After adding stronger language, the Spokane Valley City Council passed a proposal Tuesday that fills a hole in state law ...

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.

The sheriff's office says 72-year-old Harry Ballman was last seen on Monday morning in Deer Park and reportedly has dementia ...

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 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. -- 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% ...

The county commissioners will decide Tuesday whether to grant a one-month, $685,000 contract extension to NaphCare, the private contractor that provides medical services in the Spokane County Jail.

SPOKANE, Wash – Spokane County Commissioners voted Tuesday to put a new jail – and the tax to pay for it – on the ballot next November.