competition for a $35 million contract to build new air tanker refuelers. The new competition gives Boeing another shot at the contract it lost out on back in February.
Hero neighbors pull children from burning apartmentSPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - Two men, including a 17-year old teenager, are being called heroes after they saved two toddlers from a burning aparment building Tuesday night. One of the rescuers is a Marine who recently returned home from a tour in Iraq.
Troubled Cougar football player issued ticket on way home from jailPULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State football player Xavier Hicks has once again found himself in trouble with the law. The Cougar safety was ticketed Wednesday for driving with a suspended license. The kicker? He was on his way home after having just been released from jail.
North Idaho pair charged with abusing three-year oldST. MARIES, Idaho - Benewah County Prosecutor Douglas Payne says a three-year old girl is in critical condition and a North Idaho pair is in jail, suspected of child abuse more severe than any authorities there have seen in recent years.
Brrrr... Record Snow Blankets Spokane, Washington In June!"It is the latest Spokane has seen snow since records started being kept in 1881.
Teen snubs officials, awards gold medal to 'real' winnerA Spokane high school student who was awarded first place at Washington state's Star Track XXVI meet gave up her medal to the teen she thought was the 'real' winner.
Officers killed in line of duty honored in Idaho, Washington, D.C.MERIDIAN, Idaho - Law enforcement officers from agencies across Idaho gathered Friday at the Idaho Peace Officers Memorial for the annual Idaho Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony. The event followed a national ceremony in Washington D.C. this week.
Guy tries - unsuccessfully - to sell baby alligator at yard saleA Washington state man is in trouble with the law after police caught him trying to sell a baby alligator at a yard sale.
Spokane beats out L.A. for Figure Skating ChampionshipsSpokane - population about 500,000 - learned on Monday that it was selected to host the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Former middle school aide admits to child rape, faces internet porn chargesSPOKANE, Wash.- A former middle school aide who pleaded guilty to child rape now faces a federal pornography charge.
It's all the buzz: WSU gets government money to study bee diseaseBees help pollinate eight of Washington state's top 10 crops, and they're disappearing at an alarming rate. But Washington State University just got a chunk of change to possibly help turn things around.
Suspect in arson at university is son of a judgeABERDEEN, Wash. - One of two students arrested following a string of small fires at Washington State University in Pullman is the son of a judge.
Canada's oldest surviving WWI vet honored... in USACanada's Minister of Veterans Affairs honored that country's last surviving veteran of World War I. There ceremony, interestingly enough, didn't take place in Canada, but in Spokane, Washington, where John Babcock lives now at age 107.
Rossi visits Spokane to tout highway funding planRepublican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi visits Spokane to talk about his plan to complete the North Spokane Freeway Corridor - among other topics.
Chicken pox break out in Spokane school; students told to stay homeSpokane Public Schools is telling students at Jefferson Elementary that if they haven't been vaccinated they should stay home. And health officials say Jefferson may not be the only school experiencing an outbreak.
Low income apartment dwellers wonder why landlord won't pay power billTentants in one of Spokane's low-income apartment buildings are wondering why their landlord won't pay the power bill, even as he lives in a "mansion" nearby. The power company plans on turning out the lights soon, leaving renters with few options.
Payment options available for taxpayers who can't pay in fullThe Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers who owe but can't pay in full that several options are available to help them meet their tax obligations and save money by the April 15 filing deadline.
Travelers from Seattle airport face possible risk of measlesHealth officials in Spokane said they learned of a confirmed case of measles in a woman in her 20s who traveled from the Netherlands and had a stopover at SeaTac airport on March 26.
Bennett to remain head coach at Washington StateFor a brief moment it appeared as if Tony Bennet, one of the hottest college basketball coaches in the NCAA at present, was headed out of the Palouse and onto greener pastures. Not anymore. Bennett, Washington State announced on Tuesday, will stay with the Cougs.
Idaho State Police pull guns on man suspected of beating spouseIdaho State Troopers surrounded a house in upscale Coeur d'Alene, with guns drawn, after getting a report that a man had threatened his wife with a gun.
Washington college student dupes New York TimesSPOKANE, Wash. - An aspiring filmmaker at Eastern Washington University says he never meant to prank the New York Times when he posted a video online March 16th.
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