Spokane WA

SPOKANE, Wash. -- UPDATE, 4:58 p.m. Spokane County Fire District says says an evacuation center has been set up at Northwood Middle School for the people who have been evacuated due to a wildfire near Mead.

SPOKANE, Wash-- Update 1:35pm Avista has moved select areas to an active Public Safety Power Shutoff, including parts of north Spokane and the Indian Trail/Five Mile area, the Nine Mile Falls area, Mead, the South Hill, the Ford/Tumtum area, West Clarkston/Dry Creek and the Kamiah area.

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash.-- UPDATE, 4:06 P.M. Emergency management says anyone evacuating from this fire should be moving eastbound. Use side streets as needed.

SEATTLE — Gov. Bob Ferguson declared a statewide emergency Saturday in response to drought conditions, unusually high temperatures, high winds and record-setting wildfires, while issuing a statewide prohibition on most outdoor and agricultural burning through Sept. 30. WATCH: Gov. Ferguson gives a briefing on the state

A wildfire that began near Riverside State Park has apparently jumped the Spokane River and is threatening homes in northwest Spokane. Spokane County Emergency Management has issued a level 3 evacuation for residents living near Newkirk Road on the north, Trails Road on the south, N. Hayford Road on the west and W. Euc

Saturday is a First Alert Weather Alert Day for Spokane and much of the Inland Northwest as strong winds create an exceptionally dangerous fire-weather setup.

SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane man was sentenced to over two months in jail after a jury found him guilty last month of attempting to elude a police car. According to court documents and trial testimony, the case came from an April 2025 pursuit in northeast Spokane. Police said that Leslie Olson, 44, was driving a vehicle

A vehicle fire on SR-17 ignited a brush fire along the highway just before 2 AM Thursday morning, causing Washington State Patrol to close it.

Midway Market exterior at Hatch Road and Highway 395. Photo by Richard Schut. Shoppers traveling along the Highway 395 corridor now have a new grocery and fueling option in Colbert following the soft launch of Midway Market last weekend. The 18,000-square-foot facility houses ten specialty departments, including an art

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. -- Police in Airway Heights shot and killed a man Friday.