Local News
Report: COVID cases, hospitalizations, death rates higher among unvaccinated people
In Spokane, 84-percent of COVID cases are among unvaccinated people, while about 10-percent were fully vaccinated.
Toxic blue-green algae reported at Newman Lake
Test results taken this week showed the body of water had potentially harmful toxicity levels for cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae.
Help clean-up the Spokane River this weekend
You can head outside this weekend and help clean up the community.
Spokane Police: Man accused of assaulting his mother located, arrested
Last Friday, the woman's son called and said he found his mother bloodied and beaten inside a home, detectives said.
National and World News
The Latest: Taliban replace women's government ministry
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have replaced the women’s ministry with an all-male “vice and virtue ministry" tasked with enforcing the group’s rigid interpretation of Islam.
The Latest: India gives 25M vaccine doses on Modi's birthday
NEW DELHI — India gave out 25 million doses during a special COVID-19 vaccination drive organized on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday.
Budapest mayor enters primary to run against Hungary's Orban
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A frontrunner in the race for a joint opposition candidate to fight Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in next year's national election opened his campaigning Friday promising to “liberate” the country from the right-wing populist leader.
Prosecutor: Jurors conclude Durst heir 'killed them all'
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Robert Durst’s long, bizarre and deadly run from the law ended when a Los Angeles County jury convicted him in the murder of his best friend more than 20 years ago.
Family says Laundrie is now missing; Petito still not found
NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida said late Friday that they are working with the FBI to locate 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito.
Crews watching weather as wildfire burns near sequoias
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Crews were watching the weather this weekend as they battled California wildfires that have burned into some groves of gigantic ancient sequoias as they try to protect the world's largest tree.
Families recount trauma at sentencing for school shooter
DENVER (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced a former student to life in prison without parole for a 2019 shooting inside a suburban Denver high school that killed one teenager and injured eight others, telling the defendant he had shown no remorse and had failed to help a devastated community understand his actions.
