A Spokane Valley hot rod sold for more than $500,000 at an elite car sale in Scottsdale, Ariz., setting a record for auctioned street rods. The car, a 1936 Chrysler Airflow sold by Jack and Susan ...

Rich Gortsema of Spokane has fueled hot rod dreams for four decades. This weekend, he received a statewide accolade for creating those buffed-up classic cars. Gortsema, 68, was inducted Saturday ...