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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 01/10/2026

Mark your calendars for Friday, October 16 for our 3rd annual PolitiCrawl (yes, a politics-themed pub crawl)! Connect with elected leaders & candidates to learn more about upcoming policies that might impact you. RSVP for ticket info here: bit.ly/4juXnFJ

A red graph with text that says "3rd Annual Politicrawl". Poster text reads, "save the date October 16. A bar crawl celebrating political engagement & community empowerment this election season."

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 10/09/2026

There were protesters on the street corners near the Bing, where the event is being held, holding signs that read things like “Baumgartner supports the Iran War” and “Baumgartner made your gas more expensive.”

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 10/09/2026

Surprise! We’re livetweeting tonight, straight from the WA 5th Congressional District conversation and debate, hosted by The Spokesman Review and KSPS-PBS.

Photo of the debate stage set up. Three chairs against a brick wall

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 05/08/2026

Less than 3 hours to get your ballots in! Voting info here 👉 www.rangemedia.co/sp...

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 04/08/2026

This is your reminder to get your ballots in by 8 pm today! (Tuesday, Aug 4) Find all the info you need on candidates and how to cast your ballot here: www.rangemedia.co/sp...

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 04/08/2026

TIMES SENSITIVE UPDATE: This happens today at 10 am. www.rangemedia.co/wh...

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 30/07/2026

In honor of our second candidate forum with hot wings, enjoy these shots from our very first spicy candidate forum, featuring candidates running for Spokane City Council: Alejandro Barrientos, Kate Telis, Chris Savage, Sarah Dixit and Zack Zappone. Photos by Sandra Rivera.

Alejandro Barrientos, a Latino man in a blue shirt, take a drink of milk

Kate Telis, a white blonde woman, winces in pain

Chris Savage, a white red-headed man take a big swig of milk

Sarah Dixit, a young South Asian woman with dark hair, reaches for her water bottle

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 24/07/2026

Look, we're not food photographers, and this isn't Pinterest quality, but the chefs at Hogwash Whiskey Den are prepping up some sexy, spicy dishes for next week's Candidate Survivor: Spokane's Spiciest Candidate Forum: their famous buffalo wings and Mac salad for just $20

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 01/07/2026

It may be the last day of Pride Month, but *newsflash*: we're queer all year long! Get our Newsy Couture Pride Collection here: newsycouture.com

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 06/06/2026

Update: It sounds like the prosecution argued it down to only one post getting shown to the jury, the manure one:

A screenshot of Jaimie Waite's Facebook post from Oct. 4, 2025 with a "hmmm" emoji over a repost of a page called "300 Guns" with a photo of a manure gun shooting manure over a field. It says, "This is a manure gun I wouldn't mind ICE using them"

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 29/05/2026

Yeah, it’s a federal court thing. A lot of jurors from Spokane were called, but were cut for one reason or another. Many had consumed a lot of news about the case, or had friends at the protest. Attached is a pic of the federal court district lines.

A map of the Eastern district of Washington federal court lines

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 27/05/2026

Help keep independent, accountability journalism free to read in the Inland Northwest — and own a share of the newsroom while you do it. RANGE Media is hiring our first-ever Membership & Marketing Manager. Worker-owned co-op, Spokane, $60–68k. Apply by June 12 → rangehiring.n...

Membership & Marketing Manager
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Salary: $60,000–68,000 DOE
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours/week, flexible schedule
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Start date: July, 2026
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 24/05/2026

Memorial Day weekend: the unofficial start of summer — and a perfect moment to go land the best job you've ever had. RANGE is hiring its first Membership & Marketing Manager. We're a worker-owned local newsroom in Spokane. $60–68k. You're gonna love it. Apply by June 12 → rangehiring.n...

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 22/05/2026

The Stuckart post in full

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 21/05/2026

New witness time! We are certainly moving faster today than usual. John LaForte is coming up. Here is he is on June 11

a white guy with black glasses and a goatee. This is John LaForte

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 21/05/2026

Also this is a picture of McIntosh taken on public property outside the ICE facility and posted on FB

McIntosh, a white man with a goatee, wears a hat with the American flag.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 20/05/2026

Here's Burlingame that day.

