Local law enforcement launches first-ever Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign

GRANT-ADAMS COUNTIES — Lynn Ross spent more than $1,200 paying for the ignition interlock that he had to have installed on his Dodge truck as a result of a DUI conviction.

The device is about the size of a cell phone with a tube for breath samples. Like many in Grant and Adams Counties, Ross, a Spokane Valley resident, had to blow into it every time he started his truck every day for 14 months. The truck would only start if he did not have any alcohol in his system.

Despite the cost and the hassle—he had to switch to alcohol-free mouthwash and wait for a few minutes in the morning for the mach...