Spokane WA

A 37-year-old man, Aaron Farinacci, has confessed to starting the Old Trails Fire, according to detectives, and court documents reveal he had been planning it for weeks. Many in the community have been asking why only a single first-degree arson charge has been filed in connection with the Old Trails Fire, despite thou

Daniel Ramey from California Team 7 said containment on the Spokane Fires had increased. He also urged people to be patient with evacuation orders because violating them could cause additional danger if the fire spreads again.

Sydney Sweeney was back in her hometown of Spokane this week, not for a premiere or a press tour, but to serve meals to families who lost their homes in the wildfires burning across the region.

Hundreds of Spokane families have lost their homes to the wildfires that began on that wind-whipped Saturday, the first of August. Jennifer Gray Thompson can empathize. She lost her northern California home to wildfire in 2017. It inspired her to create an organization called After the Fire USA. She spoke with SPR's Do

More than 60,000 people had to leave their homes because of the fires. The fires had damaged or destroyed more than 900 structures and burned more than 10,000 acres combined.

Fire officials warn that Friday and Saturday will bring dangerous conditions for crews working to contain the Spokane Complex Fire. They described their work over the weekend as “crucial” because the heat, low humidity, and wind could cause the fire to spread.

Gonzaga welcomed 2027’s Dooney Johnson eagerly. He should want to share the joy in this hypothetical future backcourt. Four-star point guard Dooney Johnson from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is getting pretty lonely as the only Gonzaga Bulldogs commit in the 2027 recruiting class. But a potential partner in the future backcour

Fire danger continues in the Pacific Northwest Saturday as flame-fueling winds reached their strongest point in days on Friday, challenging fire crews battling to keep destructive blazes from spreading in Spokane, Washington, and across the region, with at least three fire-related deaths reported.

A family in the Northwest Terrace neighborhood returned to what was left of their home after days of waiting to get back behind the barricades. NonStop Local met Marisa Caru and her husband near 291 and Francis that morning after they were allowed past the blockade at their own risk.

SPOKANE, Wash. – A map is spreading around Facebook suggesting that the addresses of proposed data centers are aligned with the ignition point of the Old Trails Fire. A key issue with the map is that it labeled its addresses in the wrong place – neither location it lists was actually in an evacuation zone.