A Heat Advisory has been issued for Friday; Fire Weather Watch implemented for Saturday
A Heat Advisory is in effect for Friday as afternoon high temperatures near triple digits. Mostly sunny skies, but hazy conditions are expected through the day.
Legal and relocation assistance offered for tenants displaced by Spokane Complex Fires
SPOKANE, Wash. – Renters displaced by the Spokane Complex Fires are still being counted as housing groups and legal advocates work to connect them with help. Property management companies have already helped rehouse some tenants and continue looking for available rentals. "A number of people are going through their...
Spokane County still hasn’t distributed $44 million in federal fire relief to 2023 victims
SPOKANE, Wash. — More than 20 months after receiving $44 million in federal fire relief funds, Spokane County has yet to distribute any of the money to victims of the Gray and Oregon Road fires.
Ramp meters will soon activate on westbound I-90 in Liberty Lake
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — The Washington State Department of Transportation will activate ramp meters on two westbound I-90 on-ramps in Liberty Lake beginning Tuesday, Aug. 25th.
Woman arrested for trespassing on property of home destroyed in Old Trails Fire
SPOKANE, Wash. – A 33-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday after homeowners notified law enforcement that she was trespassing on the property of their residence, which had been destroyed in the Old Trails Fire, and claimed she was stealing items, according to the Spokane Police Department (SPD). Officers first...
The Spokane community — with a lot of help from its friends — weathered...
On Friday, July 31, Spokane Fire Chief Tom Williams called me asking for approval to upstaff the department the next day. A first-of-its-kind “Particularly Dangerous Situation” Red Flag Warning had been issued, and he wanted to be sure he had as many firefighters as possible ready to respond if the situation turned dir
Dear Spokane: Not If, But When
I’ve been obsessed with the new podcast What to Carry, What to Burn. The show is about wilderness survival, and it’s an addictive listen — long-distance dogsled musher Blair Braverman dives deep into historical disasters to illustrate how survivors made it through the unthinkable: plane crashes, shipwrecks, madness. In
Remembering the poetic life of Spokane’s Nance Van Winckel
Celebrated poet Nance Van Winckel, who taught more than 20 years at Eastern Washington University’s creative writing program, died on July 19 at the age of 74 from complications of treatment she was receiving for cholangiocarcinoma. Van Winckel was a literal and figurative spinner of yarns, publishing fiction, memoir,
Financial assistance options for people with homes damaged or destroyed in Spokane wildfires
SPOKANE, Wash. — More than 700 families lost their homes in recent Spokane-area fires, and m…
Spokane family navigates school year while displaced from wildfire damage
SPOKANE, Wash. — As Spokane families prepare for the school year to begin Wednesday, one local family is navigating the transition while displaced from their home due to wildfire damage.
