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Spokane police and fire to receive millions in new equipment
The Spokane City Council on Monday approved around $800,000 in purchases of police equipment, $2.5 million for two new fire engines and about $1 million more in services to support both departments.
Canfield Mountain shooter left note to father foretelling tragedy
Wess Roley leaned on the bed of his black Ford Ranger pickup and watched as firefighters responded to the upper parking lot at Canfield Mountain on June 29, according to the dashboard video.Within ...
Without Skylar Diggins, Storm falter in third quarter, lose to Wings
The Storm were in a giving mood Tuesday night, handing the Dallas Wings their first win since July 3. Seattle fell 87-63 to Dallas in front of a sellout crowd of 12,500 at Climate Pledge Arena. The ...
Americans are paying for Trump’s tariffs, not foreign companies
Who’s paying for Donald Trump’s tariffs? So far, American businesses and consumers. General Motors Co. was the latest U.S. company to disclose how the levies are raising costs, with the automaker ...
US says It will withdraw from UN cultural organization, again
The United States said Tuesday it would withdraw from UNESCO, the United Nations cultural agency, the latest move by the Trump administration to cut ties with international organizations.
Five takeaways from Storm’s first half of season and what lies ahead
Sitting among the sellout crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Storm coach Noelle Quinn was overjoyed watching Nneka Ogwumike, ...
House largely grinds to a halt over Epstein files
The House has largely come to a halt as Republican leaders struggle to assuage a group of irate lawmakers who are demanding ...
GJ Hill hits solo homer in ninth, Spokane Indians edge Everett in series opener 2-1
GJ Hill hit the second pitch of the ninth inning for a solo home run and the Spokane Indians edged the Everett AquaSox 2-1 in the opener of a six-game High-A Northwest League series at Funko Field on ...
With eight newcomers, WSU set for ‘bonding experience’ during 13-day tour of England and Spain
This spring and summer, as he worked to rebuild what was a depleted Washington State roster, David Riley earned commitments from players who hail from Finland, the Netherlands, Canada, and Spain, ...
Report finds ‘dehumanizing’ conditions in Florida immigration detention centers
MIAMI – Conditions in South Florida’s immigration detention centers during the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown have ...
RV fire leaves one dead, four injured in Coeur d’Alene
A home fire in central Coeur d’Alene trapped and killed one woman, while four others face “moderate to severe burn injuries,” ...
Climate change is making fire weather worse for world’s forests
In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the world. The fires sent veils of smoke and several billion tons of carbon dioxide into the ...