It’s been a minute or two but here’s a fun pic of mine on the cover of this year’s Annual Manual by @inlander.com. Link to the digital version below but you can pick up a physical copy around Spokane now. issuu.com/theinlander/...

This week’s cover story features Donna Miser, who, like thousands of women, got what’s often referred to as the “sling” procedure to help with urinary incontinence. The plastic mesh (and method) used has created horrific complications for her and many others www.inlander.com/news/airway-...

Sarah (Clark) Doxey. Total badass. This photo is from 2016, taken on our family’s first trip to the Oregon coast. She was watching our children play when I took this photo. Tell your loved ones how much you love them every day. www.inlander.com/news/friends...

Our friend Erick, who is a photojournalist in the Inland NW, lost his wife Sarah after she was struck by a car while on her morning run. I am so grateful he trusted me to write a story about the ‘90s punk, headstrong, powerful type of person she was — More: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Today, U.S. Marshals arrested nine people in Spokane who protested outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on June 11 in an attempt to block the agents from transporting two men legally seeking asylum to ICE's detention facility in Tacoma.

This morning, federal agents arrested & search homes of multiple people who were protesting against ICE arrests in Spokane on June. This is a photo from the father of one of the protesters www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Spokane activists were arrested by federal agents in connection to ICE protests on June 11, including Justice Forral, Erin Lang and former city council president Ben Stuckart, who were previously arrested on June 11. Organizer Jac Archer, who was not arrested June 11, was also arrested this morning.

Law enforcement is investigating a surge of suspicious fires reported throughout Spokane over the past few days.

This evening’s visitors to the feeder, including a black-chinned hummingbird.

NEW: We now have a special section on the Spokesman’s website for the shootings on Canfield Mountain. Here’s everything. www.spokesman.com/sections/can...

We are updating as we go. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

A thing I noticed yesterday: there was misinformation about the shootings/fire in CDA spreading because people were quoting the site “Spokane News.” A reminder that Spokane News is not a good source with fact checking. Follow @alexdugganreports.bsky.social and other local reporters please!

Christine Myron, spokesperson for Idaho’s largest health care system St. Luke’s, told States Newsroom via email that the time to get an appointment with an OB-GYN has increased over the last two years in all of their service areas, which include every region of the state.

Federal helicopters are here. They took off. Life flight is around. Everyone from everywhere is here. I have a family friend who works for the Fire department here. I am praying really hard.

Idaho banned abortion. Three years later, minors & seniors struggle to get routine care. Of all the outcomes Rachel Castor could have predicted from Idaho’s abortion ban, her teenage son being denied hospital admission during an asthma attack wasn’t on the list. Recent work for @statesnewsroom.com

For this week’s @inlander.com cover story, I spent a day at Silverwood to meet and photograph the folks who make it run and the folks who get to enjoy the fruits of that labor. I even managed to write a few words as well….

The @inlander.com is hiring for a staff news writer, and hoping for someone with a few years of experience. Share if you know anyone who’d be interested. www.journalismjobs.com/1690860-staf...

I know we are focused on the war right now… but if you want to divert your attention to a former firefighter that has a FIRE museum in his Spokane backyard and lived a crazy life, here it is. Btw, go to his museum. He wants people to come and care about fire. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

This one was a blast - The two pilots, who make up the Felts Field Sky Queens, are competing from June 17 to 20 in the Air Race Classic, an all-female transcontinental air race w/ nearly 100-year-old roots. Read @elizabillingham.bsky.social’s story on @inlander.com www.inlander.com/culture/the-...

Sleepy hummingbirds or new camera technology? YOU BE THE JUDGE

Just after the Pride Parade had concluded and while the No Kings protest was happening in downtown Spokane, conservative musician and anti-LGBTQ+ activist Sean Feucht headlined Jesus Fest 25 in the Garland District in north Spokane.

A few photos from this year's Pride Parade in downtown Spokane today. Photos for @inlander.com

1/3 📷 for @inlander.com of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deportation actions, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Spokane, Wash. www.inlander.com/news/police-...

