Actor Will Smith said he will join his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, in boycotting this year's Oscars. The couple is taking a stand over a lack of diversity. None of the 20 acting nominations, for example, went to a person of color for the second year in a row.

Want to keep that New Year's resolution? A new report says it might not be so difficult.

It's the end of another, and a time for reflection. Here at KXLY 4 we're reflecting on what we think the top stories of 2015 were.

The Spokane City Council has filed amendments to change rules regarding how often citizens can participate in the weekly council meeting's open forum.

For many families, Christmas Eve has just as many traditions as Christmas Day itself.

A school lunch lady in Pocatello, Idaho she is out of a job for giving a free meal to a child.

A Louisiana family is catching major heat for a Christmas photo that was apparently intended to be a joke. It features the female family members with tape over their mouths, the male child giving a thumbs up and the dad holding a photo that says "Peace on Earth."

A Washington state high school assistant football coach who was suspended for praying at midfield after games has filed a discrimination complaint.

The country will have to wait a bit longer to find out who will become the first woman on U.S. paper currency in more than a century.

The mass shooting in San Bernardino sparked a run on concealed carry permits in Spokane County. 50 people applied for permits yesterday and the line was out the door again today.

New York's Daily News is provoking a national debate with today's cover.

Spokane's mayor has asked a retired federal judge to investigate the city's handling of complaints made against former police Chief Frank Straub.

Spokane's Human Rights Commission has approved a resolution in support of settling refugees in the city regardless of national origin.

No need to get into a war of words with your fellow man on Sound Off today! We don't want any catfights today! We simply ask, what are you thankful for?

Speed cameras are up and running at two local elementary schools.

President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and urged the nation to keep veterans in their thoughts long after Veterans Day.

Workers across Washington state, including right here in Spokane, are rallying for workers' rights.

Last year the Morris family took Christmas decorating to new heights with a stellar light show, Santa and a camel at their Hayden, Idaho home. Thousands came by to see it.  This year, the Hayden Estate Homeowners Association says, not so fast. 

 Two murals depicting the lynching of an American Indian in a former Idaho county courthouse are once again at the center of a disagreement over whether they should be displayed or covered up as offensive.

The secretary of state's office has predicted that just 46 percent of the state's four million voters would return their ballots.  Are you one of them? If you don't vote, tell us why.

Joe Kennedy, an assistant coach, had been leading prayers with his student athletes on the public school football field after games, something the district warned him against, saying it could be seen as violating the separation of church and state. He continued his displays of religion, though he started doing it silently and by himself.

China said today that it will abandon its controversial "one child policy" and allow all couples to have two children, effectively ending its population control rule.

The World Health Organization's cancer agency says that processed meats such as ham and sausage can lead to colon and other cancers, and red meat is probably cancer-causing as well.

 Stunning new research by AAA about the dangers of distracted driving. It concludes devices can impair concentration long after you stop using them.