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Editor's note: This story was updated on Sept. 16, 2019 to reflect an error in the original reporting that the lawsuit had been withdrawn. According to lawyers for the plaintiffs, only a portion of the lawsuit has been withdrawn. The portion of the lawsuit asking the WIAA to schedule post-season playoffs on a day other than Saturday, the Sabbath, remains active. The pressure is increasing on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association to accommodate high school...
The U.S. Marshals Service is asking for the public's help in finding a wanted individual. Charles Reedy is wanted by the U.S. Marshals for escape. In a Sept. 11 news release, the service said Reedy fled from a Spokane facility on Aug. 23, 2019. It was reported he jumped out a third-floor window and was observed limping away. Reedy is 29 years old, white male 5 feet, 5 inches in height, weight 170 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. Reedy has ties to the Yakima area. Crime...
POMEROY -- State officials confirmed today, Sept. 9, that a 450-pound calf in a private, fenced pasture was killed by a wolf on or about Aug. 30. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed there were "multiple wolf tracks along with evidence" that a wolf had killed the calf. "In addition, location data from the collared wolf in the Grouse Flats pack showed at least one member of the pack in the vicinity during the approximate time the calf died," the agency reported....
Social media posts recently drew the attention of citizens and local news outlets – and Spokane County Sheriff’s detectives. According to a Sheriff’s Office press release, the posts contained allegations that an adult male had been assaulted, and his vehicle stolen on Aug. 18. Spokane Valley Sheriff’s deputies began receiving inquiries regarding the posts, which alleged the victim was “attacked” before stumbling into a parking lot where he collapsed. Additional information indicated the male was admitted to a hospital an...
MEDICAL LAKE Aug. 27 Deputies responded to a report of parental discipline on the 500 block of North Walker Street. Deputies conducted a prowl check on the 500 block of North Walker Street. Deputies conducted a prowl check on the 1300 block of South Lefevre Street. Deputies responded to reports of s disorderly person on the 200 block of North Walker Street. Assault was reported on the 800 block of Maple Street. Aug. 28 A vehicle was impounded on the 500 block of North Brower Street. Deputies conducted a prowl check on the 130...
With the new school year nearing, or already in session, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is reminding drivers to slow down and be alert in school safety zones. In a press release, the Sheriff’s Office asked drivers to please watch for children in crosswalks. Children under age 13 have limited depth perception and may be unable to judge the distance and time of an approaching vehicle. Remember a child has an 80-90 percent rate of survival if struck by a car traveling 20 mph, as opposed to 90 percent chance of death if the...
Lawmakers have recently increased efforts to introduce legislation that would impose strict reporting requirements on medical research involving monkeys and other non-human primates. The goal is to substantially reduce such research. These restrictions could endanger lives. Primate research has led to some of the most important breakthroughs in medical history — and promises to unlock treatments for the world’s deadliest diseases in the not too distant future. Consider a groundbreaking treatment for glioblastoma, the dea...
Hopefully Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will receive final permit approval so it can complete its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant currently under construction on Tacoma’s Tide Flats. For background, LNG is natural gas chilled to a liquid state, (-260° Fahrenheit), for shipping and storage. The volume of natural gas in its liquid state is about 600 times smaller than in its gaseous state. The comparison is similar to condensing air in a beach ball to a ping-pong ball. In its li...
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