When two protests against deportation actions by federal agents met up on Washington Street Wednesday evening, the city issued a curfew and multiple police agencies filed into the area to push protesters away from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

Video shared from a protestor shows a wider angle of protestors and our reporter getting pushed back by purported law enforcement agents at the ICE office in #spokane

God, the gospel, gold and goods were all features of the celebrity-led Saturday event called LIFE SURGE in Spokane. It taught God approved of wealth and gold is good. Read more to get a glimpse into this side of American Christianity. @aaronhedge.bsky.social favs.news/christians-f...

A few photos of Spokane author @jesswalter.bsky.social for this week’s issue of @inlander.com for a story about Jess’ upcoming novel, So Far Gone, out on June 10. www.inlander.com/culture/in-h...

Photos for @inlander.com’s Pride issue this year, including shots from last year’s parade, Trans Spokane Exec Director Louis Stay (2nd), Spokane Pride board member Shelby Dirks (3rd) and a t-shirt from the first Pride march in Spokane in 1992 (which is now on display at the Central Library).

Border Patrol in masks in the valley. They destroyed the inside of a man’s home looking for his birth certificate. The chemical agent they used in the home is still burning my eyes. One arrest.

If you're looking for a summer reading list written completely by humans, consider checking out our latest issue 👀

NEW: This small North Idaho town kept to itself. Then a church asked the U.S. government to intervene. “I sent an email to the Justice Department,” said Matt Meyer, an elder in the Christ the Redeemer church. “I said, … ‘I think I’m being discriminated against.’” www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Everyone should watch the new episode of John Oliver and support your local/independent journalists 1000% more than you already do.

NEW: No fuel for chainsaws. Expired medical supplies. The approaching wildfire season is going to be even riskier for firefighters this year - among the staff cuts from the Trump admin also lies cuts to supply funds firefighters need immediate access to. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

How’s my night going? Well, my father, who doesn’t really like to read the news all that much, just sent me a photo of him wearing a shirt that says “America Needs Journalists” and I started hysterically sobbing.

Photos for Elissa Ball’s story in this week’s @inlander.com on Spokane’s burgeoning synth scene happening at Square Wave Wednesdays at Pac Ave Pizza. www.inlander.com/music/a-look...

UPDATE: A new lawsuit alleges that door alarms, inadequate policy and “violations of the standard of care” led to Sarah Niyimbona’s death in April. www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

Downtown Spokane zipline is moving forward!

A few photos from last month’s Heads Up Portrait Club meeting in Spokane. Taken for @inlander.com www.inlander.com/culture/spok...

IMPACT: The WA Department of Health has opened an investigation into a Spokane hospital after learning of Sarah Niyimbona’s death from InvestigateWest's reporting.

Who doesn’t like food? Here are a few photos of Satay Bistro’s (in Coeur d’Alene, ID) dishes for @inlander.com’s supplement, The Menu, out now.

Are you part of an arts organization or queer nonprofit in Washington, Idaho or Montana that saw your grants slashed this week from Trump? I’m a journalist working on a piece! You can reach me via DMs, email at [email protected] or Signal: 509-850-0488

NEW: AN unexpected slash to a small corner of Washington’s state budget has civil legal aid organizations scrambling to plan for a future without financial support.

Photos of Camerina Zorrozua and staff for @investigatewest.bsky.social’s story on how Camerina, the legal director & co-founder of The Way to Justice, a nonprofit legal aid org based in Spokane, is mourning recent state funding cuts for civil legal aid orgs. www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

Spokane's annual Bloomsday run....it's all a blur. Photos for @inlander.com

ICE agents who did not present a warrant chased Martin Diaz into his backyard, dragged him out, cuffed him & put him in an unmarked vehicle. He is being held in Kootenai County. He was trying to get his green card. rangemedia.co/arrested-wit...

A few photos from the #MayDay protest at Riverfront Park in downtown Spokane yesterday. Photos taken for @inlander.com

Inland northwest journalists! Join SPJ for something a little bit different: PowerPoint night!

Balsamroot flowers out in force right now in Spokane. #Balsamorhiza

Our neighbors to the north aren't visiting Spokane as often as they used to, according to Spokane's tourism officials.

Well, I can honestly say that today was the first time I’ve seen baby marmots. I found this adorable family in downtown Spokane this afternoon.