Spokane WA

Spokane’s unique approach to creating more affordable housing is catching on statewide. In Spokane’s Community Building today, state Representative Natasha Hill and a dozen others gathered in front of a TV to watch Governor Bob Ferguson sign her bill that allows land banks across Washington. Land banks are...

Spokane County’s healthcare scene is buzzing with new openings—from hands-on caregiving to independent nurse practitioner roles. Whether you’re just starting out or ready to lead your own practice, there’s something here for you.

Starting July 1, Spokane County Fire District 9 will begin running its own ambulance service — and residents won’t get a bill. The district, which covers Fairwood, Glenden, Midway, Wandermere, Arrowhead Point, and Brentwood, is ending its contract with American Medical Response after AMR doubled its rates last year.

SPOKANE, Wash. — An 88-year-old Spokane man played Taps for the final time this March after 25 years of performing at servicemember burials at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery. According to the Airway Heights Police Department, Phil Kowzan performed the 24-note melody for the 3,335th time on a sunny...

Spokane medical student Garrett Yarter thinks it might be cool to be a small-town family doctor. He comes by it naturally. Garrett Yarter: I grew up in Chehalis, Washington, and my dad was a small-town primary care physician that kind of served the Chehalis and Centralia area and so I had Dr. Dad growing up,...

SPOKANE, Wash. - The City of Spokane plans to create 27 miles of fully connected, safe walking and biking routes around the Lilac City through the the "Urban Mobility Project." Part of that '27 x 2027' project includes a makeover for Southeast Boulevard on the South Hill, and one particular...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane boxing coach was shot and killed Sunday morning while trying to protect a young girl from harassment on East Wellesley. Dylan Bundy-Gray was shot multiple times after confronting two boys who were harassing a young girl walking down the street, according to his family. Gray and the two boys...

Whitman County Public Health has issued a community health alert after a confirmed measles case in a Spokane County resident who visited several public places while contagious between March 11–19, 2026. The case is not connected to the earlier Spokane measles case reported on March 19.

A federal jury has convicted a Spokane man of supplying fentanyl pills that prosecutors say led to two fatal overdoses in Skagway, tightening the legal net around a small Alaska town hit hard by the opioid crisis. Jurors found 34-year-old Jacob Cotton guilty this week of distributing counterfeit fentanyl pills...

SPOKANE — A Brewster physician must spend a year in federal prison and pay more than $400,000 for providing patients with recalled and potentially unsafe medical devices. Dr. Eric Edward Haeger, 57, pleaded guilty in December to providing CPAP and BiPAP machines to Medicaid patients, even after they were recalled...