+ More public defenders, property crime punishment proposals, Spokane School performance metrics and money for fighting a homeless discrimination lawsuit
Community policing nonprofit Spokane C.O.P.S. (not the police) could lose their longstanding funding. A closer look at the organization uncovered communication breakdowns with the city, a volunteer with extremist ties and the employment of a Brady-List officer.
The body would represent the first time the county has paid formal attention to the PFAS contamination crisis between Airway Heights and Spokane since the chemicals were found in West Plains groundwater more than 7 years ago.
Mead High School officials who knew about the harassment and assaults did nothing to reign in the teammates' behavior for several months and dismissed it as 'horseplay,' a new lawsuit contends.
The food pantries, coat drives, toy drives and shelters where people in need can get help throughout greater Eastern Washington and the panhandle, including Spokane, Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille counties. (And where you can lend a hand if you aren’t in need.)
Get a sense for the safety of our city’s streets — and your neighborhood — with a virtual tour of Spokane’s most dangerous intersections with our City Hall reporter and our urbanism columnist.
It's a testament to this community that we have made it this far, but compared to the budgets of other news operations in our area, ours is tiny. How do we do so much with so little?
