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.

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 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 ...

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% ...

However, Kerns says the county has presented its jail plan to the cities that would receive most of that pot of money — Spokane and Spokane Valley — and it's up to them to figure out their plans.

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 ...

Cindy Lou Hill died in her cell in the Spokane County Jail from an infection caused by a ruptured intestine four days after she was arrested. The 55-year-old was arrested on Aug. 21, 2018, for ...