Spokane County News

The Seahawks' flying mascot Taima made a guest appearance in the Legislature this morning, posing for pictures and being present in the House when a resolution of his honor was adopted.

Three men were arrested and six pounds of meth was seized following a joint investigation between Grant County and federal law enforcement agencies.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A 13-year veteran of the Spokane County Sheriff's Office and longtime sniper with the agency's SWAT team fired the shot that struck a Montana fugitive in the hand Tuesday morning, according to a news release.

Spokane County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a marijuana dispensary break-in that may have led to a student going to the hospital.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Two men were arrested overnight facing charges of robbery and murder in the death of a 47-year-old man pulled from the Spokane River in November, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office said.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A second person has been charged with first-degree arson in connection with a fire at a home in northeast Spokane on Dec. 1. Jamie M. Burdeau, 24, is being held in the Spokane County Jail on $15,000 bond in the fire in the 2500 block of North Columbus Street.

A driver attempting to cross a flooded roadway got his car stuck in the water Thursday morning at Spangle Creek Rd and Smythe Rd. Officials with Spokane County Fire District 3 said the car went into the water around 9 a.m. The driver was out of the car when crews arrived.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A woman shot in the hand by members of the Spokane County Sheriff's SWAT team during a motel standoff Tuesday morning told officers she would not surrender, according to court documents.

Greater Spokane County/Valley Meals on Wheels - Volunteers are needed to deliver hot meals to elderly and disabled people.

While the frozen conditions of mid-winter may not translate into peak construction time in Liberty Lake, the city's north side appears to be on an encouraging schedule for development according to the area's leading builder.

As the county takes control of the regional solid waste management from Spokane, area cities must decide how their municipalities will fit into the new system.

A school bus crash sent eight students on board to the hospital Wednesday morning.

For want of $2.8 million, folks living east of Snoqualmie Pass may lose sight of the Legislature's deliberations in Olympia.

Five former Spokane County Sheriff's Deputies were sworn into the Spokane Police Department Monday along with three other new officers.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE SPOKANE POLICE DEPT: On 03-03-14 around 7:30 pm, Spokane Police responded to a report of Lewd Conduct at the STA Plaza, 701 W. Riverside.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A registered sex offender who told police he was doing "the Lord's work" when touching himself in public after arrest in September is back in jail after allegedly exposing himself to a teenager downtown on Monday.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A woman wanted on a felony warrant out of Montana was shot by law enforcement following a standoff at a Spokane Valley motel early Tuesday, the Spokane County Sheriff's Office said.

One woman was shot and a man was taken into custody Tuesday morning after the couple barricaded themselves inside a local Motel 6, according to authorities.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. A 26-year-old man was arrested over the weekend after allegedly robbing a man of his cellphone in a North Spokane grocery store parking lot, a little less than four months after pleading guilty to a similar crime.

Detectives with the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, working with investigators from the United States Postal Inspection Service, arrested a 27-year-old man who was caught trying to pry open a post office box.