Spokane News

SPOKANE, Wash. George Valle led a balanced Whitworth attack with 14 points to help the Pirates beat visiting UC Santa Cruz 87-67 in a non-conference men's basketball game on Saturday night in the Whitworth Fieldhouse.

19 Gonzaga overcame a slow start to hold off New Mexico State 80-68 Saturday night.

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The local chapter of the national Pearl Harbor Survivors Association planned a special ceremony Saturday, on the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Fire crews are on the scene of an apartment fire on the 2900 block of South Waterford Drive.

Fire crews were fighting a fire at an assisted living home on the South Hill Saturday morning.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE POLICE DEPT: In less than 24 hours, the Spokane Police Department has taken three stolen vehicle reports where the vehicle was left running unattended.

Hundreds of military families in Spokane got to enjoy the Riverfront Park Looff Carousel Friday night, thanks to Operation Spokane Heroes, who wants to make their holiday season as special as possible.

Next school year we could see a charter school open up in the Spokane area and a clue as to what it might look like lies right across the state line at the Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy.

There's a lot of pride in Pullman but if you haven't spent much time at WSU's Riverpoint campus you should.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. The U.S. Marshal's Office says a man wanted on an attempted murder charge in Idaho is thought to be in the Spokane area.

The killing of a high school teacher has weighed heavily in rural Montana. Hundreds of people helped search for Sherry Arnold, and calls for frontier-style justice greeted the arrest of the man accused in her death.

A Wind Chill Warning is in effect for the Spokane area Friday. The warning will be in effect from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday.

Firefighters responding to a house fire in North Spokane Friday morning were slowed down when a car drove over a hose, authorities said.

A Spokane County Sheriff's Sexual Assault Unit Detective arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with unlawful sexual relations with a child.

Sure, it's cold this week across Washington but the ice on Liberty Lake near Spokane wasn't strong enough to support a deer.

Police caught the man accused of robbing Domino's Pizza. Officers arrested Michael Anthony Sanchez, 22, Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Sanchez is accused of robbing Domino's on November 15. Authorities said Sanchez is being held without bail on charges of robbery, grand theft, aggravated battery, burglary and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Spokane Police raided a suspected drug house late Thursday afternoon much to the relief of neighbors tired of the crowds of criminals that came with it.

Authorities in Spokane Valley arrested two men Wednesday night after pursuing a vehicle for reckless driving.

The Spokane County Prosecutor's Office filed formal charges on Thursday against the driver of a car that exploded in the Garland District in August.