Spokane County News

An anonymous Crime stoppers tip helped Spokane Police track down the female responsible for the assault of a 3 year old boy on Wednesday morning.

Last winter's record snowfall made a serious impression on the Inland Northwest, according to hardware store managers.

A Spokane County employee was taken to the hospital Friday after suffering a medical emergency and crashing through two fences before coming to a stop next to a power sub station.

Authorities are looking for a man they say beat a cab driver in East Spokane. It happened near Havana and Upriver Drive.

The Spokane County Prosecutor's Office will file vehicular homicide charges against Lester LaFleur today for the death of his four-year-old son, Gerrin.

Spokane County sheriff's deputies used a stun gun on an attacking pit bull dog. It didn't stop, so they shot it with a .45-caliber handgun, and it still kept coming.

Spokane County sheriff's deputies used a stun gun on an attacking pit bull dog. It didn't stop, so they shot it with a .45-caliber handgun, and it still kept coming.

Some of the information in this report came from a news release by the Spokane sheriff's department.

One man grabbed her phone before she could call 911, breaking her hand in front of her husband and grandchildren as he screamed at the family for driving too slowly.

A car has crashed into the entry way of the Spokane County jail. KHQ-TV reports that the jail's doors were heavily damaged in the crash Saturday.

A Spokane police sergeant will avoid criminal prosecution for a drunken hit-and-run crash if he stays out of trouble for five years.

Spokane County has started issuing layoff notices to some workers. Dozens more layoffs are likely by the end of December unless unions and managers reach agreements on concessions in wages or work hours.

Thursday morning was dangerous for drivers on area roads as thick and freezing fog coupled with high speeds led to a number of collisions.

A 59-year-old inmate has been found dead in his cell at the Spokane County Jail.

Spokanea s $33 million fire bond appears to have failed. Tuesdaya s tally of remaining ballots from last weeka s general election shows the proposed property tax increase fell just short of the needed 60 percent supermajority, capturing 59.5 percent of the vote.

All Spokane County offices will be closed in observance of Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11.

A woman in her 20s died yesterday at a local hospital of swine flu, the Spokane Regional Health Dsitrict said today.

Police confirmed Tuesday that the suicidal man deputies confronted in an officer-involved shooting in Spokane Valley last week was armed with an airsoft pistol.

Spokane is rejecting Tim Eyman's latest bad idea. Current results from Spokane County are 43% in favor and 57% against the initiative.

A one-car crash Tuesday night killed a Tekoa, Wash., boy who was to turn 18 today, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office announced.