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Man gets 17 years in 1986 Spokane slaying
SPOKANE -- A 63-year-old man is now serving a prison sentence after his DNA was linked, years later, to a 1986 rape and murder of a Spokane woman.Spokane County Superior Court Judge Kathleen O'Connor sentenced Gary Trimble to just over 17 years in prison Friday.
Date: 05/19/2012 | Northwest
McMorris Rodgers files for 5th term
SPOKANE -- U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers has officially filed for re-election to a fifth term in the U.S. House of Representatives from the Spokane area.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Spokane police rehire fired detective
SPOKANE-- The Spokane Police Department has rehired a detective who was fired by former Chief Anne Kirkpatrick and who has a lawsuit pending against the city.Spokeswoman Marlene Feist says new leadership is taking another look at the dispute with Jeff Harvey and the legal exposure.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Push made to bring tankers to Spokane
SPOKANE -- Washington's entire congressional delegation has signed a letter asking the Air Force to select Spokane's Fairchild Air Force Base as the home for new air tankers.The Spokane base is already home to aging KC-135 air tankers.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest
Children at play find body in Spokane
SPOKANE -- Police say children playing in a wooded area found a decomposing body Sunday in a wooded area in Spokane.Police said detectives were processing the scene overnight and into Monday morning.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Northwest
Police have DNA evidence in Spokane stabbing
SPOKANE -- Spokane police say they have DNA evidence that may identify the man who killed Sharlotte McGill on May 3 as she was walking her dog along the Spokane River.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Northwest
Body found in Long Lake may be missing airman
SPOKANE -- Officials are trying to identify a body found in Long Lake and determine whether it's the Fairchild airman who disappeared March 31 when he attempted to canoe in the fast-moving Spokane River.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Northwest
Police search for suspect in fatal stabbing
SPOKANE -- Spokane police hunted Friday for a suspect in what they call a random attack in which a woman was stabbed to death as she walked her dog.Interim police chief Scott Stephens warned residents to be vigilant while the suspect remained on the run.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Northwest
Spokane officer cleared in daughter's shooting
SPOKANE -- Prosecutors say a Spokane police officer will not be charged for the accidental shooting in which his 10-year-old daughter wounded herself in the leg with his gun.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Northwest
Woman stabbed to death in Spokane
SPOKANE -- A 55-year-old Spokane woman who was walking her dog was stabbed to death Thursday morning in what police say was a rare case of stranger violence.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
Board votes to fire Spokane museum director
SPOKANE -- The director of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane has been fired.Forrest Rodgers was terminated Wednesday by a 13-7 vote of the board of trustees. It followed a decision last week by the board's seven-member executive committee.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
More than 50,000 in Spokane's Bloomsday race
SPOKANE -- More than 50,000 people have registered to run in Sunday's Bloomsday race in Spokane, one of the largest such events in the nation.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Northwest
Big wind power farm planned near Oakesdale
SPOKANE -- A major wind power farm will be built in the Palouse this summer, Boston-based First Wind announced Tuesday.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Groundbreaking for new base command at Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE -- A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday for a long-sought new wing command headquarters building at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Spokane tries to preserve Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE -- Fairchild Air Force Base is Spokane County's largest employer and has been a mainstay of the local economy for seven decades.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Northwest
Fake IDs seized at Spokane bars near Gonzaga
SPOKANE -- State liquor control agents say bouncers and clerks have seized more than 100 bogus driver's licenses in the past month from Gonzaga students trying to buy alcohol at Spokane stores, taverns and bars.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Northwest
Girls take pills in Spokane school restroom
SPOKANE -- Ambulances were called to Glover Middle School in Spokane when six girls reported feeling shaky after taking excessive amounts of an over-the-counter antihistamine. They took the pills in a school restroom.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Northwest
