Commissioners unanimously voted to eliminate a program offering cash sign-on bonuses to new hires at the Spokane County ...

A deputy with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) was involved in a pursuit of a stolen vehicle on the morning of July ...

Spokane County is trying something new to attract potential employees to the region's public safety system, while ending a yearslong effort that awarded tens of thousands to new hires. The county ...

News; Crime/Public Safety; If Spokane County voters want a new jail, it’ll probably be downtown Jan. 31, 2023 Updated Tue., Jan. 31, 2023 at 9:54 a.m. The Spokane County Jail is pictured.

Spokane County Jail deaths have cost more than $4 million in settlements since 2000 Aug. 11, 2022 Updated Thu., Aug. 11, 2022 at 10:16 a.m. Cindy Lou Hill is seen in this undated photo.

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- Spokane County officials are working to develop a new jail funding proposal for 2026 that could ask you to pay more in taxes. In 2023, over 60% of voters rejected a 0.2% ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Spokane County Commissioners are wrestling with a growing issue in the Spokane area: jail overcrowding. At a Monday meeting, the commissioners discussed options of ...

Virtually everyone weighing in on Spokane County's Measure 1 agrees that the current county jail system isn't working well for incarcerated people or the ones who work there.. To address problems ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. – The Spokane County Commissioners' Monday strategic planning meeting spent nearly an hour and half discussing the ongoing need to expand the Spokane County Jail due to ...