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SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, was twice the legal limit when he side-swiped a semi-truck at an intersection in Spokane Valley on August 14, according to Trooper Troy Briggs with the Washington State Patrol. Crocker, 63, who's from Spokane, was arrested for DUI and hit and run after a collision with the semi at the intersection of Sprague Ave. and Pines Road at 2:05p.m. Crocker's blood alcohol content (BAC) was .160 and .152 following two breathalyzer tests. The legal limit in Washington is .08.

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SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Police are telling KHQ that a robbery suspect is in critical condition at local hospital Tuesday night with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

..."With the legislature's failure to pass your climate change bill, you directed us to prepare an executive order (EO) that accomplishes what the bill would have authorized and more. Attached is the proposed EO. Generally, we have crafted an EO that tracks your climate change bill but we propose adding several significant directives that make the EO more significant, more attractive to those interested in making progress on climate change and more controversial for those not so inclined."...

The Tea Party Express II rolled into Spokane, WA. today. It was a beautiful day for patriots from all over the Inland Empire to gather and listen to the uplifting speeches and music!

Pictures of Spokane Wa. tea party. Estimated one thousand plus "Extremists" attend!

On the day after Christmas, a desperate Joseph Kalani Hatchie walked into a cigarette store near the Idaho state line with an unloaded pellet gun. He never walked out. The 47-year-old former military policeman and father, who had no criminal record, faced a December eviction from his family’s rental duplex in Greenacres and a pile of medical bills. But he told his wife not worry about the money problems. On Monday, the day before he was to meet with an attorney about the eviction, Hatchie kissed his wife goodbye and drove his brother home. Just before 8 p.m., he pulled...