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RANGE's Val Osier and Aaron Hedge talk about the recent revelations of intrigue in the Spokane County Prosecutor's Office — challenger Danny Tarkenton faces off against current Prosecutor Preston McCollam, who fired Tarkenton from her position as deputy prosecutor.

Articles discussed in this episode:

https://www.rangemedia.co/county-settled-with-prosecutor-challenger-after-she-alleged-her-boss-violated-due-process-rights/

https://www.rangemedia.co/prosecutor-candidates-weigh-public-safety-cash-domestic-violence-police-accountability/

RANGE's Daniel Walters and Erin Sellers are joined by Maeve Griffith to discuss all things 2026 midterms in Spokane. Michael Baumgartner, Carmela Conroy, ballot measures, voting by mail: you name it, we talk about it in this episode.

Dana Matthews and Steven Smith from KYRS public radio join RANGE's Aaron Hedge to discuss independent media, public radio, and the landscape of broadcast and print journalism in an increasingly algorithmic world.

Support KYRS:

https://kyrs.org/donate/

InvestigateWest's Wilson Criscione and RANGE's Daisy Savala Magaña join Luke Baumgarten for a discussion of their piece detailing the events that led to Rob Curley's suspension from the Spokesman-Review this summer.

https://www.rangemedia.co/rob-curley-spokesman-review-newsroom-revolt/

Reporter Daniel Walters joins Val to talk about AI and his recent articles on the use of LLMs in Spokane politics and media, including at RANGE.

RANGEr Aaron Hedge talks with Hayden Tank, host of the Bible Lore Podcast, about Zeal, a recently planted church in downtown Spokane that has caused some controversy for revoking the lease of a homeless outreach ministry, and for its anti-LGBT doctrinal positions. Then, Hayden talks about his own journey out of Evangelicalism and why he still loves the Bible.

Read Aaron's reporting on Zeal here:

https://www.rangemedia.co/prophecy-spiritual-warfare-and-controversy/

And check out The Bible Lore Podcast here:

https://patreon.com/biblelorepodcast

RANGE reporter Aaron Hedge joins Val to discuss a proposed AI data center in Airway Heights, and then housing development and conservation efforts in Latah Valley along Highway 195.

Articles discussed in this episode:

https://www.rangemedia.co/spokane-county-residents-mobilize-as-data-centers-eye-region/

https://thorpe.rangemedia.co/

https://www.rangemedia.co/fire-evacuees-face-gridlock/

On this week’s episode, Erin Sellers interviewed fellow RANGE reporter Daisy Zavala Magaña about her recent (and upcoming) reporting.

In the first half of the show, the two of them talked about Daisy’s recent stories on a state-wide law enforcement mask ban. This mask ban was passed by the Washington State Legislature to keep ICE agents from wearing masks in our communities when they do immigration enforcement. Despite this, there’s been an increase of masked ICE officers making arrests.

In the second half of the show, Erin and Daisy talked about an upcoming story she’s working on about a local Colombian baker.

Find relevant articles below:

‘Who is not enforcing this?’: ICE officers continue to mask up despite state ban (Daisy Zavala Magaña, RANGE Media)

Los oficiales de ICE continúan usando máscaras a pesar de la prohibición estatal (Daisy Zavala Magaña, RANGE Media)

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On this week’s episode, Val Osier interviewed Daniel Walters about his recent stories from the 2026 Spokane GOP convention.

They talked about what happened at the convention, Daniel’s experiences while sitting outside of it, and more.

Find relevant articles below:

The Spokane GOP is deeply divided on whether the party is more unified than ever (Daniel Walters, RANGE Media)

We reported directly outside of the 2026 Spokane GOP convention because we didn’t want to pay $100 (Daniel Walters, RANGE Media)

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On this week’s episode, we’re bringing you a pre-recorded interview between RANGE reporter Aaron Hedge and Brittany Anderson, a local activist who’s calling for governmental transparency about officials’ conversations with data center developers.

The two of them talked about:

• what brought Brittany into this work and why it’s important to her,
• the information she learned from her public records requests and what it led her to,
• the moratorium on data center development at both the Spokane County and City levels and what they mean,
• and the continuing fight for transparency from the local government about data center development.

Find relevant articles here:

Spokane County reverses course, approving four-month data center pause (Aaron Hedge, RANGE Media)

Commissioner Al French on data centers: ‘Spokane County is not closed for business’ (Aaron Hedge, RANGE Media)

Who? Where? We don’t know, but Avista is entertaining a large data center (Aaron Hedge, RANGE Media)

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