Spokane WA

Law enforcement from around Washington traveled to Spokane County to honor Sheriff’s Sergeant Kenneth Salas, who was killed in the line of duty on August 9.

Police in Washington are sometimes waiting over a year for the state to test firearms evidence, as the Washington State Patrol deals with a growing backlog. For the past four years, the state patrol’s forensic crime labs in Vancouver, Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane received an average of 628 requests for testing...

A weak cold front picked up the breeze but kept temperatures steady through Wednesday. By Thursday, temperatures will increase slightly, but the peak of the heat arrives this weekend. Highs will reach the mid-90s in Spokane starting on Saturday with warmer areas pushing into the triple digits. These high...

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we're getting old. The songs we Gen Xers and Millennials grew up loving have been relegated to the throwback, "'80s, '90s and today" radio stations, even though "today" plays more like 2005 (at the latest) than like 2025. But the...

Al Merkel is not the only Spokane Valley City Council member who will undergo an investigation while on the council. Councilwoman Jessica Yaeger, who was elected in November 2023, is being investigated by Seattle-based attorney Rebecca Dean, the same person who investigated Merkel last year. Public records confirmed...

A local child’s measles diagnosis is raising eyebrows and prompting health officials to remind us about the importance of vaccinations. Here's what you need to know.

Ray's Lemonade has been in the cannabis industry since Washington's legal marketplace opened back in 2014. Brothers Dan and Ray Kinney got into the business like most others did, starting by growing flower at their Stevens County farm. Yet what began as a side project would eventually become the main thrust of their...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Spokane Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a missing endangered man.

Another one of Gonzaga's four seniors from last year has signed his first professional contract. Khalif Battle inked a deal with Dolomiti Energia Trento, an Ita

SPOKANE - United States Attorney Pete Serrano announced that Charles Michael McClain, age 40, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced on firearm and drug trafficking charges. McClain was found guilty on May 6, 2025, following a jury trial. United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced McClain to 20 years in...