Spokane News

UPDATE: Officers have entered a house in the area of Pittsburg and Riverside as they try and sort out if any shots were fired Thursday evening.

This Saturday May 25th The Spokane Humane Society is celebrating Caturday! Visit us from 11am 5pm and adopt a furry feline five months or older and pay no adoption fee .

A 37-year-old who has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in a case that involves letters containing the poison ricin is a registered sex offender who lives in a rundown apartment building near downtown Spokane.

Detectives have identified three suspects in a North Spokane shooting which happened in October 2012.

Julia Sweeney is a comedian, actress and author. She performed four seasons on Saturday Night Live and now has a new book of memoirs titled, "If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother." Sweeney was born and raised in Spokane, Wash., a place she still venerates for its independent character and pretty, old buildings.

Resources from the Spokane Valley Fire Department were dispatched at 10:27 P.M. last evening to a reported structure fire at 11712 E 36th Avenue in the Spokane Valley.

With mobile food vendors gaining popularity here, the city of Spokane is considering changes to its municipal code that would affect food-truck and food-cart operators as early as this summer.

Moscow Fire Department dispatchers confirmed one person was hurt in a mobile home fire early Wednesday morning.

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.

Thousands of people in Spokane are out of work but new unemployment numbers show things are looking a little better.

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.

During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun Apartments near the intersection of First Avenue and Oak Street in Browne's Addition on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Spokane, Wash.

One person has died and a second person has been transported to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane with unknown injuries following a boat accident on Sprague Lake, 41 miles southwest of Spokane Tuesday afternoon.

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

The Spokesman-Review reports that Floyd is disappointed that fewer second-year medical students are enrolled at WSU's budding Spokane campus than expected.

The Air Force could announce as early as Wednesday where it plans to base the next generation of air refueling tankers.

On Tuesday, the public heard a 911 call made by a Deer Park murder victim's phone for the first time.

At least two schools were destroyed during a deadly tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Now, Spokane students are helping raise money for the victims in Moore.

For the second time in a week a Spokane police officer is under investigation and has been placed on administrative leave.

Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant is pledging $1 million for tornado relief through his family foundation.