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Thank you for joining us for
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Mark is off this evening,
so let's get started.
Let's head straight to the foret
as temperatures are expected tor
into possible triple digits acrs
parts of the Inland Northwest tomorrow.
Meteorologist Michelle Boss
is live in the weather studio
tracking the very latest.
Hi, Michelle.
Yeah, it was very hot today.
Spokane Coeur d'Alene stayed
several degrees under 100,
but we did see triple digits fr.
Back into Ritzville, Lewiston, of course,
that was well over 100 degrees.
Tomorrow's going to be our peak day as
far as the temperatures are concerned,
and then we'll start to
see a gradual cooldown,
though it's still going to be very hot
for this week at 85 right now at 10:00.
O'clock, this is going to be onf
those nights where some spots ae
going to have a hard time cooling down.
Lewiston being one of those 89 in Moses Lake,
still 80 in Pullman, 87 in Lewi.
That's a little bit more
comfortable in Deer Park,
they're just under 70 degrees.
But of course we enjoyed full.
Sunshine today Looking at clear
skies tonight and a heat advison
effect for the Lewiston area thh
tomorrow evening with highs rang
from the lower 90s to up to 107.
I believe it was 104 today in Lewiston.
Short term forecast keeps the skies clear.
Sun will warm things up very quickly,
82 by 10:00 AM on our way
to 98 degrees in Spokane.
A little bit of a cool down this
weekend will be in the low to
mid 90s but still certainly hot.
Wow okay. Thank you Michelle.
Because of the extreme heat,
6 Spokane City Public libraries are going
to be cooling center starting t.
The Central Liberty Park,
Shadle Park, Hilliard, South Hi,
and Indian Trail Libraries are
all going to be open for coolin.
There's also space to cool off
in the Trent Resource Center.
Now if you need help getting to
and from the cooling centers,
you can get a free ride with Spokane Transit.
We want
to be available to help citizens
who are vulnerable are obvious
are homeless population,
but anyone who comes here and
visits and and is just walking e
streets and and cruising around.
We want to make these
resources available to anyone.
The shelters open at 9:00 in the
morning until seven in the even.
This is something the city does if the
National Weather Service foreca2
days or two or more days of at least 95
degree temperatures. Which, of course,
we're seeing a lot of this week.
Well, today, five members of the
white nationalist group Patriot
Front were convicted of misdemer
charges of conspiracy to riot.
This comes after authorities arrested
31 members of the white nationat
group after finding in the back
of a Uhaul truck at a Pride evet
in Coeur d'Alene last summer.
Police found riot gear,
a smoke grenade,
shin guards and Shields inside that truck.
After only an hour of deliberat,
the jury found all five men
guilty of conspiracy to riot.
They are set to be sentenced toa
Kootenai County courtroom tomorw
morning and could face up to a
year in prison or a $5000 fine.
We'll have the very latest on up with
KREM and on our website at krem.
Well, Washington has the highest
gas prices in the country right,
even topping California.
A gallon of regular unleaded is
selling for about 493 a gallon.
Usually,
one of the main factors in the e
of a gallon of gasoline is the e
of the crude oil that it's made from.
Well,
today,
Governor Jay Inslee accused oil
companies of raking in record
profits at the expense of the
environment and consumers.
Erica Zuko has more on the
governor's proposal to hold oil
companies accountable.
The governor's office says
that it wants oil companies to
expose their accounting and,
if it shows price gouging,
to potentially issue penalties.
Meanwhile, Republicans say that
those climate policies are costg
consumers and they want to see changes.
Standing in front of highline
school districts, electric buse.
Governor Jay Inslee doubled down on the
climate policies he's rolled oud
took fresh direct aim at oil companies.
Enormous flood events.
Melting of the ice sheets.
Our nation, our state,
is under attack by the pollution
that comes from the oil and
gas industry in Washington
state will not allow that
Thursday. Governor Inslee
announced legislation plan to be
introduced by Democrats in Janu,
that would require oil companies
to open up their books and the
potential for a Commission that
could issue financial penalties
spotlighting a healthcare worker
who says climate change.
