Erin Sellers

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

'Alien.' 'Ice pick-up.' 'immigration violation.'

More than 1,000 immigration searches were made on Spokane County Flock cameras this year.

By Erin Sellers

/ 10 Dec 2025

Most WA federal rulings found immigrant detentions flouted due process

Spokane City Council poised to create an eviction diversion program

CIVICS: Spokane County set to spend millions on TASERs, body cameras and surveilling private drones.

By Erin Sellers, Aaron Hedge and Valerie Osier

/ 8 Dec 2025

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

Did you go to a protest this year? Local cops might’ve been searching for you on Flock cameras.

Newly obtained records show that the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office made 24 searches across thousands of cameras for cars at protests.

By Erin Sellers

/ 4 Dec 2025

Hello CM Kate Telis, goodbye algorithmic rental price fixing?

CIVICS: Spokane City Council could ban software artificially inflating rents, set their legislative agenda and laying groundwork to ban kratom.

By Erin Sellers, Aaron Hedge and Valerie Osier

/ 1 Dec 2025

‘Had an abortion, search for female.’ Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras

Amidst nationwide and state scrutiny of the cameras, Spokane County’s Flock network was used by an out-of-state cop looking for a woman who had an abortion.

By Erin Sellers

/ 25 Nov 2025

Big budget business for Spokane city

CIVICS: Plus, extra overtime on offer for SpoVal cops during holidays, Spokane Valley projects a deficit in 2026 and Spo City could declare 2025 the year of the Cooperative.

By Erin Sellers, Valerie Osier and Aaron Hedge

/ 24 Nov 2025

Spokane City Council keeps staff and the public alike in the dark at budget meetings

‘I shouldn't have to take the day off in order to know what my government is doing’

By Erin Sellers

/ 20 Nov 2025

Price fixing, parking tax and policy impacts

CIVICS: Plus, a stormwater impacts study paid for by the airport.

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 17 Nov 2025

A love letter from your favorite local politics masochist

Since I started at RANGE, it’s been a focus of my job to bring politics to the people, to make complex local issues more accessible and to make it easier for working class constituents to know what’s going on and how we can all fight to make our city better.

By Erin Sellers

/ 12 Nov 2025

Proposed purchase of crowd control noise device to draw protest

CIVICS: Plus, homeless shelter contracts, fast-tracking PFAS filters and eviction prevention

By Aaron Hedge, Erin Sellers and Valerie Osier

/ 10 Nov 2025

A turn to the left?

Following national and statewide trends, progressive candidates and ballot measures in Spokane win big. Here’s where they stand as of Friday.

By Erin Sellers, Aaron Hedge and Valerie Osier

/ 7 Nov 2025

The City of Spokane’s SNAP response

CIVICS: Plus, nixing city council staff protections, a parking lot tax and the airport budget!

By Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge

/ 3 Nov 2025