Spokane County News

Crews from Spokane County Fire District have contained a brush fire east of Cheney in the 6000 block of W. Curtis road that burned about 10 acres Friday.

Spokane firefighters battled the first large brush fire of the season Wednesday, burning about 25 acres on private land in northeast Spokane.

Benjamin R. Howard, 24, pleaded guilty today to second-degree manslaughter in connection with the June 3, 2008, stabbing death of Kenneth P. Jordan.

Spokane County is the target of a federal civil rights lawsuit in the case of an epileptic man who died in May 2007 following a struggle with deputies.

The Center for Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against Spokane County and three Spokane County Sheriff's deputies over the death of Trent Yohe.

A California man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Spokane County Superior Court to helping devise a plan for his girlfriend to kill her husband and claim self-defense. Brian L. Moore, 43, was escorted last week to Spokane from Orange County, Calif., to face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the Dec.

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office has identified the 19-year-old woman who died as a result of Friday's Spokane Valley hit and run collision as Ashley M. Jennings.

John and Jane Schreiner drove across the country to pick up their new pet and bring him back to their home in Washington state.

Police say a 19-year-old Spokane Valley woman pedestrian who was injured in a hit-and-run accident early Friday has died at a downtwn Spokane hospital.

A former director of the Mid-City Concernsa Meals on Wheels program pleaded guilty today to first-degree theft regarding $80,000 in agency funds.

Police have identified a suspect in a gunpoint OxyContin robbery at a north Spokane Walgreens on June 16.

A Spokane conservation group has acquired 80 acres in a land swap, including a popular climbing area known as the Rocks of Sharon and a granite-studded ridge line with lofty views of the Palouse.

For more on this story, watch KHQ-TV or go to khq.com . A Spokane family devastated by the death of a son nearly 40 years ago in what was called an LSD-fueled shooting spree has been hit by misfortune again, after another son was arrested in a machete attack last week.

The boyfriend of convicted killer Shellye Stark has been moved from an Orange County, California jail cell and is now sitting in a Spokane County Jail cell charged with First Degree Murder.

Law enforcement in Spokane County wrote 351 citations this spring for people not wearing seat belts during their annual a oeclick it or ticketa emphasis patrols.

A man is in jail facing first degree robbery charges Monday morning after police say he called in a diversion then tried to rob a Walgreen's pharmacy to no avail.

More Sports NHRA racing series returns to Spokane The front wheels of this Super Stock drag racer lift into the air at the starting line at Spokane County Raceway on Sunday afternoon.

Spokane fire officials said a north Spokane man was seriously burned when he used a cordless drill to penetrate a can of spray paint.

Police have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of first-degree robbery in connection with the June 7 robbery of a South Hill Walgreens pharmacy.

A stretch of the Spokane River between Harvard and Barker bridges was reopened Monday to boaters and floaters by Spokane County commissioners.