Is disproportionately harming
some communities, whether
it's respiratory, cardiac, canc,
maternal and infants are impacted, mental
health and the list goes on. Republican
state Senator Jeff Wilson says he, too,
wants to see a cleaner environm,
but he doesn't believe new costs
to businesses are the way to do,
while others may want to accuse
oil companies of price gouging.
I'll. All fire back and say
gouging has been occurring in te
last few years states budgets.
It seems the state has had an
enormous appetite to collect moe
money from somebody and then spd
away with our biennial budgets.
The Western States Petroleum
Association released a statement saying
quote WSPA feels that welldesigd
carbon programs can be important
to reducing carbon emissions.
And that we need to make sure
they don't have an undue impact
to consumers or the economy.
The governor's office respondedt
all revenue from the Climate Commitment
Act goes back into communities d
it would like to see the industy
speak up on reducing emissions
and addressing climate disaster.
Reporting The Newsroom Erica Zu,
KING5 news
Meanwhile, over in Idaho,
they're about $0.50 cheaper thae
current prices here in Spokane County.
Earlier this summer,
we spoke with Patrick de Haan fm
GasBuddy on the drastic differe.
Washington state now has carbon.
It has special gasoline.
The West Coast is also a bit ofn
island when it comes to refiner.
So between the carbon tax and
Washington state's high tax on gasoline,
Washington's prices are pushed a
lot higher than the national average.
Idaho also doesn't have a carbon
tax or as high a gasoline tax.
Well now tonight beat with a quick look
at the day's top stories happening today.
A 19 year old cyclist was killed in a
hit and run collision at North Market and
State Route 2O6 right across from the yokes.
The driver, 54 year old Jonathan Fron,
hit the cyclist and then drove ,
but according to WSP he returned
to the scene shortly after.
Trooper said that part that part
of the bicycle may have actually
been stuck to the truck.
KREM 2 did see the bike returned to the
scene and it was taken away as evidence.
We are working on getting more
details and when we do we will
bring them to you on krem.com.
Meanwhile,
the Spirit Lake City Council is asking
the Kootenai County Sheriff to create
2 contracts that would supply te
town with law enforcement untile
Police Department is fully staf.
In the first contract,
Sheriff Bob Norris offered to
provide deputies to the city fo0
hours a week for up to six mont.
The second contract would be
for a student Resource officer
at Timberlake High School.
For more on this story,
head on over to our website crem.com,
and the Pierce County Medical Examiner's
Office has released the cause and manner
of death of a Spokane climber who was
found dead on Mount Rainier last month.
According to the Medical Examiner's office,
Earl Daws,
Eddie died from high blood prese
that caused a black a plaque bup
in his arteries.
Which eventually led to a heart
attack due to a lack of oxygen.
His manner of death then was
determined to be natural.
Eddie's body was found in a
crevasse at Mount Rainier,
which he was climbing for the 5h
time to celebrate his 80th birt.
Well,
that was your night beat.
To learn anymore about these stories,
just text the word night to
five O 94482 thousand and we'll
send them right to your phone.
The federal grand jury weighing
whether to indict former indict
former President Trump over hise
in the January 6th insurrectiond
his alleged efforts to overturn
the 2020 election. They met tod.
A senior Trump source tells CBSs
the target letter received by te
former president cites 3 federal
statutes conspiracy to defraud the US.
Deprivation of rights under color of law,
which applies when someone uses power
to deny constitutional rights ad
witness tampering and obstructin
of an official proceeding.
The prosecution has interviewed
so many witnesses,
looked at so much documentary
evidence. If they bring these charges,
it means they absolutely
believe that they can prove this
beyond a reasonable doubt.
If Trump is charged, it will be
his third criminal indictment ae
continues to be the frontrunnerr
the Republican presidential nomination.
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