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Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A Spokane City councilman is proposing a plan to slow or stop sprawl by withholding critical services from new developments.

SPOKANE, Wash.--The son of a Spokane County Sheriff's Office Sheriff candidate and current Spokane Police Department detective is accused of threatening to shoot up a local Wendy's restaurant, according to court documents.

Paul Inc may have lost his life in a tragic workplace accident, but his life will always be remembered in the memories and love he left behind for his family in his short 52 years.

The state of Washington has agreed to pay $3 million to a woman who says the state failed to protect her in 1995 after she gave birth in Spokane as a 12-year-old.

Two College at Brockport students have been charged with torturing and injuring an animal after a photo was posted online of a dog being held upside down above a beer keg, appearing to drink from the tap.

SPOKANE, Wash. - Pinot's Palette is the upscale destination in downtown Spokane where you can "Paint.

A garbage truck driver thought he heard a lot of noise coming from the back of his truck and noticed boxes flying out, according to the Spokane Fire Department.

This dog was found on the streets of Quebec . Covered in matted, dirty fur, he was almost unrecognizable as an animal let alone a dog.

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office K9, Ekko Grunheide, retired on March 1 after almost six years of dedicated service.

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius is pictured during a hearing on the sixth day of his trial for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, on March 10, 2014 at the high court in Pretoria.

Officers found and arrested a Downtown Spokane robbery suspect within ten minutes of the call Saturday morning.

The Stevens County Coroner confirmed Monday that she has finished the autopsy on the body found near Long Lake on Friday.

A 15-year-old girl was arrested late Saturday night for two counts of Second Degree Assault after a stabbing in a North Spokane home.

Multiple arrests were made over the weekend in the kidnapping and murder of David Whitman, an alleged drug dealer who, according to court documents, was killed when other drug dealers suspected him of stealing from them.

The owner of a marijuana dispensary in north Spokane shot a man outside his business Sunday night, claiming he was defending himself and his business.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE POLICE DEPT: Just after 11:00 am on Monday, Spokane Police received a call of a Robbery at the Banner bank in the 900 block of E. Mission.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE POLICE DEPT: On 09-24-13 around 11:20am Spokane Police responded to a robbery that occurred at the Wal-Mart at 9212 N. Colton.

There is a soccer referee shortage in Washington! If you've ever wanted to ref, now is your time.

Police are responding to a report of a robbery at the Banner Bank in Safeway on E. Mission Ave. near N. Hamilton.

The father of Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter who killed his mother, himself and 26 other people in 2012, says in his first public remarks on the tragedy that he is sure his son would have killed him, too.