A guy in a all green, wearing sunglasses and a tac vest.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 20/05/2026

This also seems to be Tomaso on the left and John LaForte on the right, based on Tomaso's description of when he interacted with the protesters and the matching outfit.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 20/05/2026

Tomaso believed that the protesters were unlawfully trying to stop them from executing their processes. This is Tomaso, based on his description of what he was wearing.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 19/05/2026

Join RANGE and Perry Street Brewing (1025 S. Perry St) for a week of festivities, including tonight's Grown-Up Spelling Bee! Sign-up opens at 5:30pm and the Bee begins at 6pm! Participants get happy hour pricing and the top 3 spellers win prizes! Will you be(e) there?

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 18/05/2026

Right now, Pennell is working on handling the witness lists and a motion from the feds to exclude SPD Chief Kevin Hall from the defense's witness list.

Chief Hall was listed as a potential witness on Defendant Forral’s and
Archer’s joint witness list. The United States spoke with Chief Hall regarding his
potential testimony if called. Chief Hall indicated he was not present at the sce

on June 11th
, 2025, and does not have direct knowledge of any of the events of the
day occurring at the Cataldo building.
Chief Hall indicated he believes his testimony will center on various
meetings which have occurred between his agency and other organizations
including SCAR (Spokane Community Against Racism), PJALS (Peace and
Justice Action League Against Spokane) and other similar community groups
before and after the incident occurring on June 11, 2025. Jac Archer is a leader
within those organizations and has presented themself as a leader during meetings.
One of the purposes of the meetings was to determine what protest behavior could
occur within city limits and SPD’s possible response. According to Chief Hall,
Archer was present during most of the meetings; Justice Forral was present during
at least one.
The United States moves to exclude any impermissible hearsay testimony
that may be elicited from Chief Hall. This would include the contents of any
meeting, any discussion about planning protests, or any conversation between any
of the defendants and Chief Hall

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 18/05/2026

Line to get into the federal courtroom this morning. Someone remarked, “Looks like a funeral”

A line in front of the federal courthouse

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 09/04/2026

The most important news isn’t always national — it’s what’s happening down the street. Join us in the movement to support trusted local journalism in Spokane and wherever you are. #LocalNewsDay

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 04/04/2026

Perhaps they have since moved it, but that was the listed location for the first wave of Flock camera installations when SCSO contracted with the company.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 03/04/2026

While Spokane County has turned off their Flock cameras, at least temporarily, our quest to map active Flock cameras in the region continues. Thanks to a public records request on MuckRock, we now know that Deer Park, WA has 14 Flock cameras, at least as of early 2025.

a list of Deer Park's cameras with make, model, serial number and location

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 14/01/2026

Meeting info for the special session where council will discuss whether or not to accept the $1 million community policing grant from the Department of Justice that comes with some pretty Trump-ian conditions like banning DEI and requiring immigrant data handover:

Jan 16, 1 pm in the city council chambers

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 13/01/2026

Students have now left the building and posted up on the sidewalk to continue their action.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 13/01/2026

A few snaps we took. Students are holding closing ceremonies right now. A rep from the school district said they’d send us counts of walkout numbers from the participating public schools.

A sign written in a notebook that reads no ice the lesson of history is that we never learn

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 13/01/2026

A few supporters have gathered outside the school grounds in solidarity with the students.

A supporter with a sign that reads “I’m proud of you.”

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 13/01/2026

We are posted up outside LC High School here in Spokane, where hundreds of students have walked out of their class in protest of ICE. LC is one of six schools across the Spokane participating in the walkout, which was organized at a lunch table last Thursday.

Students gather, holding a sign that says “honk if you hate ice”

Hundreds of students gather in the LC courtyard

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 09/01/2026

Info on a few local events that we found after the publication of our story yesterday:

Anti ice protest, today at 10am at 411 w Cataldo Ave

Info on a poetry event remembering Renee Nicole good on Tuesday Jan 13 at 7

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 09/01/2026

Photojournalist Sandra Rivera was on scene yesterday to document a vigil in response to Good's killing, where more than 50 folks gathered at the fountain in Riverfront Park to mourn her and prepare the community for continued action against ICE.

Spokanites hold each other close during the bitter cold at a vigil for Renee Good, killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross earlier in the day on January 7

Spokanites protect their candles from the bitter cold at a vigil.

One Spokane crouches with a sign at a local vigil.

Materials available for free at the vigil, including activism guides, whistles and art prints that read “ICE are murderers.”