Spokane River reaches flood stage
SPOKANE -- The Spokane River reached flood stage early Friday morning, with minor flooding at low-lying areas near the river.The National Weather Service predicted the river will rise another 6 inches above its flood stage of 27 feet this weekend before it begins to fall Monday.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Northwest
Wheat growers excluded from Spokane parade
SPOKANE -- Wheat may be king in the Palouse region, but don't look for its float at Spokane's annual Lilac Festival parade.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Northwest
2 brothers suspected in Spokane moose poaching
SPOKANE -- Fish and Wildlife agents say tips from the public led them to two brothers suspected of poaching a moose in a popular hiking area near Spokane.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Northwest
Spokane council revises water billing
SPOKANE -- The Spokane City Council voted 6-0 Monday night to approve new water rates proposed by Mayor David Condon.The base charge will rise more than a dollar a month to nearly $14.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Charges reinstated in driver's license scheme
SPOKANE -- A federal appeals court has reinstated charges against six men allegedly involved in a bribery-based scheme to illegally obtain commercial drivers' licenses.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Spokane River approaching flood stage
SPOKANE-- The Spokane Fire Department is urging people to stay out of the rising Spokane River.The river is running high and fast and water temperatures are very cold, making for dangerous conditions.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
New Spokane school chief to make $240K
SPOKANE -- The new head of Spokane Public Schools will be paid $240,000 in pay and benefits, about $17,000 more than her predecessor.Shelley Redinger has been chosen to replace retiring school superintendent Nancy Stowell, whose last day is June 30.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Veterans face long waits in Spokane
SPOKANE -- Veterans are waiting an average of 80 days for mental health appointments at the Spokane VA Medical Center, far short of the 14-day goal set by Veterans Affairs.The delay appears to be the result of recurring staff shortages at VA medical centers across the country.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Spokane voters passing arena expansion
SPOKANE -- Voters in Spokane County are approving a ballot measure to expand the Spokane Convention Center and to lure back NCAA men's basketball tournament games by adding seats to the Spokane Arena.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Northwest
Spokane council tables gay marriage resolution
SPOKANE -- After hours of public testimony and debate, the Spokane City Council has tabled a resolution supporting the state's new gay marriage law.The Spokesman-Review reported the council has voted 4-3 to table the resolution indefinitely.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Northwest
Spokane couple's car stolen three times in 6 months
SPOKANE -- Ryan Tucker says it's happened again. For the third time in six months, his car has been stolen from his west-central Spokane neighborhood.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
Moose poached in popular Spokane hiking area
SPOKANE -- State Fish and Wildlife agents are investigating the poaching of a moose in a popular hiking area near Spokane. Agents believe the cow moose was killed Monday night near the top of Beacon Hill, near Minnehaha Park. It was butchered on the site and meat was removed early Tuesday.
Date: 04/11/2012 | Northwest
Spokane officer's daughter shot in leg with his gun
SPOKANE -- SPOKANE — The 10-year-old daughter of a veteran Spokane police officer was in stable condition after shooting herself in the leg on Easter with her father’s duty weapon, authorities said.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Northwest
Details emerge on deadly Spokane altercation
SPOKANE -- Spokane police officers involved in the deadly altercation with a mentally disabled janitor were given three days before writing reports detailing the 2006 encounter, and when they were asked to file reports, did so in a group with the aid of an attorney hired by their union, according...
Date: 04/08/2012 | Northwest
Man rescued from Spokane River
SPOKANE -- Spokane Fire Department crews rescued one man from the Spokane River on Friday and searched for another in frigid fast-flowing water nearing flood-stage, spokesman Brian Schaeffer said.
Date: 04/06/2012 | Northwest
Removal of Mill Pond Dam approved
SPOKANE -- The state has given approval to remove a defunct dam in northeastern Washington, an action that will restore Sullivan Creek to a pristine state.
Date: 03/30/2012 | Northwest
Spokane County detectives arrest home care worker
SPOKANE -- The Spokane County sheriff's office says a home health care worker took more than $30,000 from a woman in her 70s by receiving cash back from grocery store purchases at Liberty Lake.The 50-year-old woman was jailed Wednesday for investigation of theft.
