An April 20 house fire that killed a family of four is Spokane’s deadliest fire in the past 29 years. But relatives say there is comfort knowing they were all snuggled up in the same bed that night.
An electrical malfunction started a house fire that resulted in the deaths of an elderly couple Saturday north of Chattaroy, according to Spokane County Fire District 4.
A 31-year-old Spokane man who beat a homeless woman with a pair of pliers and tried to suffocate her earlier this year at a Coeur d’Alene hotel was sentenced to a minimum of eight years in prison.
A Spokane man who shot 46-year-old Derek J. Johnson in the head five times last year in Suncrest, Washington, was sentenced to nearly 25 years in prison.