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SPOKANE, Wash.- An attempted child luring on the 1700 block of E. 51st Street around 3:30pm.

With back to back shutout losses at home behind them, the Chiefs set out for their last big road trip of the regular season as they headed out for a 4 game road swing through Kelowna, Prince George and Seattle on a journey that would cover 8 days and over 1,500 miles on the bus.

Spokane restaurants and businesses were partnering up with local artists to bring in customers in March.

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Police say a dispute over a parking spot at a southern New Jersey mall ended when a woman bit and almost severed the finger of another driver.

Two large oil slicks spotted Saturday by the Vietnamese air force offered the first sign that a jetliner carrying 239 people had crashed into the ocean after vanishing from radar without sending a single distress call.

After nearly two years of hard work, Ben and Christy Lukes will open the doors to their long anticipated brewery: Perry Street Brewing Company.

OTHELLO, Wash.- The long-time Othello Police Chief has resigned. His name is Alvia Dunnagan, but he goes by his middle name of Steve.

Saturday was the last day of business for the Spokane Public Market. It announced it was closing the first week of March due to financial trouble.

DALLAS Twelfth-ranked Whitworth survived a 36-point night by Zach Lambert of Trinity University and advanced to the NCAA Division III men's basketball second round with a 75-73 victory over the Tigers on Friday night in the University of Texas at Dallas Activity Center.

Spokane Police detectives have arrested a 4th person in connection to a reported kidnapping in Spokane and the location of a body in Stevens County.

Authorities in northern Idaho say DNA on a cigarette butt and a ski mask found along the escape route linked an Orofino man to an armed robbery at an Orofino motel.

There is a fight brewing in Spokane between the legitimate owners of local bed and breakfasts and people who rent out a part of their homes to short-stay guests.

The Legislature has passed a measure that would allow a person under a restraining order for domestic violence to be ordered to surrender all firearms.

Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal, is now trying to combat stoned driving in the state.

While most of the action is on the court, a lot of what makes State B so much fun is all the fans who come to cheer on their kids, grand kids, students, brothers, sisters... whatever! We've compiled a few photos from both the stands and the court into one big slideshow.

Many districts across Washington have tossed out tater tots and hot dogs for healthier meal options, but a lot of them don't have the right equipment in place to make meals from scratch.

"You're coming here to see some cool animal sciences stuff, and hey, you learn some physics, you learn some chemistry, you learn all sorts of stuff like that," said Mobius' Director of Education, Don Riefler.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE POLICE DEPT: Spokane Police Detectives have located a body in a rural area near Long Lake.