A Tuesday order from President Donald Trump that froze federal funding to assess diversity programs and organizations that don't adhere to his plans also froze funding for integral wildfire prevention programs around Washington.

County officials say they currently have over $100M in federal grants and local nonprofit World Relief Spokane says 85% of their funding is federal.

The Spokane County Parks and Recreation Department was planning to purchase 236 acres along the Little Spokane River as the first step in “preserving the river from St. George’s School to its confluence with the Spokane River as a natural area.

The nonprofit is asking city council to expand access to legal defense services and educate staff on a state law that prohibits police from collaborating with ICE.

Spokane County is considering expanding its opioid response by $650,000 after one program recently saw a roughly 85% success rate for transitioning people into inpatient treatment.

Spokane County Fire District 9 welcomed a new fire chief to the team on Tuesday coming from western Washington.

Spokane Police Chief Hall is overseeing his second police shooting since taking charge. "There’s obviously a reason the officer felt threatened and utilized deadly force but I’m

The “will they or won’t they join” conversation between the city of Spokane and the board of Spokane Regional Emergency Communications, or SREC, abruptly

But the bigger shift happened when a TikTok video was taken at the Spokane location last summer. That social media personality noted the Spokane Chili’s was the only one in Washington. That made Spokane a “chilihead destination” for the whole western United States, McCandles said.

Chesed Johnson made another first appearance in court Tuesday afternoon, on a new accusation of threatening Spokane County Jail Chief Don Hooper.

Pointing to a presidential administration that has vowed to enact mass deportations, local nonprofit Latinos En Spokane has asked the city to affirm state sanctuary laws and to find money to support immigrant legal defense services.

Catherine Smith greeted the man with a smile as he approached her Friday in the lobby of the Partners Inland Northwest center in Spokane Valley .