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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 05/09/2026

Photos of artist Elizabeth Lancaster at her home studio for this week’s issue of @inlander.com Elizabeth’s show Found in Translation opened last night at the Terrain Gallery in Spokane. tinyurl.com/mr2h5hbz

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 29/08/2026

In this week’s @inlander.com, I caught up w/ SFD Firefighter Alex Peltram, who was shopping w/ his friend’s son Greyson. Greyson’s father, Joe Kerper, is w/ the SFD whose home was damaged by the Spokane Complex fires. The Salvation Army, w/ Old Navy, provided fams affected by the fires w/ gift cards

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 06/08/2026

More scenes from the Balboa Neighborhood in Spokane, Washington today of the destruction caused by the Old Trails Fire on August 1st. Members of the Moses Lake FD were on scene to help clean up any potential hot spots. Photos taken for @bloomberg.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 03/08/2026

Devastation. My heart breaks for my home and my gratitude goes out to all of those who work to help. Photos taken for @afp.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 17/06/2026

Photos from the Upriver Fire in Spokane today. As I post this, the fire is at 292 acres, 0% contained and State fire assistance has been mobilized. Photos taken for @inlander.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 14/06/2026

Scenes from this year’s Pride Parade in downtown Spokane. Photos taken for @inlander.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 04/06/2026

More photos of The Greed Ring:

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 04/06/2026

Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈 I had the pleasure of photographing the drag artist group The Greed Ring for @crasanen.bsky.social’s story in this week’s Pride issue of @inlander.com I’m proud to stand with the LGBTQIA+ community and to help bring their stories to the forefront. www.inlander.com/culture/for-...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 13/03/2026

Cool people doing cool things: I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing Claire Edmo, Spokane Community College’s second sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Artist in Residence. Read Colton’s story about Claire and the program in this week’s @inlander.com www.inlander.com/culture/seco...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 22/02/2026

A few photos of No. 11 Gonzaga’s 71-62 win over Pacific last night. Photos for @inlander.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 25/01/2026

A few photos from Friday of the vigil and protest for Minneapolis organized by some of Spokane’s faith leaders. Photos for @inlander.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 09/11/2025

Photos of Gonzaga’s 83-68 win over Oklahoma last night at the Spokane Arena. Photos for @inlander.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 05/11/2025

A few photos of Spokane’s Navigation Center, relaunched on Sept. 25, which is part of the city’s new homelessness plan providing a centralized hub to connect people to service providers. While there, I met Robert and his three-legged dog Atlas. www.inlander.com/news/spokane...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 19/10/2025

Starcrawler and Garbage at the Knitting Factory tonight in Spokane. Photos for @inlander.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 19/10/2025

Scenes from the #NoKings protest in Spokane today. Photos for @inlander.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 07/10/2025

Had the pleasure of photographing this beauty for @inlander.com a few weeks ago. Read up on some of the local barns on Washington’s Heritage Barn Register in this week’s issue. www.inlander.com/culture/wash...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 17/09/2025

It’s been a minute or two but here’s a fun pic of mine on the cover of this year’s Annual Manual by @inlander.com. Link to the digital version below but you can pick up a physical copy around Spokane now. issuu.com/theinlander/...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 29/08/2025

Sarah (Clark) Doxey. Total badass. This photo is from 2016, taken on our family’s first trip to the Oregon coast. She was watching our children play when I took this photo. Tell your loved ones how much you love them every day. www.inlander.com/news/friends...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 06/07/2025

This evening’s visitors to the feeder, including a black-chinned hummingbird.

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 29/06/2025

Idaho banned abortion. Three years later, minors & seniors struggle to get routine care. Of all the outcomes Rachel Castor could have predicted from Idaho’s abortion ban, her teenage son being denied hospital admission during an asthma attack wasn’t on the list. Recent work for @statesnewsroom.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 26/06/2025

It's not just the actors who are dedicated to their craft at Silverwood. Pit cook supervisor Will Kadrmas arrives hours before the park opens every day to chop wood and get the fire pit ready for the day's meat selections.