Date: 03/29/2012 | Northwest
Plea in death of man who tried to break up party
SPOKANE -- An 18-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge in the death of a 65-year-old Spokane-area man who tried to break up an underage drinking party.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Northwest
Hundreds attend hearing for Spokane Tribe casino
SPOKANE -- Hundreds of people attended a Monday night hearing on plans for a proposed Spokane Tribe casino at Airway Heights.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Northwest
Spokane police subdue suicidal armed man
SPOKANE -- Spokane police used a bean bag gun to subdue a suicidal man who advanced toward officers with a knife.Police say the man refused commands Sunday night and advanced toward officers with the knife, telling them to shoot him because he wanted to die.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Northwest
2 more Spokane officers may be charged in beating
SPOKANE -- Lawyers for two Spokane police officers say they expect to face federal charges of obstruction of justice because of their testimony in the city's handling of the fatal beating of Otto Zehm.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Northwest
EIS pushes controversial Spokane Tribe casino forward
AIRWAY HEIGHTS -- A big casino that the Spokane Tribe of Indians is proposing has cleared a major regulatory hurdle, but the project is drawing bitter opposition from a rival tribe and from some area business and political leaders.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Northwest
BPA offers reward for info about missing employee
SPOKANE -- The Bonneville Power Administration is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that helps convict anyone involved in the 1987 disappearance of a worker from a substation near Spokane.
Date: 03/16/2012 | Northwest
Spokane police arrest prolific tagger
SPOKANE -- Spokane police say they have arrested a "prolific graffiti tagger" believed to have caused $50,000 in property damage in the region.A witness called police Saturday evening to say he saw two men spray painting a building in downtown Spokane.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Northwest
Car stolen from woman at Spokane day care
SPOKANE -- A woman who left her car running while she dropped off a child at a north Spokane day care returned to find it stolen.The sheriff's office said the car was found a few minutes later Tuesday in an alley, but the woman's purse was missing.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Spokane police informant robbed in drug deal
SPOKANE -- A Spokane police informant who went to buy methamphetamine got his man, but not on a drug charge.The informant said the dealer took the $60 police had given him to buy meth, then punched him on the head and pushed him down stairs.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Crossing guard, 12, hit on way to school
SPOKANE -- Spokane police say a 12-year-old boy on his way to school for his job as a morning crossing guard was hit by a truck and rolled more than 60 feet through an intersection.The boy was hospitalized Monday in stable condition with internal injuries and broken bones.
Date: 03/12/2012 | Northwest
Rates changing at Spokane parking meters
SPOKANE -- The city of Spokane is changing the rates at 2,300 downtown parking meters.KHQ reported that the goal is to standardize rates so that parking for four hours or less will be a consistent $1.20 an hour and parking for more than four hours will be 40 cents an hour.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Northwest
Girl, man wounded in Spokane gang shooting
SPOKANE -- Police say the shooting of a man and a girl Sunday night in Spokane was gang-related, and the shooter is still at large.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Northwest
Warehouse fire challenges Spokane fire crews
SPOKANE -- Spokane firefighters had their hands full with a two-alarm blaze Friday night in a warehouse filled with paper products and vans with gasoline in the tanks.No injuries have been reported.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
Ron Paul gets a shot at first primary campaign victory
SPOKANE -- He has the organization. He has the fired-up base. There are just two questions about Ron Paul's performance in Washington state's Republican caucuses.Can he win? And will it matter?
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
Spokane mayor fires city attorney
SPOKANE -- Spokane Mayor David Condon has fired City Attorney Howard Delaney in the wake of intense criticism over the handling of some high-profile cases.Condon announced that Nancy Isserlis will be the new city attorney.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
Fired police officer sues Spokane
SPOKANE -- A Spokane police sergeant who was fired after he was caught driving drunk and leaving the scene of a collision has filed a lawsuit against the city for wrongful termination.
