Local Headlines

• Are you an Avista customer? Your utility bill might be changing January 26, 2022
  Your gas and electric bills could go up at the end of the year. Then, they could go up again in 2023. 
• Report: Washington leads the nation in potholes January 26, 2022
  SPOKANE, Wash.– In the Inland Northwest, we get all the seasons: spring, summer, fall, winter and potholes. (Yes, we get construction season too, but for the sake of this story we’re going to leave it at these.)  Right now, pothole season is in full swing. Don’t just take it from us or from your trip […]
• Wash. schools, libraries get internet funding through American Rescue Plan January 26, 2022
  OLYMPIA, Wash.– Millions of dollars from the American Rescue Plan will go toward improving internet quality at schools and libraries across the state. Thousands of dollars will be used in the Inland Northwest. Senator Patty Murray announced more than $88 million would be used to make broadband better in the state. Both the West Valley […]
• Victims face Freeman High School shooter face-to-face January 25, 2022
  SPOKANE, Wash. – Tuesday was another heart-wrenching day in court for victims in the 2017 Freeman High School shooting.  Those impacted by the shooting are sharing their experiences with the hope they will play into Caleb Sharpe’s final sentencing.  Sharpe killed one student and injured three that day, but the impact was felt by everyone […]
• Guns stolen in Fish & Wildlife office break-in, man arrested January 25, 2022
  YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A man has been arrested in connection with stealing 15 to 20 firearms from a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife building in Yakima earlier this month, police said. The Yakima Police Department said in a news release Tuesday that police arrested a 29-year-old man Monday and booked him into Yakima […]