Regional News
What's happening in the region? Here's a roundup of news from Spokane, Montana and other regional areas.
Hayden Panettiere's ex Wladimir Klitschko gets legal status to protect their daughter's inheritance
Judge Stephanie Santoro granted Klitschko the status of temporary guardian of Kaya's estate until a long-term admi…
Hurricane warning is issued for the Big Island of Hawaii as Tropical Storm Lala approaches
Lala was about 455 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, and about 670 miles (1,075 kilometers) east-southeast of Honolulu with maximum sustained winds of 60 m…
Jury selection begins in Meta youth harms trial in California federal court
The trial is the latest in an avalanche of lawsuits against Meta Platforms and other social media companies including Google's YouTube, TikTok and Snap, over c…
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs chooses former Republican Mayor John Giles as her running mate
The Republican nominee is U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, who last week picked Sine Kerr, a farmer and Republican former state lawmaker, to be his running mate. Kerr's r…
Jackie, the California bald eagle who became an internet sensation, dies after illness
The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation’s San Dimas Raptor Rescue team found Jackie on July 17 following reports that the bird had been invol…
Watchdog for $46 billion tribal gambling industry can't enforce the law without a chairperson
The last chairperson of the National Indian Gaming Commission stepped down from the role in January. President Donald Trump has not nominated anyone to fill th…
Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles
Drought and dry conditions have stretched along the length of the Colorado and are particularly intense at its source in the Rocky Mountains.
Man charged with arson in Spokane, told police he planned wildfire for weeks
Avista restoration efforts expand
Avista is working toward starting natural gas relights later this week for customers in areas impacted by the wildfires, as conditions allow. Natural gas crews are continuing to expand their work areas based on cur…
Man arrested at Trump's California golf course faces illegal weapons charges
Jeanine John Taele, 38, was due in court Wednesday on a federal weapons charge but the hearing was cancelled. He is being held at a downtown LA jail on state c…
Firefighters get a handle on Spokane wildfires as tens of thousands remain evacuated
Some evacuees were allowed to return home, but officials did not immediately say how many. Others remained in a shelter set up in a Spokane convention center, …
Man charged with setting Spokane's largest wildfire was questioned about 2 other blazes last year
Farinacci, 37, served about a decade in prison after killing his father in Arizona in 2010. Last year, authorities questioned him in two fire-related cases in …
Man charged with setting Spokane's largest wildfire went to prison for manslaughter in dad's death
When major crimes detectives started investigating, they again identified Farinacci and determined that the fire had started where the witness had reportedly s…
Spokane fires devastating
Authorities say wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area, including patients at its U.S. Veterans Affai…
Some robotaxis approved to operate without steering wheels and losing the brake pedal could be next
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also proposed a rule last month to allow robotaxis to operate without brake pedals, but that proposal is sti…
Seattle mayor says police chief resigned after criticism of response to festival shooting
Barnes told The Seattle Times on Thursday that whether he remains chief is “up to the mayor.” He said he was off for the day and spending time with family. A p…