Date: 02/29/2012 | Northwest
Spokane council rejects rehiring fired officer
SPOKANE -- The Spokane City Council has voted not to rehire a Spokane police officer who was fired after an arrest for drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
Ice delays firefighters to Mount Spokane house fire
SPOKANE -- A steep, icy driveway made it difficult for firefighters to battle a house fire Sunday evening near Mount Spokane.Some trucks couldn't make it to the scene, and firefighters had to pump water about a quarter of a mile up a hill.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
Money sought for John Wayne Trail in E. Washington
SPOKANE -- Washington is seeking a $1.2 federal grant to help State Parks pay for improvements to the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in Whitman and Spokane counties to the Idaho border.
Date: 02/27/2012 | Northwest
Snow causes crashes in eastern Wash., north Idaho
SEATTLE -- A winter storm dropped 3 to 8 inches of snow on eastern Washington and northern Idaho on Saturday, closing some highways and causing numerous traffic accidents.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
75 animals found emaciated in Spokane County
SPOKANE -- Spokane County animal protection officers have seized more than 75 starving animals in a rural property near Elk.The search on Friday also found a number of dead animals. Some had decayed to bones.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
Officer fired for DUI may regain job, back pay
SPOKANE -- A Spokane police officer fired in 2009 after driving drunk while off duty, hitting a pickup with his truck and leaving the scene of the collision is likely to be rehired and get more than two years of back pay -- totaling about $275,000.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Northwest
Spokane bomb squad detonates device found in car
SPOKANE -- A neighbor looking into a disabled car in north Spokane noticed a tube with a fuse on the end and called police.A bomb squad detonated the explosive Tuesday afternoon with a boom that sounded through the neighborhood near NorthTown Mall.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Northwest
Spokane police investigating fatal stabbing
SPOKANE -- Spokane police are investigating a fatal stabbing.They say the victim's body was found on 3rd Avenue early Sunday. A 24-year-old man was arrested on second-degree murder charges and booked into the Spokane County Jail Sunday afternoon
Date: 02/19/2012 | Northwest
Spokane MLK Day parade bomber sent to Cal. prison
SPOKANE -- The man who planted a bomb along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane has been sent to a federal prison in California.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Northwest
Spokane police consider wearing body cameras
SPOKANE -- Spokane police are considering whether officers should wear body cameras to record their interactions with the public.Police Ombudsman Tim Burns says they're worth the cost and Mayor David Condon agrees it could be one of the changes he's planning for the department.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Northwest
Police: No sign of man sought in 3 deaths
SPOKANE -- A 22-year-old man sought for investigation in the deaths of a woman and her two sons remained on the loose Sunday, and police said they believed he was armed with several stolen weapons and a bullet-resistant vest.
Date: 02/12/2012 | Northwest
Police seek man after 3 found dead in Spokane home
SPOKANE -- Police said Saturday that they are looking for a 22-year-old man who is a "person of interest" in the deaths of a woman and two children whose bodies were found in a home in north Spokane.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Northwest
Spokane agrees to settle police beating lawsuit
SPOKANE -- Spokane Mayor David Condon said the city has agreed to mediation to try and settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a man beaten to death by police.Condon said an out-of-court settlement is in the best interest of the city.
Date: 02/10/2012 | Northwest
Plane in crash may have made emergency landing
DENVER -- Investigators say a plane involved in a crash that killed three people in Colorado appears to have made an emergency landing days earlier because of a propeller issue.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Northwest
Inslee releases economic plan for state
SPOKANE -- Closing unproductive state tax loopholes and holding down health care costs would help pay for education programs that have suffered deep cuts in recent years, U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee said during an appearance at a small Spokane aerospace company on Monday.
Date: 02/06/2012 | Northwest
Spokane man accused of assaulting girlfriend
SPOKANE -- Spokane police have arrested a 28-year-old man accused of attempting to strangle his live-in girlfriend.Police said Wayne S. Cooper was booked into jail Saturday on investigation of second-degree assault.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Northwest
"Teacher Grandpa" sentenced for rape
SPOKANE -- A former Spokane day care worker who was known as "Teacher Grandpa" has been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for child rape.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Northwest
Spokane mayor OK with $100K salary
SPOKANE -- Spokane Mayor David Condon says he will hold his salary at $100,000 this year as promised.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Northwest
Commission to review Spokane police use of force
SPOKANE -- A five-member commission reviewing how Spokane police use force will include recently retired state Supreme Court Justice Gerry (Gary) Alexander.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Northwest
Car lands upside down in creek, woman rescued
SPOKANE -- Spokane officials say a car skidded off an icy road and landed upside down in a creek, leaving a 25-year-old woman caught by her seatbelt but still able to breathe in the partially submerged vehicle.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Northwest
2 wounded in shooting at Spokane restaurant
SPOKANE -- Two men were wounded in the legs during a shooting at a restaurant in Spokane.
