Spokane County, WA

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — The Spokane Regional Safe Streets Task Force (SRSSTF) was able to identify and arrest a shooting suspect on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The suspect, 19-year-old Duane G. Delaney, was arrested and booked into the Spokane County Jail for first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, drive-by shooting and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. He's being held on $250,000 bond.

SPOKANE, Wash. -The Spokane Regional Safe Streets Task Force (SRSSTF), with the assistance of the Spokane Police Department’s (SPD) Violent Crimes Task Force and SPD’s SWAT Team, located a shooting suspect, 19-year-old Duane G. Delaney Tuesday evening. He was safely arrested and booked into the Spokane County Jail...

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. May 17—A garage fire extended into a Spokane Valley home early Tuesday morning, displacing five residents. The Spokane Valley Fire Department was called to the fire shortly after 5:30 a.m. on the 11500 block of East Frederick Avenue, according to a Spokane Valley Fire news release.

SPOKANE, Wash. — Assistant Attorney General Chris Jordan formally announced his plans to run for Spokane County Commissioner in District 1 on Wednesday. Representing the Democratic party, the Spokane native has his candidacy endorsed by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, former state senator Lisa Brown, state senator Andy Billig and state representatives Marcus Riccelli and Timm Ormsby.

Innovia, the Spokane-based community foundation, has unveiled a sweeping $150 million initiative to reward scholarships to pay for every motivated student across the Inland Northwest to go to college or vocational training. The effort is called Launch NW and its goal is ambitious: improving the economic vitality of the communities...

Spokane, Wash. – Spokane County officials are hoping a new supportive release a pilot program which will benefit people stuck in the cycle of the criminal justice system and help them become contributing members of society. The program is now backed by every key county criminal justice leader, and...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Want to get some summer reading done? Have an upcoming vacation? The Spokane County Library District wants to get you stocked up! SCLD is holding a $5 “Fill-the-Bag” book sale at all of its locations on Saturday, May 21. The one-day sale will offer gently used books, CDs and DVDs. You’ll be able to find reads...

SPOKANE, Wash. – The race for Spokane County sheriff just got a little more crowded with the addition of Michael Zollars. Zollars, running against John Nowels and Wade Nelson, is retired but was a longtime member of the Spokane County Sheriff’s Department. Zollars served for over three decades as a deputy has worked in several different roles in the department.

There’s a type of swagger that Central Valley senior AJ McGloflin carries with him when he high jumps – confidence. Some might call it cockiness, but when you truly have the confidence that you can do something, like McGloflin does, you really start to experience success in ways you’ve never imagined, and it all starts by believing.

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – Spokane Valley deputies responded to reports of people smoking drugs inside a Jeep in a parking lot on the 2300 block of N. Argonne at around 7:10 p.m. on May 13. When the first deputy arrived, a man and woman were found in the front...

A pilot program meant to connect defendants accused of nonviolent crimes with services before their trial now has backing from all Spokane County criminal justice leaders and is ready to move forward. In an April story detailing how the availability of pretrial services depends on which county in Washington you’re...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A suspected impaired driver crashed into a McDonald’s Friday evening, where large amounts of meth were seized along with suspected fentanyl and alprazolam. The driver tried to flee the scene on E Montgomery Avenue and N Argonne Road, but was quickly captured and arrested. The...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A lengthy standoff between Spokane County law enforcement and a wanted suspect ended with a successful arrest. On Saturday afternoon, Spokane County deputies responded to an apartment complex in Spokane Valley near East 4th Avenue and South Eastern Road to reports of a wanted suspect believed to be armed and dangerous.

SPOKANE, Wash. — A new era of philanthropy and opportunity is dawning in the Inland Northwest, as reported by our news partner, Coeur d'Alene Press. On Monday, the Innovia Foundation announced LaunchNW, a community and economic vitality initiative that will span 20 counties in North Idaho and eastern Washington. The initiative will impact urban and rural communities across Innovia's service region, including 150,000 students and more than a million residents.

Bonnie Cobb moved to the Four Mounds area in 1959 when she was 2 years old. She's lived there ever since. Her house is a half-hour drive from Spokane, at the end of a gravel road in a wooded area with a breathtaking view of a canyon cut by the Spokane River.

SPOKANE, Wash. - United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Fainyan Kain James Kimmerly, 22, of Spokane, Washington, to 12 years in federal prison for persuading a 13-year-old to produce sexual images of the 13-year-old and send the images to Kimmerly. Judge Rice also ordered Kimmerly to serve the...