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TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains material regarding missing and murdered Indigenous peoples. The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center has a toolkit for families and communities. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs has a list of resources. Josephine Pakootas was just 10 years old...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – The Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service (SCRAPS) is on the hunt for a new director following the resignation of Jesse Ferrari. According to Spokane County Public Information Officer, Martha Lou Wheatley-Billeter, Ferrari stepped down "for personal reasons." While the county...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Bajun Mavalwalla answered the door Tuesday morning at 6am, to the FBI. His son, Bajun Mavalwalla II, had plans to sign for a house that day. That’s why Mavalwalla says he stayed the night. But the next morning — he heard banging on the door.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The woman who died while running on Spokane's South Hill Wednesday morning was a well-known member of the medical community.

In early August, Spokane Valley voters will decide on a new public safety sales tax. If approved, Proposition 1 would increase the city's sales and use tax rate by 0.1% in order to fund additional police officers. This tax would be applied on all retail sales in Spokane Valley, which...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Police Department (SPD) arrested a man around 9 a.m. Monday for starting a fire at the SPD Downtown Precinct. SPD says police were working at the location around 6:20 a.m. when they heard the fire alarm go off. Officers say when they went to the...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Spokane, Washington man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal drug charge after law enforcement found more than 700 fentanyl pills during a traffic stop in Browning. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Nicholas Benton Severns, 36, admitted in court to...

Each year, the city of Spokane spends a day at the end of January carrying out its Point-in-Time Count, a federally required survey meant to track how many people are experiencing homelessness in the county. Held on Jan. 22, this year's count found that the county's homeless population decreased for the second year...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash -- Eastbound I-90 is closed at Sullivan Road for a fatal crash.

After a cool and windy Tuesday, the Inland Northwest will see calmer and warmer conditions for midweek. Expect today to be perfectly average for mid-July, followed by some more hot weather to end the week.