Erin moved here from ID to attend Gonzaga and fell in love with Spokane. They are a queer storyteller, and when they’re not pounding Red Bulls and typing frantically, you can find her on and off stage at local theatres. | erin(at)rangemedia.co
CIVICS | Plus, Spokane Valley will reevaluate their contract with SCRAPS, Spokane seeks volunteers for boards and commissions and the Urban Experience Committee talks homelessness.
You won’t find the answer to “solving homelessness” here, but you will find the ideas, hopes, plans and dreams of the community members and elected officials we interviewed.
More rules changed at last night’s meeting, so RANGE updated our handy guide to the do’s and don’ts of civic engagement under the new-new council rules.
Plus, the Mead School Board is looking at its library policy again, Spokane Valley police are looking for $6.2 million for more officers and green trash bin pick up is back!
Service providers, emergency responders, civil servants and politicians all agree: Spokane has an overdose crisis. But because of inadequate data collection, no one knows exactly how bad it is.
A bill being debated in the legislature would pause hospital system consolidation to preserve patient access to specific forms of care. Opponents argue, “God Bless mergers.”