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 19/12/2025

The ACLU hopes the legislation will enshrine strong limitations on the use of Flock cameras, according to a summary of its proposals obtained by RANGE:

Limit the “types of public agencies that can operate ALPRs in Washington to law enforcement, parking enforcement, tolling, and transportation agencies.”
Ban agencies “from using ALPRs for immigration investigations and enforcement, and from collecting data around sensitive locations such as facilities that offer protected health care services.”
Ban agencies from using Flock cameras to surveil protesters. (In the first half of this year, various outside law enforcement used Spokane County cameras to search for vehicles at protests.)
Limit the amount of time police can keep data on vehicles that are not flagged as being connected to crimes to three minutes.
Requires agencies to report to an oversight authority how it is using the ALPR data. (That oversight authority has not been identified, Sannon said.)

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 26/11/2025

Now, after waiting five months for our records request to be filled, we know they were. Though WA law prohibits this kind of compliance with out-of-state agencies who are looking to prosecute abortion seekers, it did not prevent Spokane County’s data from being searched for that reason.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 25/11/2025

Another quote, I think this one was from Zappone thought I can't double check because I can't play audio outloud in council chambers, talking about council staff cuts and then "rebuild," the office for new council members:

However, I don't think we've been that efficient with our council office.

I think we have some Cadillac positions where we could use a Chevy, and I honestly think that like, regardless of who's above positions and how well they have worked before, I don't think we're being as efficient. And providing the community benefit at the level that the library are. I feel passionately about that based on my own experience in the council office and just based on the fact that we haven't really made a big effort to look at this and everyone else in the city is having to look at layoffs and other hard decisions of hardworking, talented people as well.

I think that we could step up a little more and do a little bit of more of our own work and restructure for now and see if we can go with some project employees that we hire based on what we really need for interns or whatever.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 25/11/2025

Side note: A screenshot of my transcription of Klitzke's comments from last week's budget meeting that shows she proposed project employees/interns.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 25/11/2025

Here's a statement on the budget from Council Member Jonathan Bingle.

The following is a statement from District 1 Council Member Jonathan Bingle:

“Washingtonians have just faced the largest tax increase in state history. Families and small businesses are feeling the strain. Everyone is being asked to do more with less, everyone except the government.

I have consistently opposed raising your taxes and will continue to do so. I refuse to support increasing the taxes you pay on your utility bills, when you shop at a downtown business that has to pay for parking, or when you renew your car tabs. I refuse.

Raising taxes when reasonable alternatives exist is lazy at best and, at worst, fiscally immoral. We should focus solely on funding essential government functions, such as public safety, roads, and utility infrastructure. At the very least, we should keep our budget flat for the next few years, avoiding the creation of new departments and the hiring of redundant staff.

Raising taxes has become the government's default response, but enough is enough. The people deserve a government that lives within its means, just as every family in Spokane does. I will continue to advocate for a leaner, more accountable budget that respects taxpayers and the voters who expect us to be responsible stewards of their hard-earned money.”

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 24/11/2025

And a statement on the Wilkerson/Dillon amendment sent by Council President Betsy Wilkerson this morning:

“We can all agree that we are in unstable economic times.

We’ve seen the turmoil it can cause across different sectors and institutions, from federal and state governments to local cities and even within our own homes. Many of us have had to rethink our budgets, figuring out how to get through another tough month, season, and year with the resources we have.

As one of your city leaders, I’ve had the chance to talk with residents all over the city. These conversations often involve explaining, and sometimes defending, the city budget, how our council office works, and how we reached these financial crossroads. The truth is that the process of budgeting is never easy.

Council Members serve in their elected roles part-time. Many members have other jobs to support their families. And all of us have additional responsibilities on local and regional boards. That’s where our council staff becomes critical to our work. It’s nearly impossible for us to do the necessary research, fulfill our responsibilities, and make informed decisions without the support of our core staff.

Our council has eight central staff positions that serve all seven council members and influence how we serve our community, advising on topics like housing, transportation, budget, intergovernmental affairs, policy, community engagement, and more. All of these positions are aimed at serving our residents effectively and efficiently. These staff both support Council Members and partner with community organizations and businesses to make our city more vibrant, functional, and livable.

Times are changing quickly, and I rely on core staff to analyze, dissect, and respond to these changes in real-time. I recognize the challenges facing our city and our country and without a strong core staff in our council office, we cannot fully deliver the work needed to make our city great.

I value the Brown Administration’s partnership in this year’s budget revision. My fellow council members and I have …

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 24/11/2025

A statement sent out last Friday by Council Members Zack Zappone and Kitty Klitzke on their budget amendment:

“We have heard loud and clear from our constituents. Libraries are a vital resource in our community. In addition to incredible digital and book collection, libraries provide safe and free programming for families enjoying story time, seniors participating in a sewing club, low-income residents accessing internet, children and adults to learn about heathy cooking, and everyone to enjoy free arts and literary programming. Voters have repeatedly approved additional funding of the libraries. But revenue shortfalls due to forces outside our control are threatening service hours and programing. Our budget proposal provides gap funding to continue to meet community priorities and bridge libraries into the next biennium,” said Zappone.

“Our constituents have asked us to lead in fiscal responsibility while focusing funds on direct community benefits. By finding efficiencies in our council office and sharing resources with the mayor we can fund the library’s necessary request, and we can fulfill our constituents’ priorities and meet state standards on public safety. The economic outlook for everyone is dire at the moment, and the City is no different. City Council needs to be a leader in lean operations, just like community members are dealing with at home so that we can move forward and focus on creating a well run, well maintained city that cultivates economic development” Klitzke said.

The Klitzke and Zappone amendment would increase library funding by $800k, add an additional public defender position, add funding for a regional fire authority study, restore a City Channel 5 position, and decrease funding for the City Council Office.

“Budget cuts of any kind are always difficult. We also must balance community needs and priorities. By making cuts to the Council Office, we can match our budgeting to the priorities that residents are asking for and reimagine our operations to provide quality services,” Zappone said.

“We also want to continue investments in publi…

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 12/11/2025

From Erin Sellers: I love local politics, maybe a little too much. Between marathon city council meetings & analyzing campaign finances, I’m reminded every day that most people don’t get paid to stay informed. That's why at RANGE, our mission is to bring politics to the people.

A photo of RANGE reporter Erin Sellers, who has black and red hair and is wearing a green snake patterned jumpsuit, smiling and pointing at a chalkboard sign that says "Politicrawl @ 7 pm"

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 07/11/2025

UPDATE: Dixit just passed Bingle.

Sarah Dixit

5,73249.93 %
Jonathan D Bingle

5,67949.46 %

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 21/10/2025

Join us at our Office Hours session this week! We’ll be holed up at TayTay’s Cafe this Wednesday, October 22 from 2 to 4 pm to talk politics, elections, civics, journalism and really anything else you want to discuss. We hope to see you there! 507 S Howard St, Spokane, WA 99204

Election Season Office Hours! Oct 22, 2-4pm, Tay Tay's Cafe. 507 S Howard St, Spokane, WA 99204. A list of things people have done at past office hours.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 09/10/2025

Join RANGE + our guests of honor - local electeds and candidates - for our second annual Politicrawl. The totally free politics-themed bar crawl starts at 6 pm tomorrow, tickets available at the link below: bit.ly/ThePoliticrawl

Guests of Honor:

For the second time in a row, Mayor Lisa Brown and Council President Betsy Wilkerson will be joining us. From District 1, Council Members Michael Cathcart and Jonathan Bingle (who is also a candidate) will both likely be in attendance. From District 2, Council Member Paul Dillon has confirmed, and for District 3, Council Members Kitty Klitzke and Zack Zappone (also a candidate) have confirmed!

City Council candidates Alejandro Barrientos and Sarah Dixit will both be joining, as will judge candidate Sarah Freedman.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 30/09/2025

TONIGHT (9/30) at 5 pm, Luke & Erin are going live on YouTube + Twitch and starting a Baldur’s Gate 3 campaign. They'll chat about local news like the upcoming election, the state of local media & a preview of a big story from Erin coming soon. Put your questions below so they can answer on stream!

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 19/09/2025

Missed Spokane's Spiciest Candidate Forum? We're teaming up with Spokane Public Radio, The Inlander, KYRS and Spokane Public Library to bring you another candidate forum, featuring all 6 council candidates. Spotlight at Central: Oct 2, 6 to 8 pm, the Spokane Central Public Library.

Event graphic with a gray background, white text and pink/red accents of a microphone and a ballot with all the event details for Spotlight at Central + the participating organizations logos.

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 10/09/2025

District 3 candidates, challenger Christopher Savage and incumbent CM Zack Zappone, who once sat on local student government together:

Zappone holds up his wing, while speaking

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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 10/09/2025

District 2 candidates Kate Telis and Alejandro Barrientos, who are both running to fill an incumbent-less seat:

Telis digs in, before taking the RANGE civics test

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