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

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- A woman was arrested for driving an SUV on the Centennial Trail while under the influence. According to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, 61-year-old Maureen G. Mortlock ...

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, 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% ...

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 ...

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.