Pit Cook Supervisor Will Kadrmas preps hot dogs for the pit outside the Chuckwagon at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Pile of wood for use in the pit outside Chuckwagon, with Pit Cook Brayden Morris (right) and Pit Cook Supervisor Will Kadrmas (left) prepping food at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Pit Cook Supervisor Will Kadrmas places hot dogs over the pit outside the Chuckwagon at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 26/06/2025

Among this year's group of actors is Abby Sexton, a 29-year-old actor originally from Missouri. Three weeks after auditioning virtually, Sexton found herself on her way from her recent home in Pennsylvania to Idaho just in time for the first round of rehearsals in early April.

Actor Abby Sexton prepares for her roll as Notorious Big Joe at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 26/06/2025

One of the detail-oriented experiences that greets visitors the moment they walk into the park is the steam engine train. With the addition of stunts and pyrotechnics, the now iconic 30-minute train ride around the park has evolved into a full-fledged theater show with professional actors.

Actor Abby Sexton performs at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Actor Anthony Recine performs at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Actor Samantha Miley performs aboard the Steam Engine Train at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Actors (left to right) Samantha Miley, Anthony Recine and Abby Sexton perform at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 26/06/2025

For this week’s @inlander.com cover story, I spent a day at Silverwood to meet and photograph the folks who make it run and the folks who get to enjoy the fruits of that labor. I even managed to write a few words as well….

Cover of The Inlander, showing a view of Aftershock from outside Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Riders on Termors at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Magician Nick Norton shows of his Catalina Macaw, Gypsy, before a show at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Steam Engine Train conductors (left to right) Dave Otis and Mike Roberts pose for a quick photo at Silverwood Theme Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Athol, ID (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 19/06/2025

This one was a blast - The two pilots, who make up the Felts Field Sky Queens, are competing from June 17 to 20 in the Air Race Classic, an all-female transcontinental air race w/ nearly 100-year-old roots. Read @elizabillingham.bsky.social’s story on @inlander.com www.inlander.com/culture/the-...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 18/06/2025

Sleepy hummingbirds or new camera technology? YOU BE THE JUDGE

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 15/06/2025

Just after the Pride Parade had concluded and while the No Kings protest was happening in downtown Spokane, conservative musician and anti-LGBTQ+ activist Sean Feucht headlined Jesus Fest 25 in the Garland District in north Spokane.

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 15/06/2025

A few photos from this year's Pride Parade in downtown Spokane today. Photos for @inlander.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 07/06/2025

A few photos of Spokane author @jesswalter.bsky.social for this week’s issue of @inlander.com for a story about Jess’ upcoming novel, So Far Gone, out on June 10. www.inlander.com/culture/in-h...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 05/06/2025

Photos for @inlander.com’s Pride issue this year, including shots from last year’s parade, Trans Spokane Exec Director Louis Stay (2nd), Spokane Pride board member Shelby Dirks (3rd) and a t-shirt from the first Pride march in Spokane in 1992 (which is now on display at the Central Library).

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 15/05/2025

Photos for Elissa Ball’s story in this week’s @inlander.com on Spokane’s burgeoning synth scene happening at Square Wave Wednesdays at Pac Ave Pizza. www.inlander.com/music/a-look...

Joa Roback plays a set during Square Wave Wednesday, an open mic for electronic music, at Pacific Pizza on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Stephen Hoang plays a set during Square Wave Wednesday, an open mic for electronic music, at Pacific Pizza on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Nat Mooter, who also organizes the event, plays a set during Square Wave Wednesday, an open mic for electronic music, at Pacific Pizza on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 11/05/2025

A few photos from last month’s Heads Up Portrait Club meeting in Spokane. Taken for @inlander.com www.inlander.com/culture/spok...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 07/05/2025

Who doesn’t like food? Here are a few photos of Satay Bistro’s (in Coeur d’Alene, ID) dishes for @inlander.com’s supplement, The Menu, out now.

