Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center project is dead
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash – The dream to build a performing arts center in Spokane Valley appears to be over. Executive Artistic Director Yvonne A.K. Johnson shared the news in an email to supporters Friday, saying “Our time together building a regional performing arts center legacy in Spokane Valley has unfortunately come to an end.”
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A lawsuit over new requirements for law enforcement leaders is moving from Pend Oreille County to Olympia. The Kootenai County jail isn't always hitting staffing requirements even though officers are working thousands of hours of overtime. Some members of the Spokane Transit Authority board are pushing to get a sales...
Sister of man shot and killed by Spokane County deputies during hours-long standoff in...
SPOKANE, Wash. — The sister of a man who was shot and killed by Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputies near Deer Park two years ago is suing the county and three deputies who fired at him. In a complaint for damages filed in Spokane Superior Court on March...
Lane restrictions now in place at Trent Avenue near Pines Road
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Lane restrictions are now in place on Trent Avenue near Pines Road for the Pines Road/BNSF Grade Separation construction project. The eastbound right lane of Trent Avenue will be closed Friday until around 3 p.m., the City of Spokane Valley says. Starting at 5 a.m....
Spokane County deputies use Air-1 helicopter to track reckless driver
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – A 25-year-old driver was arrested for reckless driving and several felony charges after Spokane deputies used the Air 1 helicopter to track her, avoiding a car-based high-speed pursuit. The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said the incident began when the driver attempted to evade a deputy...
Post Falls Police investigating death in Walmart parking lot
POST FALLS, Idaho - Post Falls Police are trying to determine what happened to a man who was found dead in a car in the Walmart parking lot.
Spokane County man receives life sentence after aiming gun at police
SPOKANE, Wash. — Jesse S. Johnson, 39, was sentenced in Spokane County Superior Court Friday to life in prison without parole, after a jury found him guilty in a North Spokane case stemming from an incident where he brandished a firearm after being contacted by police. According to a...
Man found dead in his car outside a Post Falls Walmart
POST FALLS, Idaho – Post Falls detectives opened an investigation after a 54-year-old man was found dead in his vehicle in a Walmart parking lot. A Walmart employee found the man’s body on Thursday around 4:30 p.m. and called 911. The Post Falls Police Department said responding officers arrived at the scene and determined that the man seemed to have been living...
STA board delays decision on sales tax renewal timing amid concerns over competing ballot...
SPOKANE — The Spokane Transit Authority Board of Directors postponed a decision Thursday on when to ask voters to renew a sales tax that funds public transportation, with some members expressing concern about potential competition from other tax measures. The board is weighing whether to place the renewal on...
Spokane Valley vigil honors 17-year-old Carter Cochran
SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Valley community members gathered for a vigil for a teen who was shot and killed last week. More than 100 people gathered at the intersection of 16th and Union in Spokane Valley to remember the life of 17-year-old Lewis and Clark High School student Carter Cochran.
