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Spokane Police investigate two drive-by shootings

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

Police are investigating two drive-by shootings in Spokane during the weekend that left one man hospitalized with a gunshot wound.

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Driver in three-way crash injuring seven officers, three civilians makes first appearance in court

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

Keiana Henry, 21, was arrested Monday in connection with vehicular assault, four counts of attempt to elude police pursuit, and an outstanding felony warrant.

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Garfield County Jail to close after $2.5 million settlement with family of man who died in custody

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

Garfield County reached a $2.5 million settlement with the family of a man who was dead in the jail for more than 18 hours before being discovered in 2022.

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Woman found dead in Logan neighborhood, police suspect homicide

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

A woman was killed Sunday morning in the Logan Neighborhood, the Spokane Police Department said in a news release.

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Spokane County Bar Association releases judicial candidate evaluations

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

Spokane County Bar Association has released its candidate rankings ahead of the Aug. 6 primary.

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Boy, 3, pulled from Spokane River during reported drowning Sunday

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

The Spokane Valley Fire Department pulled a 3-year-old boy from the Spokane River on Sunday when callers reported he was drowning.

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Stevens County deputy shoots, kills man accused of attacking deputy prosecutor with machete

UPDATED: Sat., July 20, 2024

A Stevens County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a man who charged at the deputy with the same machete the man is accused of using to attack a county prosecutor earlier on Friday.

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Three-vehicle crash injures several people in Spokane Valley; driver faces felony charges

UPDATED: Sat., July 20, 2024

Several people were injured after a driver ran a red light and caused a fiery, three-vehicle crash Friday night in Spokane Valley, according to the Spokane Valley Police Department.

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Alleged arson damages South Hill carwash, latest business hit by fire in same neighborhood

UPDATED: Fri., July 19, 2024

An intentionally set fire caused about $150,000 in damages Friday to a South Hill car wash, possibly the latest in a string of suspected arsons of nearby businesses, according to the Spokane Fire Department.

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17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of shooting friend in back near Spokane Falls Community College

UPDATED: Fri., July 19, 2024

A 17-year-old is accused of firing several shots at a car, striking his friend after an altercation last month outside a Catholic Charities apartment complex near Spokane Falls Community College.

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$5 million bond set for man accused of killing his wife five years ago

UPDATED: Fri., July 19, 2024

The young children of an Afghan couple were likely home when their father killed their mother, prosecutors said in court Friday.

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He tricked a 75-year-old man into paying $68K for yard work never performed, charges say

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

A 57-year-old man is accused of offering landscaping services to an 75-year-old man with dementia and taking thousands of dollars from his bank account without performing any work.

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Seven officers and three others hospitalized after high-speed chase in North Spokane

UPDATED: Sun., July 21, 2024

Seven police officers and three other people were hospitalized Friday after three vehicles collided during a high-speed chase in North Spokane.

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Five years after his wife was found dead in a freezer, Wahid Kashify is extradited back to Spokane and will stand trial for murder

UPDATED: Fri., July 19, 2024

A man accused of killing his wife and hiding her body in a chest freezer in 2019 was extradited from the Netherlands Thursday back to Spokane, where he will stand trial for first-degree murder.

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12-year-old boy hit by STA bus in Cheney

UPDATED: Thu., July 18, 2024

A 12-year-old boy was hit by a Spokane Transit Authority bus in Cheney Thursday.

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Police say robbery suspects beat victim with a stick or pipe in drug-related assault

UPDATED: Wed., July 17, 2024

Police arrested two people suspected of beating a man with a stick or pipe Tuesday.

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Police arrest suspect in July 4 arson that razed Sandpoint Army Surplus store

UPDATED: Wed., July 17, 2024

Sandpoint police released Tuesday night that Jennifer S. Meyer has been arrested under suspicion of arson following the burning down of local business Army Surplus 1 on July 4.

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Spokane Valley trailer fire seriously injures one, displaces another

UPDATED: Wed., July 17, 2024

A trailer fire at 11920 E. Mansfield, Spokane Valley left one individual with severe burns Tuesday night and a neighbor displaced.

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Man urinates in bushes outside bar and then shoots at patrons, court records say

UPDATED: Tue., July 16, 2024

Police arrested a man Sunday who they say shot at bar patrons after urinating in nearby bushes.

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Medical examiner ID’s 19-year-old who died at Coyote Rocks

UPDATED: Tue., July 16, 2024

The Spokane County Medical Examiner identified a teen who died at Coyote Rock over the weekend.

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Spokane Police investigate two drive-by shootings

Driver in three-way crash injuring seven officers, three civilians makes first appearance in court

Garfield County Jail to close after $2.5 million settlement with family of man who died in custody

Woman found dead in Logan neighborhood, police suspect homicide

Spokane County Bar Association releases judicial candidate evaluations

Boy, 3, pulled from Spokane River during reported drowning Sunday

Stevens County deputy shoots, kills man accused of attacking deputy prosecutor with machete

Three-vehicle crash injures several people in Spokane Valley; driver faces felony charges

Alleged arson damages South Hill carwash, latest business hit by fire in same neighborhood

17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of shooting friend in back near Spokane Falls Community College

$5 million bond set for man accused of killing his wife five years ago

He tricked a 75-year-old man into paying $68K for yard work never performed, charges say

Seven officers and three others hospitalized after high-speed chase in North Spokane

Five years after his wife was found dead in a freezer, Wahid Kashify is extradited back to Spokane and will stand trial for murder

12-year-old boy hit by STA bus in Cheney

Police say robbery suspects beat victim with a stick or pipe in drug-related assault

Police arrest suspect in July 4 arson that razed Sandpoint Army Surplus store

Spokane Valley trailer fire seriously injures one, displaces another

Man urinates in bushes outside bar and then shoots at patrons, court records say

Medical examiner ID’s 19-year-old who died at Coyote Rocks