Emry Dinman

2 days ago | spokesman.com | Emry Dinman

A candidate has been recommended to be hired as Spokane Transit Authority’s new CEO, but the four-person committee that made the recommendation won’t officially tell anyone – even other board members – who it is for the next few weeks. The recommendation of only a single finalist has also raised eyebrows, given the debate last summer over a transparent, competitive hiring process that appeared to end with an agreement to involve the public in vetting the final candidates.

5 days ago | spokesman.com | Emry Dinman

Spokane may soon outlaw kiosks that allow people to purchase cryptocurrencies without going to well-known digital marketplaces – and according to law enforcement, have become a tool for scammers. The Spokane City Council introduced the ordinance, sponsored by Councilman Paul Dillon and City Council President Betsy Wilkerson, on Monday, after the state legislature failed to advance additional regulation on the kiosks, increasingly common in grocery and convenience stores, earlier this year.

5 days ago | spokesman.com | Emry Dinman

Spokane has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a lawsuit from a second woman who was raped by a Spokane Police Department officer in her own home while he was responding to a domestic violence call. Former office Nathan Nash was convicted of raping the now-28-year-old woman in 2022, as well as another woman, Tatyanna Presnell, who came out publicly during the trial. The city authorized a $300,000 settlement with Presnell in 2024.

1 week ago | yakimaherald.com | Emry Dinman

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1 week ago | spokesman.com | Emry Dinman

It’s not clear how many refugees in the Spokane area will now lose their legal status to be in the U.S. following a decision Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court to allow President Donald Trump to end parole for roughly 500,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans. But the news is devastating for those who had been fighting for them locally. “This is just genocide. It’s like sending somebody to death,” said Rev.