Nov 19, 2024 · Spokane County property owners will pay a slight tax increase next year. In a special meeting Monday morning, the board of county commissioners enacted a 1% increase for a pair of property taxes ...

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Dec 20, 2024 · You can still dream about a white Christmas, but this year Spokane is likely to have rain and higher-than-normal temperatures for the holiday.

Jan 25, 2025 · A Spokane police officer shot and injured a man and a woman after responding to a 911 call for a suspected court order violation Friday afternoon, three blocks north of the NorthTown Mall ...

3 days ago · Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown on Thursday justified a push by two political allies in Olympia to claw back tax dollars from the regional 911 dispatch operator that two weeks ago booted the city of ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Spokane police on Tuesday identified 25-year-old Glen Dylan Burkey as the suspect responsible for the shooting death of Gavin Looper, 13, according to a department news release.

Jan 30, 2025 · “The community should be outraged,” Spokane Police Chief Kevin Hall said in a media conference Wednesday. “Our children are dying at the hands of gun violence.”

Jan 1, 2025 · The head of the New Orleans Police Department responding to the New Year’s Day attack on Bourbon Street once led Spokane’s police department through a consequential spell in the city’s history.

5 days ago · The process to remove the controversial statue of Ensign John Monaghan from downtown Spokane has quietly and slowly been progressing in the past year after local legislation was approved ...

6 days ago · A Spokane-area breeder’s kennel license was suspended following multiple inspections showing unsanitary conditions for dogs and a foul odor that left officers with burning eyes.