Date: 01/23/2012 | Northwest
Record-tying snowfall in Spokane
SPOKANE -- Spokane tied a record with 6 inches of snow on Thursday, and more is forecast to come.Other records were set Thursday with 6 inches in Ritzville and 5.3 inches in Wenatchee.
Date: 01/20/2012 | Northwest
Multiple homes raided in Spokane
SPOKANE -- The Spokane Violent Crimes and Gang Enforcement Team is helping the federal government and several SWAT teams with raids across Spokane County on Thursday.Spokane police told KXLY-TV the raids are part of a months-long federal investigation and multiple homes are being searched.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Northwest
Law officers rounding up gang members
SPOKANE -- Federal and local law enforcement officers are arresting suspected gang members across Eastern Washington.The FBI said officers are arresting people at numerous locations in the Spokane area, the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla on Thursday morning.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Northwest
MLK parade organizers in Spokane hoping for big turnout
SPOKANE -- White supremacist Kevin Harpham planted a bomb along the route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade here last year, hoping to strike a lethal blow against the unity and multiculturalism represented by the march.
Date: 01/14/2012 | Northwest
Spokane man jailed on 17 charges in 11 months
SPOKANE -- Spokane police say a repeat offender is back behind bars thanks to a K9 named Leonidas.Police say they have been looking for weeks for Mark W. Bush, who was wanted in a drug case.
Date: 01/12/2012 | Northwest
Spokane wants first Everett-built Air Force tankers
SPOKANE -- Production of a new fleet of Boeing aerial-refueling tankers could bring more jobs and investment to Spokane, officials said this week.The first in the new fleet of KC-46A tankers will roll out of Boeing's Everett plant in 2017.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Business
Spokane wants new air tankers at Fairchild AFB
SPOKANE -- Spokane leaders want the new Boeing-built air refueling tankers to first go to Fairchild Air Force Base.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Northwest
'Unusual' issues call off Spokane officer's sentencing
SPOKANE -- A federal judge on Thursday called off the sentencing for a police officer convicted of using excessive force in a mentally disabled man's death, citing "unusual" circumstances for the move.
Date: 01/05/2012 | Northwest
Deputies investigating death of Spokane-area woman
SPOKANE -- The Spokane County medical examiner's office says an autopsy Tuesday determined that 34-year-old Kimberly Schmidt died of a gunshot wound to the head.The body of the Spokane-area woman was found Sunday by her daughter.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Northwest
Spokane's mayor picks interim police chief
SPOKANE -- Spokane's new mayor has selected police Maj. Scott Stephens to serve as interim police chief.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Northwest
Not guilty plea in Spokane rapper shooting
SPOKANE -- Extra officers helped maintain security Tuesday in Spokane County Superior Court at the arraignment for a rapper charged with murder in the shooting of another rapper at a hotel after a Spokane concert.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Northwest
New Spokane mayor sworn in
SPOKANE -- David Condon has been sworn in as the new mayor of Spokane, the state's second largest city.Condon was sworn in Friday morning in Riverfront Park. He replaces Mary Verner, who became the city's 10th consecutive one-term mayor.
Date: 12/30/2011 | Northwest
Spokane teen's picture on Rose Parade float
SPOKANE -- A Spokane teen who died of a head injury after a 2009 football collision will be remembered by many more than his friends and family early next year when his portrait will be featured on a Rose Bowl parade float honoring people whose donated organs saved lives.
