SPOKANE, Wash – A man with COVID-19 who was arrested twice in the last week for DUI in Spokane is already awaiting trial for two counts of rape in Boundary County. Health officials confirmed Thursday that Mordecai Cochrane is an…
POKANE, Wash – A prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla is suing the medical director of the prison, saying not enough is being done to keep prisoners safe from COVID-19. John Demos, Jr. filed the prisoner civil…
SPOKANE, Wash. — The first woman ever classified by the state of Washington as a sexually violent predator has been released and is now living in north Spokane. Laura McCollum was released April 14th and now lives in the 1400…
OLYMPIA, Wash – As medical experts and state leaders look for ways to reopen states and restart economies, the one thing most agree on: there needs to be more testing to truly understand the presence of COVID-19 in our communities.…
SEATTLE – If Washingtonians maintain social distancing measures through May, the state has passed the peak of the virus, according to projections from a research arm of UW Medicine. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has been tracking data…
SPOKANE, Wash – A woman found dead in a north Spokane motel Friday was covered in blood and someone had made a “significant attempt” to remove her head, according to court documents filed in Spokane County District Court. Two men…
OLYMPIA, Wash – More than a month after a report accused Spokane Valley legislator Matt Shea of engaging in domestic terrorism, the Washington legislature has made public the documents used to come to that conclusion. In December, the Rampart Group…
OLYMPIA, Wash – A hearing is scheduled for Monday afternoon in Olympia on a bill that would eliminate sales tax for feminine hygiene products. Senate bill 5147 eliminates the tax which authors of the bill say “unjustly adds an additional…
OLYMPIA, Wash — Several lawmakers, including Spokane Rep. Marcus Riccelli, want the state to declare a “climate emergency” and give the governor the power to declare an energy emergency and limit greenhouse gas emissions. House Bill 2829 was read for…
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill that would regulate drinks that come in restaurant kids’ meals made it past a first reading in the opening day of the Washington legislature. House Bill 2383 was proposed by Rep. Monica Jurado Stonier, a…
OLYMPIA, Wash – A bill pre-filed for the upcoming session of the Washington legislature would require schools to provide free tampons and pads by the 2021-2022 school year. The bill, filed by a group of men and women in the…
