Spokane WA

SPOKANE, Wash. — No camping signs are posted throughout downtown Spokane, but businesses near the Maple Street Bridge say they're not working.

The woman demanded all the victim’s money and threatened to shoot him, according to Seattle police. One suspect took $180 in cash from his pocket, along with a bag containing medication and clothing, SPD said.

Local nonprofit Spokane Reimagined has been in the news quite a bit in the past few years, and for good reason. In 2023, Spokane pedestrian fatalities hit an all-time high (11 pedestrians and one bicyclist). The nonprofit’s founder, Erik Lowe, has developed a $1 billion tax levy proposal to transform Spokane into a...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – Spokane Valley City Council is currently reviewing public feedback on a proposal to establish a regional ice facility in the Sullivan Park area. City leaders are keen to determine the financial implications of the project. This comes as a local benefactor has offered $44 million, contingent on...

YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. -- A Spokane man was hit and killed by a vehicle in Yakima County last week, and a teen driver may face charges.

For the first time in recorded history, a stretch of the Spokane River ran completely dry this summer, leaving a mile-and-a-half gap in Spokane Valley between Barker and Sullivan Road. Jule Schultz, the waterkeeper for nonprofit environmental protection organization Spokane Riverkeeper, said the sight was...

CHENEY, Wash. – Luke Huckabee, who grew up in the Cheney School District, settled a 2023 lawsuit against the district for nearly $260,000. The lawsuit detailed allegations of misuse of restraint and isolation. Huckabee recalled the first-time teachers restrained him and placed him in an isolation closet when he...

In early spring 2024, a homeowner in North Spokane found a dead white-tailed deer in their backyard and called the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, or WDFW, to make a seemingly typical report. The carcass was collected, tested and later confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease. It was the...

A man who locked a runaway teenage girl in his bedroom and monitored her with a camera 16 years ago was shot and killed as part of a double homicide last week outside the South Hill home where she now lives. The Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man...

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash - As of noon Thursday, the man known as Spokane's South Hill Rapist is free.