Spokane News

Crime in Spokane is keeping police busy. But it's also got the Lilac City on the list of most dangerous locations in the United States.

Spokane police are searching for the suspects responsible for hitting a woman crossing the road near Pine and Main in Downtown Spokane.

Former NBA star Jayson Williams is expected to plead guilty in connection with a fatal shooting of a hired driver at his New Jersey estate in 2002.

Spokane County employers hired more than 3,000 workers in October, restoring total employment numbers to the highest level since February, and taking the unemployment rate to the lowest level since December 2008.

Northeast Spokane has an electoral problem that needs to be examined after the 2010 Census is complete.

COUER D'ALENE -- Two men are under arrest suspected of robbing a mini mart at gunpoint on the 56-hundred block of North 15th in Coeur d'Alene. Police say the two men came into the store wearing ski masks.

Fifty-seven gang-involved fugitives were taken off Tri-City streets this week during a three-day gang sweep, authorities said.

A collapsed roof did extensive damage to this Spokane home, pictured Jan. 10, during last winter's heavy snows.

An anonymous Crime stoppers tip helped Spokane Police track down the female responsible for the assault of a 3 year old boy on Wednesday morning.

Spokane Valley appeals poison-making conviction Eds: APNewsNow. SPOKANE, Wash. A Spokane Valley man serving a 10-year sentence for making the poison ricin is asking to have his conviction overturned because one of the government's expert witnesses was fired for misconduct on other cases.

Fencing, a martial art and competitive sport, is popular with a dedicated group of people who meet at least three times a week to practice their chosen sport.

Spokane Sheriff's Deputies say they had to shoot and kill a pit bull while responding to a domestic violence call early this morning in Espanola.

Spokane Police are looking for a suspect who assaulted a child at the STA Plaza Wednesday morning.

Sgt. Brad "To the Bone" Thoma has dodged criminal prosecution for his boozed-up, off-duty hit-and-run. This the latest episode in Spokane's ongoing law enforcement soap opera - "The Drunk and the Clueless." Well, there are two sides to every story, as my sweet momma always taught me.

Horizon Airlines will begin nonstop service to Spokane, Wash., and more frequent service to San Jose, beginning March 26, 2010, the Sacramento County Airport System announced Wednesday.

SPOKANE, Wash. - Horizon Air says it will start twice-a-day flights from Spokane to Sacramento and San Jose in March.

The Spokane SWAT Team is working to arrest a suspect they believe was involved in a home invasion overnight at an apartment on East Mansfield in Spokane Valley.

Former Spokane Indians pitcher and current Kansas City Royals ace Zack Greinke was named the American League Cy Young award winner on Tuesday after going 16-8 with a 2.16 ERA and 242 strikeouts for the Royals this season.

One man grabbed her phone before she could call 911, breaking her hand in front of her husband and grandchildren as he screamed at the family for driving too slowly.

A Spokane County sheriff's spokesman says a 56-year-old man has died after falling 100 to 150 feet from the top of a cliff in the Dishman Hills Natural Area.