Colin Tiernan | The Seattle Times

March 13, 2023 at 6:00 am

Little-known ‘hired gun’ agency kills 100,000 animals in WA every year

Many livestock producers say Wildlife Services helps them stay in business. Predators cost ranchers more than $200 million in losses every year, according to USDA.

January 8, 2023 at 4:49 pm

Jury says Spokane County owes ex-deputy nearly $20M; how can it pay?

In December, a Superior Court jury awarded more than $19 million in lost wages and damages to former Spokane County Sheriff's Sgt. Jeff Thurman and...

November 28, 2022 at 2:41 pm

Spokane County doesn’t want to pay for another Superior Court judge

In the eyes of the Washington Legislature, Spokane County should have had a 13th Superior Court judge more than 20 years ago. But that hasn't...

November 13, 2022 at 3:22 pm

Camp Hope won’t be cleared by Nov. 15, Spokane mayor says

Mayor Nadine Woodward said that Tuesday's deadline to clear Camp Hope, which was imposed by police Chief Craig Meidl, was always aspirational, not an ultimatum.

Vicky Dalton, incumbent, left, and Rep. Bob McCaslin, candidates for Spokane County auditor.

November 9, 2022 at 10:33 am

Spokane auditor leads challenger who wanted audit of 2020 election

Democratic incumbent Vicky Dalton is up by 4 percentage points, but if the results of the August primary election are any indication, the race is...

October 16, 2022 at 11:08 am

Spokane’s ‘Camp Hope’ and nearby residents weigh in as state-city fight continues

Spokane local officials want a large homeless encampment gone. But how and where people will be removed has spurred questions about what kind of community...

Business

September 16, 2022 at 8:29 am

Push to improve voter turnout behind bars is moving forward in Spokane

The Spokane County commissioners oppose an effort that uses state funds to improve voter turnout among incarcerated people, but it's moving forward anyway.

Local News

July 24, 2022 at 8:05 am

Even before $27 million Spokane County Jail lawsuit, NaphCare had a rocky legal history

Jul. 24—Spokane County is no stranger to big money lawsuits and settlements. Neither is NaphCare, the medical provider for the Spokane County Jail. But lawsuits...

Nation & World

July 20, 2022 at 8:04 am

Estate of woman who died in Spokane County Jail to receive $27 million

The 55-year-old woman died in her cell in the Spokane County Jail from an infection caused by a ruptured intestine four days after she was...

A combine harvests wheat, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, near Pullman, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

June 5, 2022 at 6:00 am

'Water is increasingly scarce': What’s in store for Eastern WA

Even now, after a cool, wet spring, the U.S. Drought Monitor places most of Washington east of the Cascades in moderate to severe drought.