Spokane store theft case ends with 33-month prison sentence
SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane County case ended with a 33-month prison sentence after a December 2025 theft at a retail store in East Central Spokane, according to a May 18, 2026 release. In Spokane County Superior Court on May 15, 2026, a 31-year-old man pleaded guilty to two...
Man convicted of murdering Spokane teen, abducting 8-year-old girls in separate case denied parole
SPOKANE, Wash. — The man convicted of murdering a teen girl in Spokane and abducting two eight-year-old girls in a separate case has been denied parole. Arbie Williams murdered 15-year-old Linda Strait in September 1982. The teen was walking to her neighborhood grocery store when she somehow crossed paths with Williams
Hops Weekly: Hillsboro takes four of six with Spokane, preps for first place Eugene
The Hops returned home this past week following two consecutive weeks on the road, and made the most of it, winning four of the last five games of their six-game set with visiting Spokane to take the series four games to two. Hillsboro managed just 26 runs over the series’...
Protestor’s attorney motions to include SCSO deputy’s records
SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Defense Attorney Andrea George, representing Justice Forral, one of three protestors facing federal charges, now motioning the court to include henthorn materials including what appears to be the past records of a Spokane County Deputy Brittan Morgan. Henthron materials are described in court d
Cheney School District to break ground on new elementary school in Airway Heights
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The Cheney School District is celebrating the groundbreaking of a new elementary school in Airway Heights.
We still need to watch for afternoon thunderstorms today ⛈️
It’s another day where some nice morning weather will become unsettled during the afternoon. As the day progresses, daytime heating will trigger isolated showers and thunderstorms, primarily over the higher terrain of northeast Washington and the Northern Panhandle. These storms could produce wind gusts up to 25 mph an
Residents displaced, 2 injured after house fire on East 33rd Avenue in Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. – Crews responded on Sunday evening to a house fire on East 33rd Avenue near Perry Street that left two people injured, according to the Spokane Fire Department (SFD). Upon arrival, firefighters ensured the safety of a child and a man who were both injured. SFD officials...
Toilet clogged with 3-plus pounds of fentanyl pills leads to prison term in Eastern...
Clinton Paul Patterson has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after officers arrived to arrest him at his girlfriend’s Pasco house and found partially dissolved fentanyl pills he had attempted to flush down the toilet. The mass of blue and green pills fished out of the toilet contained...
Athletes gather in Spokane for chance to slide to Winter Olympics glory
May 17—The athletes gathered at Shadle Park High School Saturday dreamed of competing for Olympic gold in the snow -laden French Alps. One by one they checked in at the registration clipboard, ensured their respective $75 was paid and competed in a series of tests in a bid to represent Team USA in a roughly 400-pound s
The Chelan Mountain Goats Softball are STATE BOUND for the first time in 11...
After finishing 4th at the District 5 Tournament, the young Goats squad faced a winner-to-state matchup on Saturday against District 6 champion Medical Lake in some of the toughest weather conditions imaginable. Through constant rain, heavy wind, and even three separate hail storms — including a 20-minute delay due to

















