(The Center Square) – Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Haskell announced his retirement on Tuesday, effective July 18, after serving in the position for over a decade.
Once a B-1 and B-52 pilot with the U.S. Air Force, Haskell joined the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney in 1998, jumping between the district court and felony drug unit until Sept. 11, 2001. It was then that the local hero put his uniform back on for another three years and returned to active duty.
After retiring as lieutenant colonel in 2005, having served in the Persian Gulf during Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, Haskell returned to his post in Spokane. He was elected in November 2014 and took office in January 2015, racking up quite a career over the decade…