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Cool and unsettled weather makes its way to Spokane for the busy weekend
Happy Friday! We are waking up to mild start-time temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s. Today will be beautiful across the Inland Northwest with widespread sunshine and daytime highs reaching the upper 60s to even low 70s for some areas of central Washington and the L.C. Valley of Idaho.
Spokane prosecutor's office considering charges after alleged Mead High School Football hazing incident
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Spokane County Sheriff's Office claims it found sufficient evidence to charge at least four Mead High School football players with misdemeanor assault after an alleged hazing incident during a training camp last summer. The Spokane County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney is currently reviewing the...
Spokane's Flett Middle School to host powwow on Saturday
On the day Spokane celebrates the opening of the Expo ’74 world's fair, students at Flett Middle School will celebrate the life of the people who were Spokane's original inhabitants. Their school is named after the late Spokane tribal elder Pauline Flett. Flett is the woman credited with saving...
Spokane lowers flags in honor of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service Weekend
SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown has ordered all flags to be at half-staff to honor National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service Weekend. This event will coincide with Governor Jay Inslee’s directive that state and U.S. flags at all state agency facilities be lowered on Sunday, May 5 for the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service Weekend.
Watch live as a van drives through Montana and Idaho on its way to Expo '74 in Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. - A van with Zeam is sharing a live view of its drive through Montana and Idaho on their way to Expo ‘74 opening celebrations. Zeam is a streaming site where people can find live, local TV, and its roving Zeam360 van frequently hits the road, heading for different destinations.
‘She was my favorite part’: Man remembers his wife’s performances at Expo ‘74
SPOKANE, Wash. – Ray Wilkes remembers many details from the World’s Fair, but none more than his wife’s five performances in the Pavillion during the Expo ‘74 celebration. "She played at Expo for quite a while, pretty close to the tent and the clock tower," Wilkes...
Looking back at the Broadway play that featured Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Lilac City may be a long way from the Big Apple, but New Yorkers were transported to eastern Washington in 2010 when a Broadway play starring Christopher Walken took place in Spokane. Entitled “A Behanding in Spokane,” the show is about a man whose hand...
Child hit by car while biking near Prairie View Elementary
SPOKANE, Wash. - A child was hit by a car while riding their bike on Thursday morning near Prairie View Elementary School. According to Spokane Fire District 9 (SFD 9), the child was transported to the hospital with non-life threating injuries. Firefighters said the child was wearing a helmet which prevented them from receiving more severe injuries.
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