ON INLANDER.COM
• Two longtime
Spokane County Jail physicians left the adult
medical unit after a for-profit health care provider took over.
• A retired SPD sergeant doesn't like what he's seeing with the new
promotions among the department's top brass. "
Political cronyism at its worst," he says.
•
Pokémon GO is
everywhere.
IN OTHER NEWS:
• Spokane County Prosecutor
Larry Haskell announced that his office is
cracking down on drunk drivers — implementing a new DUI policy for the first time in 20 years. (
Spokesman-Review)
• An Airway Heights
prison guard was arrested by Cheney police for allegedly
robbing a Dollar Tree last week. Officers noted similarities between the July 9 robbery and another robbery that happened at the same store in May 2015. (
KXLY)
• The U.S. Senate
passed a bill to fight the
growing opioid and heroin epidemic. The bill will now make its way to President Obama's desk, who is expected to sign it.
• U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologized for her
critical comments about Donald Trump. RGB called Trump a "faker" and said she couldn't (and didn't want) to imagine a world in which Trump was president. She's since said those comments were "ill-advised."
• Three
candidates for
Spokane County Commission.