Local, state groups vie over city pot initiatives - Sun, 20 May 2012 PST

20 May 2012, 6:11 am

Two groups who favor relaxed enforcement of marijuana laws are battling over similar initiatives they want to put before Spokane voters. Sensible Spokane and Sensible Washington, which are separate organizations, have each filed initiatives with the city of Spokane’s clerk’s office declaring int... Read More »

Spokane Valley man found dead in Idaho; arrest made - Sat, 19 May 2012 PST

19 May 2012, 5:25 pm

PLUMMER, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a Washington state man is dead and a northern Idaho man has been taken into custody. The Coeur d’Alene Press reports (http://bit.ly/JWRSHR) that 39-year-old Thomas Richard Schoolcraft was found dead Friday in a trailer home on the Coeur d’Alene Tribe Reser... Read More »

Manny Pacquiao denounces anti-gay allegations

16 May 2012, 4:50 pm

Jurors are deliberating for a second day in the case of a former Houston police officer accused of taking part in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect.... Read More »

Officer's acquittal over Texas arrest upsets some

16 May 2012, 8:23 am

A jury's acquittal Wednesday of a former Houston police officer in the alleged beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect during a videotaped arrest upset black community leaders who criticized the verdict as unjust and...... Read More »

Police Blotter: May 15

14 May 2012, 8:00 pm

May 15, 2012 Police Blotter and Courts Report... Read More »

U.S. Marshals, Grant County law enforcement arrest eight in sweep

12 May 2012, 1:15 pm

U.S. Marshals and Grant County and state law enforcement officers arrested eight men Thursday wanted... Read More »

SEARCH FOR A KILLER: Suspect Has 'Bad' Eye, Not Necessarily 'Lazy' Eye

9 May 2012, 2:29 pm

NEW DETAILS FROM SPOKANE POLICE:  Nearly a week has passed since McGill's death and detectives continue to evaluate each tip received.... Read More »

Police hunt for leads - Sat, 05 May 2012 PST

5 May 2012, 1:36 am

The daughter of the woman brutally stabbed to death along the Spokane River on Thursday has a message for the killer: “I … feel really sorry for whoever did this,” said Billie McKinney just a day after her mother, Sharlotte McGill, was stabbed multiple times in what police believe was a random... Read More »

SEARCH FOR A KILLER; Residents On Edge

4 May 2012, 2:14 pm

SPOKANE, Wash. - The man police detained Thursday morning was released after a search warrant was served to process his clothing for evidence, but no probable cause was found to arrest him.... Read More »

Amateur sleuth says 25-year-old case of missing BPA worker Julie Weflen 'can be solved'

21 April 2012, 12:23 pm

Weflen vanished Sept. 16, 1987, while on the job at a substation near Spokane. The driver's door of her minivan was found open, her sunglasses and yellow plastic hard hat on the ground.... Read More »