Sidekicks Wanted

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Provide me and the city with some feedback.

Mary Verner
| Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Breaking Blue Silence

The mayor will review the city's records policy, but a councilman is skeptical.

Nicholas Deshais
| Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Oil and Cop-Watching

Idahoans don't seem too enamored of oil gear mucking up their highways, and the Spokane City Council actually voted on stuff.

Kevin Taylor, Daniel Walters
| Wednesday, June 30, 2010

A History of Violence

The nature of law enforcement is dangerous. Sometimes it ends in violence. Here's a selection of incidents in Spokane County during the last 15 years.

Heidi Groover
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Strong Arm of the Law

What happens when someone complains a cop used excessive force? Usually, not much.

Nicholas Deshais
| Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Late-Night Talk

Last week's marathon council meeting ended without a vote on powers for the police ombudsman.

Kevin Taylor
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Association

Four medical marijuana dispensaries get down to business. Another blazes.

Nicholas Deshais
| Thursday, August 27, 2009

The (Finally) Fightin' Fifth

Sheriff Knezovich wants to revive rehabilitation programs at Geiger. Plus, Cathy McMorris Rodgers gets a Dem challenger.

Nicholas Deshais, Kevin Taylor, Heidi Groover
| Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Teeth for the Watchdog

The City Council, amid an outcry, delays its vote to strengthen civilian oversight of police.

Kevin Taylor
| Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Two Into One

The SPD and the County Sheriff's Department should eliminate redundancy and merge. It's worked in other cities.

Ted S. McGregor Jr.
| Wednesday, May 26, 2010
 
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