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Washington State Police say Joseph Branda, 22, fell asleep at the wheel around 3 a.m. Sunday. The car left Eastbound I-90 and went through the median and rolled onto the westbound left lane.

Linda Sheridan is known for a huge number of wins during her career at Shadle. She was inducted into the Inland Northwest Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.

Police say two white men in their twenties threatened the employees with guns. The employees locked themselves in the basement and called police.

The flames jumped from one truck to the other. Both semis are total losses. Each had a grain trailer attached to them, which were also significantly damaged. The fire department estimates the total loss could be as much as $350,000.

Fire crews were called to the 8900 block of E. Broadway around 3 a.m. Authorities said the fire could be seen through the roof of the home. No one was in the duplex at the time of the fire.

Authorities say there are no injuries to report and an ambulance was not sent to the scene.

Olynyk, from British Columbia, helped the Bulldogs take a No. 1 seed in the West Region in the NCAA tournament this season. The team made it to the round of 32 before losing to Wichita State.

Dmitri Chaban is the employment manager at World Relief Spokane. He feels hurt over the tragedies this week, and says he’s shocked by the suspects’ identities.

Spokane Police Chief Frank Straub admitted shutting down a city is a massive undertaking that requires constant communication with other law enforcement groups, and Spokane is prepared.

The House wants to permanently extend the temporary beer tax that was set to expire this June, but looks to lower it from 50-cents-per-gallon to 25-cents-per-gallon.

Organizers of Bloomsday say they won’t let terrorists keep the community from something that many look forward to every year.

Five-year-old Chloe will be in a cast for two months. Her owner, Angela Jeffrey, is a disabled veteran. She’s afraid she’ll never get back her service dog.

“It’s nothing new in this neighborhood. Everyone tries to say they’re fire crackers, but they’re not,” neighbor Cindy Champagne said.

GET is a savings plan that helps parents start saving for college when their children are little.

A local plant sits not far from elementary school and Tekoa High School, where Principal Dan Hutton is also a volunteer firefighter. Hutton says the threat of a massive explosion like that in Texas is highly unlikely in Whitman County.

Officials say because this is a viral infection, rather than bacterial, the case poses little risk to others.

Major Crimes detectives arrested Tvar L. Jackson, 33, Barry J. Gardner, 34, and Israel L. Jones, 34, charged them with witness tampering in the John Castro’s trial.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says Kinkade lost control of his car and struck a concrete irrigation ditch.

Chris Cornell from Soundgarden will present Heart for induction. Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains will perform at the event with Heart. Usher will perform for Jones.

Northern Idaho authorities say an 8-year-old Lapwai boy has died after being shot in the chest on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation.