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Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A head-on collision killed a 39-year-old Newport woman on U.S. Highway 2 between Oldtown and Priest River on Friday afternoon, according to the Idaho State Police.

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said Saturday that communications on a Malaysia Airlines flight missing since last Saturday were disabled due to "deliberate action by someone on the plane" and that the last known signal from the airliner came more than seven hours after takeoff.

A Spokane medical student said thieves swindled her grandmother out of thousands of dollars during a recent phone scam.

Crews responded to a fire at what appeared to be a guest house in East Central Spokane Saturday morning.

Spokane Police say they have cleared both the gold SUV and owner of any wrong doing in connection to a fatal hit and run investigation.

Police arrested Carol Marsh, Debbie Florence and Gail Gilman on suspicion of disorderly conduct for sitting in the road to block the megaload's progress.

A woman deputies say operated as a serial killer in Spokane in the early 1990's is back in town to face the murder charges.

"I've always been proud of being Irish," said Peterson. "I think people look to the Irish for fun, it's kind of what we're known for."

Spokane Police announced on Friday they have forwarded two counts of Attempted First Degree Murder Charges to the Prosecutor's Office on Friday stemming from a shooting at the Knitting Factory in 2013 SPOKANE, Wash.- On Thursday morning, more than 100 federal, state and local law enforcement officers conducted a major drug and gang sweep at about ... (more)

SPOKANE, Wash. When we first heard there was a big pig auction, we thought it would probably be at the fairgrounds.

Though it's already opened in Spokane, Iranian-born filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's film "The Past" played at AMC River Park Square for only a week.

Court documents show David Whitman was shot and beaten inside a northwest Spokane duplex.

New details emerged Thursday surrounding Spokane Police Sgt. Chet Gilmore, who was placed on leave and later resigned amid an internal affairs investigation.

You may remember back on February 26th, when we told you about a stabbing that happened in Spokane Valley near the 3500 block of South Woodward Road.

SPOKANE, Wash.- According to the Spokane Police Department and the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, Thursday morning, multiple agencies executed a major drug and gang sweep at multiple N. Spokane locations.

Multiple search warrants were being executed across Spokane County Thursday morning by a combined gang-enforcement team.

Spokane Police may have found the vehicle involved a deadly hit and run that claimed the life of 55-year-old Don Foster on February 9. Police seized Teri Johnson's GMC Yukon early Monday morning and interviewed her.

A Spokane murder victim's family said Wednesday that their faith in the justice system is blown as one of the accused killers has been offered a plea deal.

The temperatures are climbing and the snow is melting. That means the rivers are rising, and the Spokane Fire Department wants you to stay out of the river during the melt-off.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Confusion remains widespread in the Malaysian capital, as local media eagerly report every possible new lead and government quote in an effort to understand what happened to the Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 passengers that vanished Saturday.