Last winter, communicable disease ran rampant at Spokane’s largest congregate shelter. Almost nothing has changed in a year, and former health officer Bob Lutz is sounding the alarm.
Friends and activists are raising funds to cover medical bills for Spokane water protector Jacob Johns, who was shot in the chest at a New Mexico rally.
As Spokane City Council considers denouncing Mayor Woodward for her participation in a Christian nationalist concert, the worship pastor responsible is casting himself as a martyr and fundraising off the proposal.
The termination letter of EWU’s former director of student equity is lengthy and scathing, and offers her 6-months severance in exchange for her silence. Former colleagues say she’s a scapegoat.
Plus, county commissioners want to make it easier for Gray and Oregon fire victims to rebuild and Spokane City Council members are opposing the jail tax measure.
The mayor has spent 3 weeks quietly trying to distance herself from Matt Shea and other Christian nationalists. Shea, his allies and congregants are helping her anyway.
