Spokane Valley News

Zip's Trent LLC, of Spokane Valley, is building a 50-seat, 1,900-square-foot Zip's Drive-In restaurant at the northwest corner of Trent Avenue and Avalon Road, a block west of Evergreen Road.

Matthew Buquet, the suspect in the Ricin letter case, pleaded not guilty to a single charge of mailing a letter threatening to kill Federal Judge Fred Van Sickle in federal court Wednesday afternoon.

For the second time in the last few months, police officers are looking for a suspect in an armed robbery at a north Spokane pizza shop.

The FBI says a 37-year-old man has been arrested following last week's discovery in Washington state of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

The body of a 46-year-old female has been found at the Oxford Suites Hotel in Spokane Valley.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE VALLEY POLICE DEPT: Spokane Valley Sheriff's Office Detective Jack Rosenthal is investigating three separate robberies that have taken place within a short time frame in Spokane Valley.

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. They're no bigger than a few inches wide, but for some, they're making a big statement.

OLYMPIA Spokane County's medical examiners should feel free to talk about the results of investigations into deaths that involve actions by law enforcement officers.

The owner called the Spokane County Sheriff's Office after a man approached him asking for a cigarette.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Don and Erlene Clifton's business, Celestial Selections, is cruising through its busy time of year.

A marijuana farmer's market was set to open in Spokane Valley Friday, but threats kept the landlord from setting up shop.

Deputy Howe located the Explorer traveling south on Argonne approaching Broadway.

A perimeter was set up and a K9 was brought in to try and track the suspects but it was unsuccessful.

A 54-year-old inmate has been sentenced to death for killing a Washington state corrections officer in a prison chapel two years ago.

Former Spokane Valley Fire Department firefighter Ryan Lieuallen has filed a tort claim against the department's fire commissioners and former Fire Chief Mike Thompson alleging that he was improperly fired from his job after being ticketed for driving under the influence.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A teenager was charged with four felonies after taking law enforcement on a 20-minute, high-speed chase through Spokane Valley early this morning.

Spokane Valley May Tom Towey and the City Council dedicated the city's first gateway sign this morning in a ceremony on the northwest corner of Thierman Rd.

A deputy was checking the area of Argonne Road and Montgomery for 3 adult women who they believed had escaped from a drug treatment facility.

A law that toughens the state's drunk driving laws, in part by increasing mandatory jail time, received unanimous approval this morning from the Senate Law and Justice Committee.

Deputies with the Spokane Valley Police Department were called to Broadway and Park Monday night after an armed robbery at the 7-11. SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash.