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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

Most WA federal rulings found immigrant detentions flouted due process

WA lawmakers will gather in Olympia to gear up for 2026 session

Annual “committee days” meetings are planned for the first week of December, with a wide range of topics teed up for discussion.

By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard

/ 1 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

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

‘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

Watching the watchmen

An editor’s note on a deeply-reported series on the Flock cameras tracking your movements.

By Luke Baumgarten

/ 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

Native American kids less likely than others in WA to be offered second chance in juvenile court, data shows

Lawmakers and researchers push for new tracking measures as racial disparities and decentralized practices shape youth justice outcomes

By Melanie Henshaw, InvestigateWest

/ 23 Nov 2025

Police reform advocates win legislative concession in Olympia

Native American children significantly more likely to be arrested, detained in Washington

Before and after trial and even for low-level, nonviolent crimes, Native American youths are locked up at higher rates

By Melanie Henshaw, InvestigateWest

/ 22 Nov 2025

After pushback, WSU suspends transphobic continuing education courses

Students and faculty had pressured the university to revoke its accreditation of courses designed by a anti-transgender hate group, but it didn’t act until it came under external scrutiny.

By Farah Eltohamy

/ 21 Nov 2025

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

The POD: A Trip to Moscow, Idaho

Aaron and Erin talk about the Idaho town's local vs. national media coverage.

By RANGE

/ 21 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

The battle for a North Idaho city’s identity

Recent elections in Moscow, Idaho tell a very different story about the town than the national news’ attention to Doug Wilson’s Christ Church would suggest.

By Aaron Hedge and Jenny Davis

/ 19 Nov 2025

The six degrees of an embattled charismatic ministry