How Rob Curley’s plan to make the Spokesman-Review ‘The People’s Paper’ ended in a...
This report was produced in a collaboration between InvestigateWest and RANGE. When the Spokesman-Review announced plans to transfer Spokane’s 143-year-old, family-owned newspaper to a nonprofit founded by Executive Editor Rob Curley, it took over the front page.
Gov. Ferguson takes ‘Away for the Day’ cell phone ban campaign to Spokane
Gov. Bob Ferguson is taking his push to get cell phones out of Washington schools across the state, with his latest stop being in Spokane. Ferguson visited Lewis and Clark High School on Friday to promote his “Away for the Day” proposal. The plan would require students to put away phones and smartwatches from the first
Woman identified in fatal fire in downtown Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Spokane County Medical Examiner has confirmed the identity of the woman who died in a fire at the Tiki Lodge on Tuesday morning.
WA Governor Wants to Take Your Kids Phone in School
Gov. Ferguson's 'Plan' Is to Confiscate Phones During Classes
Spokane trades companies tackle workforce shortage with hands-on event
SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane-area trade companies are addressing a workforce shortage by introducing young people to skilled careers.
Endometriosis treatment developing at WSU, local patient shares debilitating struggles of incurable disease
SPOKANE, WA. - Kristina Medvedev wants to help others suffering with endometriosis, an incurable and chronic disease where tissue similar to the uterus grows outside of the uterus. For 14 years, Kristina did not know it was the cause of her debilitating pain. "There was a moment where I had...
Catch up on some of the largest in-progress and completed construction projects in the...
Neighboring the north Spokane Costco, more than 300 acres near the intersection of Farwell Road and Newport Highway (U.S. Route 2) are being developed into a dynamic, walkable neighborhood known as Mead Works. Led by Greenstone Corporation — the developer behind Kendall Yards in downtown Spokane and the River District.
Spokane MultiCare contract talks split workers as negotiations begin
SPOKANE, Wash. — SEIU Healthcare 1199NW said contract talks at Deaconess and Valley hospitals opened with a dispute over how healthcare workers would bargain with MultiCare executives. The union said negotiations started last week for nurses, techs and service workers at both Spokane hospitals. According to SEIU Health
Man sentenced to life in prison for molesting girlfriend’s daughter
SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane County Superior Court judge sentenced Joshua E. Hogan, 34, to 68 months to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree child molestation in July 2026, according to court documents.
Liberty Lake man arrested after cellphone reportedly used to record inside home
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — A Liberty Lake man was arrested Monday after police say he used a cellphone to record activity inside a residence without the occupants' knowledge. According to a Liberty Lake Police Department press release, officers were called to the 1600 block of N. Aladdin Road around 7:55 p.m. Sept. 28 after
