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SPANGLE — Fire crews are on-scene again today, Sept. 3, for a wildfire off Heaton Road, northeast of town. As of this morning, officials estimated the fire — dubbed the Heaton Road Fire — at about 320 acres, burning in light timber and dry wheat. The cause of the blaze that started at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, remains under investigation. Helitack teams were called in to assist ground fire crews yesterday....
SPANGLE — Fire crews are currently headed to an area on Heaton Road for a wildfire burning in dry grass and timber. Heaton Road is located east of U.S. Highway 195, which connects Spokane to Pullman. Officials have given a preliminary size of about 100 acres; no other details are available, yet. The smoke plume was initially visible from Cheney....
SPOKANE VALLEY - Authorities are seeking help in identifying a robbery suspect. According to Spokane County Sheriff's Office spokesman Cpl. Mark Gregory, detectives are looking for information related to a 7 p.m. Aug. 20 commercial robbery at The Home Depot. Responding deputies learned a man who entered the store at 5617 E. Sprague Ave. had caught the attention of a loss prevention employee. She observed him put several items in a basket as he peered around to see if anyone...
NEWPORT — The Washington State Patrol is asking for the public’s help in solving the cold case killing of Jack LaFond. “The anniversary of this homicide is coming up and the WSP cold case team is still working to solve this case, and bring the person(s) responsible to justice,” Sgt. Darren Wright said Wednesday. According to Wright, LaFond’s body was found in a small travel trailer in the 1400 block of Telephone Road on Oct. 24, 1994. Law enforcement went to the trailer when LaFond’s girlfriend because concerned that she co...
REARDAN – A basketball coach for the Reardan School District will not be returning in the coming year, following an investigation that he made inappropriate race-based comments to a student. Coach Damon Dewey was investigated by the school district after a player’s parents made a complaint about Dewey on Feb. 15. In response, athletic director Eric Nikkola conducted an investigation that found Dewey “more likely than not” violated the civil rights of a mixed-race player on the girl’s basketball team. The player’s name was no...
CHENEY — Three people were transported to the hospital Tuesday night, Sept. 1, following a drunken driving-related crash. John R. Burton, 27, of Spokane, Edward K. Skelton, 24, of Cheney, and William K. Skelton, 23, also of Cheney, were taken via ambulance to a Spokane-area hospital, the Washington State Patrol reported. There conditions were not reported. Troopers responded to the 10:51 p.m. crash near Milepost 76 of westbound Interstate 90, the patrol reported. According to the report, Burton was driving a 2019 Honda A...
