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More than 150 people in Spokane County filed to run for elected office — here are races to watch

By Colton Rasanen

May 15, 2025

Once again, another Spokane County election cycle begins. From May 5-9, folks from across the county filed to run for city councils, school boards, and other elected positions like those in fire and cemetery districts...

Image: More than 150 people in Spokane County filed to run for elected office — here are races to watch

Washington legislators secure North Spokane Corridor project funding with gas tax increase

By Victor Corral Martinez
May 15, 2025
NEWS BRIEFS: WA sues to maintain environmental reviews for energy projects

Plus, Gabriel's Challenge calls on Spokane to tackle the fentanyl crisis; and WSU gets a grant for rural obstetrics training

By Inlander Staff
May 15, 2025
Spokane unveils a new slate of traffic safety initiatives as fatal traffic collisions continue to rise in 2025

By Eliza Billingham
May 8, 2025
NEWS BRIEFS: Baumgartner declines to block ICE from detaining U.S. citizens

Plus, Spokane County gets $7.5 million for water treatment; and feds investigate WA gender policies

By Inlander Staff
May 8, 2025
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is battling Trump’s executive orders through litigation

By Victor Corral Martinez
May 8, 2025
Family and friends remember Spokane Public Schools' Greg Forsyth as a public servant dedicated to education

By Colton Rasanen
May 8, 2025
WA health department investigating Spokane hospital after girl’s suicide sparked public outcry

By Kaylee Tornay and Whitney Bryen - InvestigateWest
May 7, 2025
Spokane's new police chief is reimagining 'use of force' review boards, with input from the Office of Police Ombuds

By Eliza Billingham
May 1, 2025
Spokane pitches a unique experience as a 2026 World Cup fan zone and team base camp

By Victor Corral Martinez
May 1, 2025
NEWS BRIEFS: Maddie's Place gets $2M to stay open

Plus, Washington passes annual rent caps; and political events will draw many in Spokane this week

May 1, 2025
Nonpartisan and historically quiet races in Idaho's May election are contested this year

By Colton Rasanen
May 1, 2025
Drones help with everything from real estate photography to protecting crops and tracking pygmy rabbits across the Inland Northwest

By Victor Corral Martinez
Apr 24, 2025
Offended by annexation comments and worried about immigration enforcement, Canadian tourists are staying away from Spokane

By Eliza Billingham
Apr 24, 2025
NEWS BRIEFS: WA Supreme Court blocks Spokane's voter-approved camping ban

Plus, Spokane reacts to Pope Francis' death, and WA blocks other states' armed forces

By Inlander Staff
Apr 24, 2025
More on the Spokesman-Review’s plans to go nonprofit, including maintaining subscriptions and ads while asking for donors

By Samantha Wohlfeil
Apr 24, 2025
A 12-year-old killed herself at a Spokane hospital that recently closed its youth psychiatric unit

Workers say girl’s death is an example of what they feared from Providence closing the unit

By Kaylee Tornay and Whitney Bryen - InvestigateWest
Apr 23, 2025
Why the Department of Natural Resources is trading a Spokane forest for a Bellingham grocery store

By Eliza Billingham
Apr 17, 2025
NEWS BRIEFS: The Spokesman-Review is going nonprofit

Plus, WA launches an online tariff guide, and an Idaho judge rules women don't have to actually be dying to get an abortion

By Inlander Staff
Apr 17, 2025
New Idaho education laws touch on everything from campus free speech to human sexuality

By Samantha Wohlfeil
Apr 17, 2025
Idaho doctor says the measles vaccine’s success may strangely be contributing to a U.S. comeback

By Victor Corral Martinez
Apr 17, 2025