Spokane News

The City of Spokane would like you to think twice about giving money to panhandlers as, beginning Thursday, the Downtown Spokane Partnership kicks off a month-long campaign asking people to find other ways to help the less fortunate.

Changes are coming for elementary students in the Spokane School District this year as the way they are taught language arts will be different.

A fire destroyed a barn and another building Wednesday afternoon at Mel Walker's Fruit Ranch along Greenbluff Road.

Electronic bracelets have saved Spokane area taxpayers $140,000 in the past six months, but they are only tracking five inmates.

An overwhelming amount of support is pouring in for a volunteer group that feeds local veterans.

The City of Spokane amped up security at the monthly cost of $1,000 to discourage vandalism and make visitors feel safe in Riverfront park during the summer of 2014.

According to Todd Woodard with Spokane International, the pilots thought they had multiple tires blown when they departed from Portland on a scheduled flight to Spokane.

Fire officials said the fire started just before midnight in the upper bedroom of a house near the intersection of West Mission Avenue and North Oak Street.

The Jewish Federation of Seattle demanded a representative of the National Rifle Association step down Monday, after video claiming to show him comparing a statewide initiative increasing background checks for gun purchases to Nazi Germany surfaced online.

The Spokane Indians couldn't hold onto an early lead and fell 11-6 to the Vancouver Canadians in front of 4,349 fans at Avista Stadium on Tuesday night.

SPOKANE, Wash.- Is there anything better on a hot day than an ice cream sandwich? But don't you hate when the sandwich melts before you get a chance to eat it.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 99 TO 105. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMEST BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM.

The current weather forecast is worrying some fire crews fighting the Carlton Complex Fire.

Temperatures are expected to break an 86-year-old record on Tuesday in Spokane, but for some construction workers the heat reached beyond triple digits by noon.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A 33-year-old Spokane man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated murder Tuesday.

A 6-year-old western Idaho boy who suffered a rattlesnake bite on his big toe is recovering in the intensive care unit at a Spokane hospital.

The storm was the worst storm Spokane has seen since the ice storm back in 1996.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Sharon Anderson looked out the window of her South Hill home Monday afternoon to see a plume of smoke rising from the woods just beyond her deck.

A Spokane mail carrier is on unpaid leave tonight, under investigation for stealing mail from the customers on her route.

Ever wonder what happens to the trees that come down during a big storm? All the debris from last week's storm is now making its way to disposal sites across the region.