Audio, Inlander

Spokane health district boss calls cops on staff for recording meeting about cuts

Samantha Wohlfeil — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:07:24 -0800

After seeing our report last week on two leaders being escorted out of Spokane Regional Health District amidst further cuts to leadership, Amelia Clark, the head boss there, called the cops to file a report on her staff for sharing a recording of what she said during a meeting. Clark, the district's administrative officer, specified during a call to the nonemergency Crime Check number on Monday that she wanted an officer to come take her report in person at the health district, despite such reports typically being taken over the phone…

After an Inlander article about her links to conspiracy theory websites, Rep. Jenny Graham responds with profanity, threats and another conspiracy website

Daniel Walters — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:40:49 -0700

State Rep. Jenny Graham (R-Spokane) called me on my cellphone the day the Inlander published my story about her unwittingly linking to conspiracy theory posts on Facebook. I called her back immediately — while she was still leaving a voicemail — and was greeted with two blasts of profanity. "You cocksucker!…

A daughter’s harrowing journey to support her father in his fight with COVID-19

Wilson Criscione — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 01:30:00 -0700

In his bed at the Spokane Veterans Home, Leonardo "Butch" De Angelis can't escape the killer creeping toward him…

An inaccurate, right-wing clickbait video prompted death threats to 2018's National Teacher of the Year

Daniel Walters — Fri, 25 May 2018 13:39:00 -0700

When Ferris teacher Mandy Manning received the National Teacher of the Year award earlier this month, she shook President Donald Trump's hand. Three times…

No, Council President Stuckart should not be deleting important voicemails about city business

Daniel Walters — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:20:00 -0700

When City Council President Ben Stuckart told Attorney Laura McAloon he would not be willing to support her for city attorney this week, he cited two reasons: The first was her interactions with the independent investigator looking into the city's police chief scandal, which partly led to the investigator watering down key findings from her report. But the second was a "nasty" voicemail that McAloon sent to Stuckart's personal cellphone, where she allegedly called him a liar.

In other words, a single voicemail had become a crucial part of the story.

On August 2, the Inlander made a records request intending to obtain that voicemail, and other recent voicemails from or to McAloon from city leaders during that period…

Listen (or don't) to an outrageous robocall against a Sandpoint mayoral candidate

Daniel Walters — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:19:00 -0700

Politics has long had whisper campaigns, with negative rumors — racial, sexual, criminal — spread secretly by campaigns. Of course, with the advent of the automated robocall, you don't need to be subtle about it anymore.

So it is with a recent robocall against Sandpoint mayoral candidate Shelby Rognstad…

"Sprague"

Thom Caraway — Wed, 14 May 2014 16:00:00 -0700

A poem by Thom Caraway, Spokane Poet Laureate …

PODCAST: Memories of a summer spent at Expo '74

Joe Snodgrass — Tue, 06 May 2014 15:04:00 -0700

In a discussion with two Spokane sisters, Maureen Jones (née McKenna) and Sharon Mauch (also née McKenna), we are offered a perspective of two Spokanites who attended Expo '74 nearly every day between the two of them. What was the experience of the IMAX like?…

Expo 40 Years Later

Ted S. McGregor Jr. — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:00:00 -0700

By the numbers 300 million…

The songs of Expo ’74: “Come join the fun, magic and muuuusic!”

Lisa Waananen — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:36:00 -0700

As the 40th anniversary of Expo ’74 approaches, we’ve been poring through over old photos, memorabelia and news coverage from the time. We’ll have more in print in the coming weeks, but print just can’t capture one amazing part of Expo — the music…