Spokane County News

Spokane Valley city leaders are open to joining the countywide garbage system but want to continue pushing forward with development of their own state-mandated plan so they can compare which is the better deal for residents.

For $25, participants will receive a T-shirt and shot of Heritage Distilling Co.'

Spokane County road crews were finding dozens of trouble spots in March after a rain and snow melt off.

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.

Wandermere-Thursday, April 13th Liberty Lake- March 14th Meadow Wood--Friday, April 14th Prairie Falls--Friday, April 14th Qualchan- March 15th Sundance-Wednesday, March 19th Highlands- Hopefully sometime in the week of March 17th CDA Public-Friday, March 21st CDA Resort-April 1st SPOKANE,Wash.

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.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. March 31 is the nationwide enrollment deadline for private health plans.

There's moonlighting, but what do you call this? A Spokane County sheriff's deputy may be in trouble after being accused of working at a retail store while he was supposed to be on patrol.

KHQ.COM - Spokane County Sheriff's Office K9 Ekko Grunheide retired on March 1st, 2014 after almost 6 years of dedicated service.

When Clint Gibson and Ray Bourgeois began working for the Liberty Lake Police Department in 2002, the entire precinct was housed in a space scarcely larger than a meeting room at current LLPD headquarters.

A Spokane County Sheriff's Office deputy was placed on administrative leave Monday night.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE POLICE DEPT: Spokane Police search for Jenny K. Rogers, who is wanted on Kidnapping charges in connection to the on-going Kidnapping and Murder investigation.

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.

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

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office has confirmed the retirement of one of its most prolific crimefighters, who has left the force to enjoy a retirement filled with play time and naps.

New Mountlake Terrace City Manager Arlene Fisher says that, after her first week on the job, she finds that she's taking over a city that is in good shape.

Law enforcement in Spokane County is about to enter a new era in which almost all interactions between officers and citizens will be recorded.

Spokane Police detectives have arrested a 4th person in connection to a reported kidnapping in Spokane and the location of a body in Stevens County.

Work to fix a badly damaged section of Jackson Road would not start immediately.