Sprague News

A 1,200-acre wildfire fanned by winds gusting to 50 mph has destroyed at least seven homes and one other structure in a heavily wooded part of the suburban Spokane Valley.

An emergency shelter has been set up at University High School and Spokane County public safety officials have opened the Emergency Operations Center because of the wildfire in the Dishman-Mica Area in the ...

Gusting winds are driving three fires in Spokane Valley toward populated areas. Fire crews are battling a fire that is spreading east on the outskirts of the Dishman Hills area of Spokane Valley.

Spokane, Washington firefighters and AMR ambulance personnel help a burn victim at the scene of an apartment fire Wednesday July 2, 2008.

Aslin-Finch Feed Co., a Spokane-based manufacturer and distributor of animal feed that also operates eight retail outlets, plans to move its store at 5618 E. Sprague across the street to a former furniture ...

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There are usually more people in attendance when a postmaster is installed, not when one retires.

WASL pits state's teachers against Bergeson The Washington Education Association, the union for thousands of teachers across the state, says it is preparing a vote of no confidence in State Superintendent Terry ... via KXLY

Right now emergency crews are responding to the Washington Trust building at Sprague and Post, where an employee discovered a suspicious powder. via KHQ-TV Spokane

People Ursula Stocke has joined Everett-based custom framing and fine art gallery WiseDesignz as an artist. via The Herald

More than $100,000 has been recovered and two people are in custody following an unusual residential safe heist in rural Whitman County home, authorities said. via The Spokesman-Review

“They have not yet found the gun”

A 23-year-old man was shot in the back just before 1 a.m. this morning following an argument and fight at a Spokane Valley restaurant and bar that ended in a nearby convenience store parking lot. via The Spokesman-Review

Spokane Public Schools and 15 other Eastern Washington school districts have received approval from the state to waive school days missed this year because of snow. via The Spokesman-Review

E. Wash./N. Idaho - Right now there are a few road closures you should know about. via KNDU.com

Comes a call from a worried reader. She says she loves Home Pride bread as baked in the South Sound by Interstate Brands and sold at the Hostess bakery outlet on Tacoma's Hilltop - the one that's closed. via The News Tribune

“I was in biology class and I can cut open a pig, but not put together a dog, although I guess it's not really the same thing”

Sarah Vasquez and her 3-month-old son, Mateo, search for gifts in the toy area on the opening day of the Christmas Bureau on Saturday at the fairgrounds. via The Spokesman-Review

A car smashed into the P.M. Jacoys convenient store around 11:00 p.m. Saturday night. via KHQ-TV Spokane

Cleanup is underway at P.M. Jacoy's in downtown Spokane after a car crashed into its building late Saturday. via KXLY-TV Spokane

“The quality-of-life resolution was drafted by my office and handed to her.”

The gloves are off in the Spokane mayor's race, just in time for a whole string of face-to-face meetings between Dennis Hession and challenger Mary Verner. via The Spokesman-Review