Spokane WA

SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane County Assessor Tom Konis and Treasurer Mike Volz announced Monday that reduced property assessments have been completed and that tax adjustments are being processed for owners who had property damaged or destroyed in the Spokane Complex Fires. The Assessor's office is able to removed the assessed...

Write-in candidates rarely make it past a primary election. But in Spokane County’s latest 4th District Commissioner race, one did just that. Rachelle Miller, a licensed social worker, won 1,083 votes in the August primary, or about 4% of votes cast, as a write-in independent candidate for the county commission seat representing southeastern Spokane County.

When wildfires tore through north Spokane, Washington, early this year, something unexpected showed up in the ash: thousands of black fire beetles, drawn to the heat. But fire doesn’t only attract insects, it can wipe them out, including the pest Americans hate most: ticks.

Spokane could fall from 68 degrees to the mid-50s before the weekend.

CHENEY, Wash. — Eastern Washington men’s basketball opened its 2026-27 campaign with a 71-65 exhibition victory over CSU Bakersfield on Sunday afternoon at Reese Court. The Eagles erased an eight-point second-half deficit and closed the game strong to earn the win.

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Pines Road is set to reopen at 6:00 this morning after a five-day closure between Mirabeau Parkway and Trent Avenue. Crews closed the road starting Wednesday, October 14, to finish paving the new Pines Road alignment and build a new access point for Trent Elementary School.

CHENEY, Washington — Montana State’s last football outing ended riddled with controversy. The strange ending put a stamp on a rare occurrence: a Big Sky Conference loss by the Bobcats under head coach Brent Vigen. MSU saw its 19-game winning streak, its No. 1 national ranking and its...

The pup had retreated to the back of the vehicle to escape the heat and smoke before Spokane Valley firefighters reached him

Gov. Bob Ferguson asked the Trump administration for federal help after summer wildfires, saying Washington needed support for people hit hard in Spokane and for damaged public infrastructure. Ferguson requested two kinds of FEMA aid. He asked for Individual Assistance to help Washington residents cover emergency expenses and Public Assistance...

Spokane, Colville, Republic and surrounding communities face colder mornings by the end of the week.