Spokane News

The project is part of BNSF Railway Co.' s $5 billion in new capital projects planned this year in its 28-state service area, which includes 32,000 miles of track.

SPOKANE, Wash. When police officers respond to a call, they have a lot to think about.

Spokane Public Schools are participating in different volunteer activities all week long in honor of Spokane Gives Week, with district leaders showing the importance of students giving back to the community.

Spokane County voters may be asked next spring to approve a $45 million dollar park levy that would pay for a new sports complex in downtown along with improvements at county parks.

Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward to anyone providing information that leads to the arrest of the man who robbed a McDonald's Tuesday night on Monroe and Francis.

Spokane County Sheriff's Detectives and the Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office are still trying to identify a woman whose body was found in January in the Spokane River.

Detectives in Minnesota believe a former cult leader who they say sexually abused young girls is now living in the Spokane Area and WSP is asking that you share any information you have that may lead to his arrest.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A bomb threat forced the evacuation of a hotel near Spokane International Airport on Tuesday morning and placed a 44-year-old man behind bars.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Spokane when police officers found him riding a small bike with a full-size shotgun sticking out of his backpack.

The Washington State Patrol has been assisting Minnesota's Pine County Sheriff's Office in attempts to locate a subject charged with 59 felony counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct involving two young females.

About half the money would pay for a field house near Riverfront Park in Spokane.

Tuesday's first of four lunar "blood moon" eclipses mark one of two earth-shaking events, depending on your viewpoint: Either a critical moment in the unfolding prophecy of the End Times, or Tax Day.

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery at a north Spokane McDonald's on Monroe and Francis Tuesday night.

Lori Buratto and Vicki Monsey finished the marathon well before the bombs went off.

The Spokane Police Department said its working to make sure large groups of street kids don't take up residency in downtown Spokane this summer.

PULLMAN James Hunter and Royce Woolridge have chosen to transfer and have been granted their releases from the Washington State University men's basketball program; while signee Jermaine Morgan has been released from his National Letter of Intent and will not enroll at WSU this fall, head coach Ernie Kent announced Tuesday.

The aborted mission of a robotic submarine on its first attempt to locate the missing Malaysian jetliner deep in the Indian Ocean is only the latest disappointment among dwindling options for finding any sign of the plane.

Police said a man was stabbed by his girlfriend in a fight over money early Tuesday morning in the lower South Hill neighborhood.

The Red Cross continued to provide help on Monday to the residents displaced by a fire at the Brick Haven apartment complex on Saturday.

Spokane's city council wants faster answers about officer involved shootings and Monday night the council intends to urge Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker to speed up his decisions about whether or not officers' use of force incidents are justified.