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Seven people have died in traffic collisions on Spokane city streets so far this year. Four incidents killed pedestrians. Only one of the incidents involved...

Seven people have died in traffic collisions on Spokane city streets so far this year. Four incidents killed pedestrians. Only one of the incidents involved...

On March 4, 2024, a woman stepped off the sidewalk and onto Sixth Avenue in the Cliff/Cannon neighborhood. According to a report filed by Spokane's...

For over a century, the longest international border in the world has been virtually unprotected. The 5,525-mile boundary between the U.S. and Canada is demarcated...

The hundreds of acres just south of Thorpe Road are the largest area of undeveloped land left inside Spokane city limits. They're a travel corridor...

Scenes from the 2025 National Debate Tournament hosted by Gonzaga University in Spokane

The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie aquifer is the only supply of drinking water for most of Spokane and Kootenai counties. It flows for about 370 square...

It's time to start looking up — downtown Spokane could be getting a whole lot taller. On March 24, the Spokane City Council is scheduled...

Rural America covers nearly three-quarters of the country. More than 96% of the land in Washington is rural, and it's home to about 16% of...

Growing up, Spokane City Council member Lili Navarrete hated her family's Spanish/English dictionary. It was ugly and big, and "it made me work," she says....

A chalkboard in the front of the courtroom has a handwritten message on it. "One step in the right direction: Being HERE." There are plenty...

Last year, city voters passed a 0.1% sales tax increase to fund new community safety initiatives. Mayor Lisa Brown's administration planned for about $2 million...

Jinny Curtiss' home is beautiful. It has cream siding with forest green trim around the windows. Inside, songbird knickknacks perch atop a vintage wooden hutch...

Jinny Curtiss' home is beautiful. It has cream siding with forest green trim around the windows. Inside, songbird knickknacks perch atop a vintage wooden hutch...

At least 231 people in Spokane County died from opioid related overdoses in 2024, according to preliminary death certificate data. In September alone, there were...

There's a tall chain link fence around the homeless camp in Colville, with green privacy slats somewhat blocking the view to or from the busy...

It's a classic Hallmark scene: a box under the Christmas tree shakes, then whimpers. A nose sticks out, then two eyes, then a puppy with...

"All My Exes Live in Vortexes" - Rosie Tucker You are simply not going to find a more cutting opening line than Rosie Tucker hollering...

This is the final installment of the Inlander's yearlong project "Around the World in 80 Plates," a quest to find 80 foods and drinks in...

This year saw some big transitions on our news team. In April, I moved up to become news editor. Though I'm still writing (admittedly less...

Under a steady drizzle of rain, Spokane city officials gathered with camera crews, state representatives and beloved river mascot Ribby the Redband Trout on Nov....