Spokane WA

A Spokane man, Troy Silk, was charged with setting multiple fires in downtown Spokane in August. He received an alternative sentence because of his mental health condition.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Nicholas Newell, a man born on Christmas Day, decided to follow in the footsteps of the most famous “Nicholas” and spread joy through his nonprofit, the Saint Nicholas Christmas Foundation. The foundation buys presents for people in assisted living who have no living family members.

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Union Gospel Mission served a prime rib dinner to 300 guests on Christmas Eve. Everyone was welcome.

On Halloween, about a week before her birthday, Alecia Larsen was crossing Maple Street in Spokane to catch the bus home to Cheney after trick-or-treating when she was hit by a car whose driver was later arrested on suspicion of DUI. Alecia’s fibula broke through the skin in her shin,...

Tens of thousands of people have walked through the doors of Northwest Seed & Pet’s store on East Sprague since it opened its doors in 1944. Plenty of its employees have worked there for over a decade, and loyal customers keep coming back time and time again, but no one knows the lay of the land quite like Gertrude,...

A therapy animal, Instagram star, and product tester. A customer greeter who’s also been lovingly dubbed the laziest employee on staff. Global Neighborhood Thrift & Vintage’s resident cat Smudge has many roles. For nearly all of his three years, the green-eyed, gray-and-white feline with a smudge of gray...

SPOKANE, Wash. — On Monday morning, community members gathered for a memorial service hosted by CHAS Health to honor those who died while facing homelessness in Spokane. People gathered at the Denny Murphy Clinic in downtown Spokane, and organizers and attendees say they hope the lives aren't forgotten. Steaphan...

SPOKANE, Wash. – A significant law enforcement presence was observed in North Spokane on Tuesday night as a SWAT standoff took place near East Lyons Avenue and North Nevada Street. NonStop Local personnel reported from the scene that police had established a perimeter around an apartment complex close to...

KING COUNTY, Wash. -- Spokane County's swiftwater rescue team has been deployed to King County to help with ongoing flood rescue efforts.

While many use marijuana for managing chronic pain or as a way to unwind at the end of the day, according to UW Medicine, over the last decade there have been more and more regular cannabis users coming into emergency departments with abdominal pain and severe, prolonged vomiting. It wasn’t...