Spokane WA

SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane residents will dial 3-1-1 beginning in late October to report non-emergency crimes as the city takes control of emergency communications services previously handled by Spokane Regional Emergency Communications.

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! If you’ve fallen for those iridescent tail feathers and started wondering whether you can bring a peacock home, the short answer is: it depends on your zip code more than your state. Washington doesn’t have a blanket law banning peafowl, but a

SPOKANE, Washington (The Spokesman-Review) — A German shepherd known as Quinn trampled through the rubble of a duplex that had burned to the ground in Spokane’s Old Trails fire, sniffed and sat down. The team of forensic archaeologists and K-9 handlers were getting close. On Saturday, they were...

By the time Kendall Steinhardt and her husband evacuated their six children in three cars, the power transformers had already started blowing up in their Indian Trail neighborhood.

SPOKANE, WASH- Garfield the cat came to prominence during the Spokane area fires as his family and the county were searching simultaneously for one another. Garfield’s family had to evacuate, and in the confusion of the day, he couldn't be found. The county initially posted that they found him...

Spokane, WASH. -- The Spokane County Medical examiner updated the cause and manner of death for Marilyn Haugen, whose body was found in a home after the Upriver Fire.

There’s a smiling cartoon face on a roadside sign in Wilbur, Washington, and it’s basically daring you to drive past without stopping at Billy Burgers Drive Inn. Spoiler alert: you won’t make it past. Wilbur is a small town tucked into Lincoln County in eastern Washington, sitting...

Spokane, Wash. — Construction at the new Adams Elementary on Spokane’s South Hill is well underway, with three floors of the building now visible and the school expected to open to students for the 2027 school year. NonStop Local was at the construction site and escorted by Spokane...

After a very dry middle of the summer, September is set to bring a different weather pattern with more rain and cooler temperatures. Pop-up showers and storms will work their way up from the south Tuesday afternoon. Most of the activity will first bubble up around Southeast Washington and North-Central Idaho. A few str

Spokane sits about 280 miles east of Seattle, with a much lower housing-cost profile than the Puget Sound region but...