From our archives, 100 years ago Spokane’s chief health officer issued an odd pronouncement: “Impure air or ‘canned atmosphere’ was the cause of 60 percent of the deaths in Spokane.”

SPOKANE COUNTY--  The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office alerted the public a level III sex offender was released from prison. Douglas James Dennis, 44, was released recently and indicated he would now be living a transient lifestyle in Spokane County.  He has red hair and brown eyes.  Dennis is not currently wanted by law enforcement. Dennis was convicted in 1985 of 1st Degree Rape and served 10 ...

The Spokane Police Department is looking for a person of interest in three murders and said the killings may have resulted from domestic violence.    Spokane police found the bodies of a woman and two children Friday evening in a north Spokane home after someone reported finding the bodies. Police haven’t said whether the victims were related or the relation to the person of interest.    Police ...

SPOKANE - Two juveniles and an adult woman are dead in what police are considering a triple homicide

Police say a 22-year-old man is a "person of interest" in the deaths of a woman and two children whose bodies were found in a home in north Spokane.

SPOKANE-- An alleged car thief’s getaway ended unsuccessfully Saturday. A woman called police Saturday afternoon after she noticed a vehicle in her front lawn near 17th and Perry. The suspected thief stole a Ford Explorer from Spokane Valley and ran out of gas when he reached Perry. He pulled over the car and had no choice but to stop in the middle of road or the woman’s yard. The man was ...

A tracked cell phone signal led police Monday to the body of the suspected killer they’d been hunting ever since a mother and her two children were found dead Friday in their North Spokane home.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Spokane police on Monday continued to search for an ex-convict who is wanted in the killings of a Spokane woman and her two young sons.

SPOKANE, WA – The Department of Ecology’s Eastern Regional Office in Spokane plans to hire about 118 teens throughout Eastern Washington this summer to help clean up area roadsides, parks and recreation areas. Ecology Youth Corps (EYC) members also will learn how to better care for the environment.       Youths, ages 14 to 17, who live in Eastern Washington counties, can apply through April 2 ...

Spokane continues to draw the right kind of attention, as the NCAA announced Monday that Gonzaga and Washington State universities have been selected to host 2013 women’s NCAA Division I basketball tournament games here. Gonzaga is one of 16 institutions that will host the first and second rounds of the tournament.