Spokane WA

SPOKANE, Wash. — With people having to spend more on necessities like food and record setting gas prices, they're trying to save where they can. Many are saving the extra dime by eating out less, leaving local restaurants with empty tables during what should be their busiest hours.

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – A man suspected of setting a room on fire at a Motel 6 in Spokane Valley is facing 12 counts of arson and one for malicious mischief. Witness testimony recorded in court documents say the suspect started the fire in his room, barricaded the door and escaped through the window.

SPOKANE, Wash. — A man was sentenced to more than five years in prison for setting multiple fires in downtown Spokane last summer. On May 26, the Spokane County Superior Court sentenced 38-year-old Chad Horne to 63 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to three counts of 2nd Degree Arson.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The family of a Cheney native found dead in Mexico while on a vacation with her boyfriend continues to push and hope for justice roughly four and a half years after she was found dead. Sativa Transue was just 26-years-old when she was killed in November of...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A man who was shot and killed by Spokane police following a domestic violence incident on May 21 has been identified by the Spokane County Medical Examiner as 28-year-old Kaleb Hassel. According to the Spokane Police Department, officers received a call around 5 a.m. that morning...

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. — Navy Veteran Jeffrey West visits his friend's grave every Memorial Day. "I put in for my last year of duty station in the Mediterranean and they shipped me to Vietnam instead," West explained. It was there that he met Frank Marion Collier, or FM Collier...

Spokane, Wash. — Spokane County commissioners are considering an agreement that would reimburse the Spokane Regional Health District up to $100,000 for two navigators to help West Plains residents with PFAS-contaminated wells. Under the proposal, the health district would recruit, hire and supervise the two workers fro

A hot day ahead for Memorial Day; thunderstorms and showers become possible by the evening. Nonstop Local Forecaster Tori Smith has the latest information on the cold front system bringing thunderstorms to the Inland Northwest by Monday afternoon. Nickle size hail, gusty winds and heavy downpours are possible.

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Authorities are searching for a driver involved in a hit-and-run collision Sunday afternoon north of Deer Park that left a motorcyclist seriously injured. According to the Washington State Patrol, the crash happened around 3:45 p.m. at the intersection of North Sherman Road and West Bridges...

The Inland Northwest faces some interesting energy and water-related challenges. For example, will the region continue to be able to generate enough hydropower to meet the demand, especially if companies build a bunch of data centers? How will the region’s continued drought affect water supply, even in places like the