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Organizers said they will be working the Spokane Police Department, the Spokane County Sheriff and federal agencies to plan for the event.

Most of the runners from the area who wanted to come home earlier Tuesday are not getting in until late Tuesday night.

The measure that was passed on a unanimous vote on Monday would remove the spousal exemption from both rape in the third degree -- in which no physical force is used -- and from taking indecent liberties.

Washington State Patrol said Anthony J. Greco, 25, from Yakima, went off the road around 10:30 p.m. and hit a dirt bank.

Officers arrested Josh Burnett on Friday morning according to police. Burnett is the ex-boyfriend of the toddler's mother.

KREM 2 has not heared of anyone from our area being injured during the explosions at the event. Three of those runners completed the marathon and their finish times were about an hour apart.

Straub said he has a very good plan laid out for Bloomsday, Spokane's largest foot race. As more details about the Boston bombings come out, the department said it will adjust accordingly.

Spokane runner, Kristen Lee Schlegel, said on facebook that she heard the bomb blasts and she finished the race just 19 minutes before the explosions.

Chief Straub vows to dedicate every resource he can to keep the streets of Spokane safe while the investigation continues in Boston.

Here's a list from the Boston Marathon's Website.

A 25-year-old transgender woman was banned from a western Idaho grocery store after customers complained she used the women's restroom.

Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming weekend.

Officers said Andrew J. Palmer, 22, broke into the home Saturday on the N. 1200 block of Stone and sexually assaulted the woman.

Two adults and their two teenage children were sleeping at the time. A friend was staying over for a birthday party. The fire department found their remains once firefighters were able to enter the house.

Officials say the 16-year-old girl was walking in the 1800 block of N. 15th and was assaulted by a man who was following her on foot. The girl suffered injuries while attempting to flee from the man.

Officials said William Velis, 22, broke into an apartment in a 4-plex on the 4200 block of Abbey Road around 5:15 a.m. and was caught by the resident.

Ross Anderson started getting severe headaches a few years ago and has been battling to get the care he needs. Anderson suffers everything from spine pain to face numbness and initial tests showed he had a brain cyst located behind his right eye.

The mother of five was found dead inside her home in December of 2011. Clay Starbuck was arrested and pleaded not guilty the murder and to the violation of human remains.

Ryan Sutherland, 22, was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The disease is tearing down every bone in Sutherland's body but it hasn't stripped his ambition.