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Spokane ICE agent questioned on stand about racist, transphobic social media posts
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (805+ words) A Spokane U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who pushed and shoved people during a protest last June was called to the stand for a second time Friday, this time to explain "social media posts calling Black people "ghetto garbage" and…...
Moving, shoving, cussing, negotiating: Law enforcement tactics takes center stage in Day 4 of Spokane's ICE protest trial
18+ hour, 8+ min ago (1088+ words) When Spokane police officers arrived at a mass protest at the city's U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on June 11, their tactics appeared far different than the tactics of the federal agents who interacted with that crowd before them. Video footage…...
Opinion Front Page for May 22, 2026
13+ hour, 20+ min ago (24+ words) The Spokesman-Review Page designer: Ricky Schodl Other Section Fronts From Today's Paper Past Pages from Opinion...
New Post Falls police chief brings stability, experience, city officials say
23+ hour, 40+ min ago (874+ words) A 28-year veteran of the Post Falls Police Department will serve as its next chief after seven months without a permanent fixture at the position." Mayor Randy Westlund nominated Capt. Mark Brantl as the city's new police chief. The City…...
Opinion Front Page for May 21, 2026
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (24+ words) The Spokesman-Review Page designer: Lindsey Treffry Other Section Fronts From Today's Paper Past Pages from Opinion...
Police officers who guarded Capitol sue to block Trump's $1. 8 billion 'slush fund"
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (245+ words) Two police officers who defended the U. S. Capitol from rioters on January 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to halt President Donald Trump's nearly $1. 8 billion fund to compensate victims of political "weaponization." In a complaint filed in federal court in Washington,…...
Spokane federal agents questioned about their role in the mass June protest
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (516+ words) On the day of June 11, masked federal agents who worked in Spokane's U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office hastily walked around a parking lot, tore a banner out of someone's hand and met a crowd at the lot's gate. "Do you…...
Kootenai County GOP chairman Brent Regan loses precinct committee race
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (139+ words) The longtime chairman of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee lost his GOP precinct committee race Tuesday night by 14 votes, final unofficial results showed. Rick Montandon won the Precinct 205 election with 51. 3% of the vote over Brent Regan. Regan was first…...
Spokane County Sheriff's Office receives federal World Cup funding to bolster security
2+ day, 8+ min ago (385+ words) The Spokane County Sheriff's Office will receive a federal cash infusion to help cover security costs associated with being a World Cup host city. The Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to accept $726, 000 made available by the Department of…...
Two North Idaho legislators, Kootenai County assessor lose GOP primary races Tuesday
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (472+ words) In legislative District 1, former State Sen. Scott Herndon won a second rematch in a volleying rivalry against Sen. Jim Woodward with 53. 4% of the vote. Herndon took the seat from Woodward in 2022, then Woodward won the seat back in 2024. Herndon wrote…...