Date: 12/09/2011 | Northwest
Woman falls to death from Spokane parking garage
SPOKANE -- Spokane police are checking surveillance cameras at the River Park Square parking garage to determine how a woman fell to her death.Police said there is no evidence she was a victim of a crime.
Date: 12/01/2011 | Northwest
Newspaper: Spokane parade route change prevented blast
SPOKANE -- The Spokesman-Review of Spokane is reporting that quick work by law enforcement officers prevented the bomb planted at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade from being detonated last January.
Date: 11/23/2011 | Northwest
GOP poured at least $63K into Spokane mayor race
SPOKANE -- The Washington State Republican Party poured at least $63,000 into the campaign of victorious Spokane mayoral candidate David Condon in the closing days of his race against incumbent Mary Verner.
Date: 11/18/2011 | Northwest
Spokane police chief stepping down
SPOKANE -- Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick is stepping down effective Jan. 2.Kirkpatrick has been criticized for her handling of the investigation of the death of Otto Zehm at the hands of police officers. She has recently been applying for jobs in other cities.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
Challenger in command in Spokane mayor election
SPOKANE -- It's looking certain that Spokane will have a new mayor on Jan. 1.Election returns show challenger David Condon building on his Tuesday night lead over Mayor Mary Verner.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
Plea deal accepted in MLK parade bombing
SPOKANE -- A federal judge has accepted the guilty plea of a man who left a bomb along the route of the Martin Luther King Jr. day parade in downtown Spokane.
Date: 11/10/2011 | Northwest
Spokane County police training cars vandalized
SPOKANE -- Six Spokane County police training cars had their tires slashed at Raceway Park.In addition to ruining 24 tires, someone stole six spares.KREM reports the loss is estimated at $3,000, not counting lost training time.
Date: 11/10/2011 | Northwest
Challenger leading Spokane mayor
SPOKANE -- Challenger David Condon is leading incumbent Spokane Mayor Mary Verner in early election results.The Spokesman-Review calls it a surprise comeback for Condon, who had trailed by 30 points in the summer primary.
Date: 11/09/2011 | Northwest
Man rejects plea deal, gets sentence of 184 years
SPOKANE -- A Spokane man who rejected a plea deal that would have allowed him to serve 10 to 12 years in prison has instead been sentenced to 184½ years.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Northwest
Spokane officer's attorneys ask to question jurors
SPOKANE -- The post-conviction saga of Spokane police officer Karl F. Thompson continued Tuesday, with attorneys telling a judge they want to ask jurors in the case if they improperly watched news accounts of the trial.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Northwest
Spokane police stop burglary in progress
SPOKANE -- Police stopped a burglary in progress early Tuesday at a gas station in Spokane.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Northwest
Progress made toward cleaning up uranium mine
SPOKANE -- The Spokane Tribe of Indians has recently won big victories in its long fight against uranium contamination, including a deal reached this fall between the federal government and mining companies to clean up the long-closed Midnite Mine on the reservation.
Date: 11/06/2011 | Northwest
Spokane police officer ordered held
SPOKANE -- A Spokane police officer was ordered to be immediately jailed Friday, two days after he was convicted of using excessive force in the 2006 death of a mentally ill man.
Date: 11/04/2011 | Northwest
Judge delays decision on detaining Spokane cop
SPOKANE -- A federal judge is expected to rule Friday on whether to detain until sentencing a Spokane police officer convicted of using excessive force in the 2006 death of a mentally ill man.
Date: 11/03/2011 | Northwest
Jury convicts Spokane officer of excessive force
YAKIMA -- A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Spokane officer of using excessive force on a mentally ill man who died in 2006 after being beaten and restrained at a convenience store, in a case that brought criticism to the city's police force.
Date: 11/02/2011 | Northwest
Spokane police investigating suspicious death
SPOKANE -- An autopsy Friday will help police investigate the suspicious death of an unidentified man at a home in west Spokane.KXLY reported that police were called to the home Thursday evening.Neighbors said the home is known for suspicious activity.
Date: 10/28/2011 | Northwest
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