Loud boom shakes Post Falls area, cause under investigation

DEEP PARK, Wash. – Police are searching for a suspect who broke into Cloverleaf Education in Deer Park stealing instruments, books and lots of technology. “It’s your hard work and it’s all over the floor,” said Merrilee Schulz, director of the program. Schulz built that classroom...

SANDPOINT, Idaho. – After surviving a coyote attack on Schweitzer Mountain, Sophia Montalbano’s family and friends have dubbed her the “coyote girl.”. “My uncle calls me ‘coyote girl’ and everyone’s been telling me I need to get a coyote tattoo,” Sophia Mantalbano said.

SPOKANE, Wash. – According to statistics provided by the Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD), only 25.9% of the eligible population in Spokane County has received the bivalent or updated COVID-19 booster, which the Centers for Diseases Control (CDC) highly recommends. It is recommended that those two months removed from...

SPOKANE, Wash. – A rally and march in honor of Tyre Nichols is set to take place in Spokane’s Riverfront Park Saturday afternoon. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was beaten to death by Memphis police officers in January during a traffic stop. The video of his murder has been released to the public.

SPOKANE, Wash. – A rally and march in demanding change in the wake of the death of Tyre Nichols was held in Spokane on Saturday afternoon. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was beaten by Memphis police officers in January during a traffic stop. He died three days later, and the video of his murder was released to the public on Jan. 27.

The first in series of storms moves into the Pacific Northwest delivering scattered showers by Friday afternoon, continuing through this evening with the possibility of a rain/snow mix overnight as temperatures drop into the low to mid 30’s. Round one will bring light snow for the mountains above 3,000 to 3,500 feet Friday night and Saturday, with scattered chances for rain and or a rain/snow mix in the valleys. Overall, we’re not expecting much out of this first storm.

The City of Spokane is launching a community housing survey about how the implementation of the Building Opportunity and Choices for All Interim Ordinance last year can help add housing inventory and meet the current need. It is also developing amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code that will...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – A Spokane lawmaker introduced a bill that would change ballots in Washington state, but the Spokane County auditor said it’s likely unconstitutional. House Bill 1708 was introduced this week by Rep. Mike Volz, who represents Washington’s 6th Legislative District, which includes parts of north and west Spokane County.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The 17th-ranked Gonzaga women’s basketball team fell to a West Coast Conference opponent for the first time this season on Thursday, losing to the Santa Clara Broncos 77-72. The Bulldogs got off to a hot start, leading by as many as 11 points in the first quarter, but Santa Clara closed that gap with a 11-6 run to close the heading quarter.

SPOKANE, Wash. – The 12th-ranked Gonzaga men’s basketball team shook off recent woes and controlled a West Coast Conference showdown against Santa Clara wire-to-wire on Thursday, winning 88-70. Santa Clara struck first on a Carlos Stewart three-pointer, but Gonzaga quickly took the lead on baskets by Anton Watson and Drew Timme and never looked back, racking up a 43-24 lead by halftime.

New York (AP) — R&B music seems more explicit, but is it really? Well, it’s complicated. R&B is both competitive and collaborative with hip-hop and its more expressive lyrics. With the two often merging and singers and rappers appearing in the same categories, the Grammys eventually added a new category, melodic rap. Colby Tyner, senior vice president of programming at Radio One and Reach Media, says there was once “a clear separation of church and state” but now the genres are ”a little bit together and so the music reflects it.” Advances in technology allow artists to bypass radio play and reach listeners directly, eliminating the need for “clean″ censors. The 65th annual Grammy Awards will air Sunday on CBS and Paramount+.