KLEW News - Local & Regional

Climbers remember Mount St. Helens eruption 33 years later

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:47:09 -0700

Saturday marks the 33rd anniversary of one of the biggest news stories ever experienced in the Pacific Northwest.

FBI searches Spokane apartment in ricin letter case

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:37:05 -0700

Few details have been released in the case, and no arrests have been made. Federal investigators have been searching for the person who sent the letters, which were postmarked Tuesday in Spokane.

85-year-old wife of Mormon church president dies

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:14 -0700

Frances B. Monson, 85, died early Friday morning at a hospital in Salt Lake City, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced.

Boise man Kurbanov pleads not guilty in terrorism plot

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:48:23 -0700

Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested Thursday during a raid of his small apartment. Prosecutors have offered few details of their investigation or Kurbanov's role in helping a militant group back home

Pilot survives small plane crash in Wash. neighborhood

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:29:34 -0700

A pilot is lucky to be alive after his plane crashed nose-first just short of the runway at Lynden's airport.

Ore. bicycle hearse offers 'one last ride' to final resting place

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:09:27 -0700

Wade Lind sketched out his plans for a bicycle hearse on a napkin at McDonald's. "It doesn't handle like a regular bicycle," the funeral director said.

Monroe prison guard killer moved to Walla Walla's death row

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:46:25 -0700

Byron Scherf has been moved to the Washington state Penitentiary at Walla Walla after he was sentenced to death for killing a corrections officer at the Washington state Reformatory at Monroe.

Wolves kill 31 sheep on Idaho ranch

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:17:02 -0700

Carey-area rancher John Peavey tells the Idaho Mountain Express that the ewe, one lamb and two that weren't born were killed Sunday morning.

Five indicted for money laundering, trafficking spice

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:16:47 -0700

Federal officials say the scheme occurred between March 2011 and July 2012 in Idaho as well as Alaska, California, Washington and Wisconsin.

Indictment: Boise man was working with terrorist group overseas

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:27:22 -0700

Officials say Fazliddin Kurbanov, a Uzbekistan national, was living in Boise at the time of his arrest.

Prison treatment program for Idaho monkey killer

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:55:09 -0700

An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo last fall and brutally beating to death one of two Patas monkeys has been ordered to spend up to a year in a treatment program at a state prison.

Photos: Idaho firefighters battle smoke in roof training session

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:08:15 -0700

The Eagle Fire Department is hosting a nine-day truck academy with firefighters throughout Idaho and the northwest.

63 fire deaths last year in Washington state

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:24:23 -0700

The murder-suicide in which Josh Powell killed his two young sons and himself in a fiery explosion on Feb. 5, 2012, in Graham, was the worst fatal fire in the state last year.

Investigation into Susan Powell disappearance may close

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:30:16 -0700

After a search in rural Oregon failed to yield any trace of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, authorities say they may close the investigation.

Spokane police kill man tracked after deadly shooting

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:40:01 -0700

Spokane police shot and killed a man on Thursday who was tracked to the Nine Mile Falls area after a fatal attack.

Natasha Hodges court trial date set

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:27:38 -0700

In court Wednesday a trial date has been set for a Lewiston woman accused of murdering a two-year-old child.

LPD Narcotics investigation arrests criminals with drugs

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:25:22 -0700

Two people are behind bars Thursday evening, following a drug bust in North Lewiston.

Transportation plan includes major projects in LC Valley

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:17:16 -0700

The Lewis-Clark Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization is entering their last stages of planning for a federally required long-range transportation plan.

Small earthquake jolts southeast Idaho

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:31:12 -0700

The U.S. Geological Survey says the temblor measured at 3.6 magnitude occurred late Wednesday on the Idaho side of the Idaho-Wyoming border.

Pet pig owner asks city council for zoning code amendment

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:34:07 -0700

A Pullman man is attempting to fight city hall for the right to keep his miniature pot belly pig.

Assault victims friend updates Warner's rehabilitation progress

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:31:02 -0700

The police investigation of the David Warner assault has concluded, but the Washington State University instructor still faces a long road to recovery.

Northwest Weather Photos: Showing off our spectacular spring

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:58:37 -0700

Woman sues hospital after her husband dies of nosebleed

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:52:20 -0700

How does an apparently healthy man die from a nosebleed after he's gone to the emergency room five time in less than a day?

Troy voters decide on supplemental levy

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:51 -0700

Voters in Troy will also cast their ballots regarding a supplemental levy on May 21st.

Second case of sexual misconduct at Spokane prison?

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:37:45 -0700

Authorities are investigating a second staff member at the Airway Heights prison for alleged sexual misconduct with an inmate.