Spokane News

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday that when a truck carrying an oversize load hit the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River, the concrete surface of the bridge deck "slid off the girders, like frosting sliding off a cake." At a Saturday afternoon press conference, NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said from the visible ... (more)

As a Medical Lake man prepares to bury his niece killed by the tornado in Oklahoma earlier this week, his friends back at home work hard to help his family get through this difficult time.

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has been elected President of the Executive Board for the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.

Last Thursday and Friday's Honor Flight Trip began with the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

A Spokane man has been arrested for robbing four McDonald's restaurants around the region after he was recognized during his last robbery as a McDonald's employee.

The collapse of the bridge over the Skagit River Thursday brings to light the fact that many bridges across the state are deemed functionally obsolete or structurally deficient.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. The vice chairman of the Spokane Tribe has resigned under significant pressure from tribal members.

The Seattle Mariners sent slumping catcher Jesus Montero to the minor leagues Thursday, a year after acquiring him in trade full of potential that hasn't panned out for either side.

Late Thursday evening police responded to an armed robbery at the Zip Trip on Madison and Wellesley in North Spokane.

SPOKANE, Wash. A child fighting cancer has a tough battle, but a Mt. Spokane high school student is spearheading an effort to make that battle a little easier.

During part of the keynote address at Greater Spokane Incorporated's Manufacturing Expo earlier this month, Pearson Packaging Systems Inc.

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.