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 05/05/2025

Photos of Camerina Zorrozua and staff for @investigatewest.bsky.social’s story on how Camerina, the legal director & co-founder of The Way to Justice, a nonprofit legal aid org based in Spokane, is mourning recent state funding cuts for civil legal aid orgs. www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

Camerina Zorrozua, co-founder and legal director of The Way to Justice, a non-profit legal aid organization led and created by women of color, poses for a photo in her office at The Way to Justice on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey for InvestigateWest)

Legal assistants Analesa Mason, left, and Alondra Maqueda, right, work in their shared office at The Way to Justice on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey for InvestigateWest)

Artwork and photos line the halls at The Way to Justice on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey for InvestigateWest)

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 05/05/2025

Spokane's annual Bloomsday run....it's all a blur. Photos for @inlander.com

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 02/05/2025

A few photos from the #MayDay protest at Riverfront Park in downtown Spokane yesterday. Photos taken for @inlander.com

Abigail Bocanegra, left, and Donell Barlow, right, sing with the crowd at the May Day protest at Riverfront Park on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Protest sign at the May Day protest at Riverfront Park on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Protesters at the May Day protest at Riverfront Park on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 30/04/2025

Balsamroot flowers out in force right now in Spokane. #Balsamorhiza

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 26/04/2025

Well, I can honestly say that today was the first time I’ve seen baby marmots. I found this adorable family in downtown Spokane this afternoon.

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 23/04/2025

This wasn’t easy to photograph, but Sarah’s family wanted her story told. Photos for @investigatewest.bsky.social’s story about how a 12-year-old killed herself at a Spokane hospital that recently closed its youth psychiatric unit. www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 15/04/2025

Your annual cherry blossom pics #spokane

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 12/04/2025

Best motel sign in Eastern Washington

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 07/04/2025

Photos of a few players from the Spokane Velocity & Zephyr for @elizabillingham.bsky.social’s story in @inlander.com about how footballers from around the world ended up playing in Spokane & how they’re changing the game. 1) Andre Lewis - 🇯🇲 2) Mollie Rouse - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 3) Nils Vinyals - 🇪🇸 4) Thais Reiss - 🇧🇷

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 02/04/2025

A few photos of mine from last week’s annual @inlander.com Best Of issue: 1) Dance Studio: Spokane Elite Dance Studio 2) Radio Team: The Jay & Kevin Show 3) Toy Store: The General Store 4) Craft Cocktails: The Boneyard

Brinly Lancaster (left/arms up) practices her routine with her class at Spokane Elite Dance Studio on Monday, March 10, 2025 in Spokane Valley, Wash. (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

KXLY Radio show hosts Kevin James (left) and Jay Daniels (right) pose for a photo inside their booth at KXLY Studios on Thursday, March 13, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Co-owner Tom Barany (right) and Toy (and Hardware) Department Manger Elaine Manning (left) pose for a photo inside the toy department at The General Store on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 in Spokane, Wash. (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

Owner Dillon Hueser makes the Hello, Clarice (Old Forester Whiskey, lemon, maple syrup, red wine float) at The Boneyard on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 in Spokane Valley, Wash. (Erick Doxey/The Inlander)

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 24/03/2025

Time to bring in the big guns...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 21/03/2025

A portrait of Spokane Valley City Councilmember Al Merkel for @investigatewest.bsky.social’s story about how Spokane Valley’s war with its own council member could chip away at public records access: www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

Spokane Valley City Councilmember Al Merkel poses for a photo by the "tombstone", an unfinished construction project that is scheduled to become The Idaho Central Spokane Valley Performing Arts Center, on Friday, March 14, 2025 in Spokane Valley, Wash. (Erick Doxey for InvestigateWest)

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 18/03/2025

Photos of downtown Spokane for @inlander.com including your favorite: a PANORAMA! All to make @elizabillingham.bsky.social’s story for the Spokane City Council, voting to remove height restrictions in downtown Spokane, look even better. www.inlander.com/news/city-co...

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Erick Doxey @erickdoxey.com · 17/03/2025

A few shots from the Spokane Velocity’s season opener against One Knoxville SC for @inlander.com

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