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Spokane’s Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections

Get a sense for the safety of our city’s streets — and your neighborhood — with a virtual tour of Spokane’s most dangerous intersections with our City Hall reporter and our urbanism columnist.

By Erin Sellers and Lauren Pangborn

/ 20 Nov 2024

What’s coming in Spokane’s bike and active transportation infrastructure in 2026

STA lays out its big transit dreams for Division and beyond in the Connect 2035 plan

Connect 2035 charts all the agency's high hopes for the next ten years, but still, some say it's not dreaming big enough.

By Erin Sellers

/ 19 Nov 2024

Spokane Valley joins Spokane in the fight for fair board representation

CIVICS: Plus, Central Valley is having a special meeting to ask the US Congress to limit transgender kids’ sports participation.

By Erin Sellers

/ 18 Nov 2024

Part of High Bridge Park set to be leased to American Indian Community Center for $1 a year

Another local school district is targeting transgender student athletes

Plus, in Spokane Valley parks after hours? That could soon be a misdemeanor.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 11 Nov 2024

Is French fried? Probably not.

A rundown of the local races we’ve been covering and where they stand today. What’s set in stone, what’s too close to call and what the local landscape will look like heading into next year.

By Erin Sellers, Luke Baumgarten and Aaron Hedge

/ 7 Nov 2024

COLUMN: Why student-led organizing gives me hope

Litter a lot? That could be a gross misdemeanor

CIVICS: Traffic Calming in Spokane, homelessness contracts, Liberty Lake tackles “the climate element,” and Spokane Public Schools get a new board member.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 4 Nov 2024

SRHD board defers treatment services decision again

The drawn-out process on studying the possibility of privatizing opioid treatment services is starting to have real consequences.

By Erin Sellers

/ 1 Nov 2024

Allegations against Washington gender-affirming surgeon stir fears of backlash for trans patients

A visual guide to the power the Spokane County Commission wields

The boards and commissions that make the county work, what they do, and how members are appointed (it’s really interesting we swear). And, what could change across the county if Al French loses his reelection bid.

By Erin Sellers

/ 31 Oct 2024

Most WA federal rulings found immigrant detentions flouted due process

PODCAST: The stakes for employees of SRHD's opioid Treatment Services if it goes private

Union Representative Suzie Saunders sat down for an interview with RANGE to outline the stakes for employees and patients, should the Board of Health vote to continue down the road to privatization for Treatment Services.

By Erin Sellers

/ 28 Oct 2024

Ghost of last month’s meeting: Will privatization of SRHD’s Opioid Treatment Services move to the next step?

CIVICS: Happy Halloween and welcome to CIVICS where we cover all the scariest regional decisions.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 28 Oct 2024

A familiar face returns to Spokane in Brown cabinet reshuffle

Former council member Jon Snyder is biking his way back to Spokane to serve as the city’s first Director of Transportation and Sustainability, a new cabinet-level position that will, apparently, not cost the city a cent.

By Erin Sellers

/ 23 Oct 2024

‘If we don’t vote, our voice isn’t really heard anywhere.’

Through voter registration drives, translation efforts, political involvement and having hard conversations with their social networks, young Latine people are fighting to make sure their community is heard in this year’s election.

By Erin Sellers

/ 22 Oct 2024