Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Haskell retires on July 18, after serving as the county's top legal representative ...

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of a Washington state law requiring priests to ...

A judge halted a Washington law from taking effect that would compel clergy to report child abuse or neglect, no matter how ...

A federal judge has halted a Washington state law that required Catholic priests to break the seal of confession. The law that was passed in May, and was slated to go into effect on July 27, mandated ...

Lawyers representing the Catholic bishops of Washington have asked a federal judge to block the state's recently passed mandatory reporting law from taking effect later this month, alleging in a ...

Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly is urging Catholic voters in Washington state to oppose a proposed law that would order priests to violate the seal of confession in cases where child abuse is revealed ...

Spokane County’s population has grown by 200,000 since the current jail opened in the mid-1980s, they stress, and more beds are needed to keep pace with the region’s growth.