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Kootenai County authorizes emergency coroner funding after Spokane ends autopsy relationship
Kootenai County Board of Commissioners · December 31, 2025
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Summary
Facing a sudden cutoff of autopsy services from the Spokane Medical Examiner, the county approved Resolution 2025-98 to release up to $40,000 from the coroner construction assigned fund balance to make a temporary autopsy facility operable.
Kootenai County commissioners approved Resolution 2025-98 on Dec. 30 to authorize an emergency release of funds so the county coroner can stand up temporary autopsy capacity after the Spokane Medical Examiner terminated its service agreement.
Dr. Johnson, the county coroner, told the board Spokane's Medical Examiner terminated the autopsy…
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