The push to build a new jail in Latah County faces significant headwinds despite a survey showing more than half of respondents supportive of the project.

The Safe and Healthy Task Force has developed a 14-part plan for better integrating the county's response to criminal justice, mental health and substance abuse problems.

The state has launched an initiative to deliver recommendations before the next legislative session as Washington faces another drought.

We talk with Habitat for Humanity Spokane CEO Michelle Girardot about how the organization will spend $6.5 million from the state. Fewer people are buying health insurance through the Washington and Idaho exchanges. Author Adriana Janovich explores odd things about Spokane.

Plus, Panhandle Health District are happy to renounce CDC guidelines. New report raises concerns about sexual assault investigations at WA's largest immigration detention center. Washington's Department for Ecology asks for public input on water use this summer. Spokane Valley bans crypto kiosks.

A watchdog has new recommendations for how the Department of Corrections could make improvements. The agency continues to argue its short on funding.

House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon sponsored a proposed constitutional amendment that would let WA redraw its maps mid-decade—if another state did so first. Now that more GOP-led states are looking to draw new districts, Fitzgibbon says Democrats should do the same. But his proposal depends on whether his party can pick up enough seats this November to hold supermajorities in the legislature.

Plus, new polling shows Spokane residents’ top worries continue to be public safety and homelessness. But the cost of living and taxes are catching up. The Spokane Police Department is getting new training in a restraining method that’s said to be safer for both officer and arrestee. The block on WA's new sheriff eligibility requirements will stand as a challenge to the law goes forward. Thousands of people in Washington and Idaho are dropping their subsidized health insurance coverage after Congress failed to renew federal tax credits. Idaho looking for help from the public to decide how to spend opioid settlement dollars.

REPUBLIC – Rep. Michael Baumgartner held his first town hall on Monday in Republic as he campaigns for re-election.