Despite reservations, the Spokane Valley City Council agreed to participate in a new regional public safety task force on ...

Last week, officials met with inmates in the Spokane County Jail to discuss protocols in the event of the worst-case scenario: a COVID-19 outbreak within the already overcrowded facility. Inmates ...

Don Hooper, chief of Spokane County Detention Services, walks through a cell at the downtown jail, which is often at a "red-light status" due to a lack of capacity. While the middle bench is supposed ...