The RANGE team all went on the show again! There's always news to catch up on, which is why Val, Erin, and Aaron did just that: they caught Luke up on (even more) local news. Read the articles below:

WA state Republicans are trying to turn school districts red (Sophia Mattice-Aldous, RANGE Media)

A peek in the pocketbooks of Spokane City Council candidates (Erin Sellers, RANGE Media)

Last minute pocketbook-peeking of city council candidates (Erin Sellers, RANGE Media)

Resolution 8201: Should the WA Cares Fund play the stock market? (Sophia Mattice-Aldous, RANGE Media)

It’s been awhile since the RANGE team has all been on the show! Val, Erin, and Aaron chat as they catch Luke up on local news. Read the articles below:

Spokane’s Prop 1(s): What they’ll do for parks and schools and how much they’ll cost (Erin Sellers and Clarinne Kirk, RANGE Media)

Spokane City Council candidate Alejandro Barrientos may be ineligible to represent District 2 (Erin Sellers, RANGE Media)

Ad attacking Bingle falsely attributes wrong committee in apparent violation of state law (Emry Dinman, the Spokesman-Review)

PAC responds to complaint over mislabeled mailer (Aaron Hedge, RANGE Media)

Reporter Aaron Hedge was joined by Cassy Benefield – a reporter and associate editor with Fāvs News – as they talked about Charlie Kirk and his impact in the PNW.

We have two segments this week.

The first segment is a short audio story RANGE Producer Pascal worked on. They spoke with participants during an organizing summit in Spokane last month, which was hosted by re:power. Organizers from groups such as the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane, Asians for Collective Liberation in Spokane, re:power, and Waters Meet all spoke about hope, movement building, and action.

For the second segment, reporter Erin Sellers read their recent investigative story out loud, titled “Jordin v. Brayman: Spokane’s first right-to-counsel eviction trial by jury.” You can find the story linked below:

Jordin v. Brayman: Spokane’s first right-to-counsel eviction trial by jury (Content warning: This story contains description of and reference to sexual assault.)

This week, we’re bringing you a conversation on the state of local journalism. 

This conversation was part of last month’s Grassroots Radio Conference, which was a collaboration between Sprouts Radio, Pacifica Network, and KYRS. 

The panel – which was hosted at the Spokane Public Library – included Luke Baumgarten (RANGE Media) and Stephanie Schubert (Pacifica Network).

From prison, convicted rapist Arlin Jordin has easily evicted tenants for decades. With Washington’s right-to-counsel laws, that’s all changing.

We have two segments this week!

The first segment is from Spokane’s Spiciest candidate forum, featuring District 3 incumbent Zack Zappone and challenger Christopher Savage. Reporter Erin Sellers asked them the spiciest of questions as they powered through even spicier wings!

For the second segment, we had reporter Aaron Hedge read his recent essay – titled “Charlie Kirk’s Pacific Northwest ground game” – out loud, in his own words. You can find the essay linked below:

Charlie Kirk’s Pacific Northwest ground game

20 Questions with District 3 Spokane City Council Candidates

Meet the District 3 Spokane City Council candidates

Spokane's Spiciest Event Livestream (courtesy of KXLY)

This week, we’re back with two segments! 

The first segment is from Spokane's Spiciest candidate forum, featuring District 2 candidates Kate Tellis and Alejandro Barrientos. Reporter Erin Sellers asked them questions as they all powered through some spicy wings! (Keep an eye out for the District 3 segment!)

The second segment includes a conversation between RANGE Producer Pascal and Elina – a local student who participated in the College Success Foundation – about how its programming impacted her. This came after $12 million dollars of state funding – which was around 80% of their budget – was cut in May, Spokane’s College Success Foundation (CSF) office was forced to close in July.

20 Questions with District 2 Spokane City Council candidates

Spokane's Spiciest Event Livestream (courtesy of KXLY)

This week, we’re playing audio from our city council candidate forum, Spokane’s Spiciest!

This episode features candidate Sarah Dixit as reporter Erin Sellers asks her questions! 

Current council member Jonathan Bingle – who is running for re-election – had a prior commitment, so he wasn’t able to participate. You can hear from him in our July 25th episode (linked below).

Keep an eye out for the District 2 and 3 segments!

The POD: A (Conservative) City Council Candidate Forum

Spokane's Spiciest Event Livestream (courtesy of KXLY)

This week, Aaron Hedge flew solo and revisited two of his articles on the “forever chemicals” contamination on the West Plains.

You can read the articles – which were originally published in 2024 – at the links below:

Airport CEO: Lawmakers should ‘wait and see’ before banning toxic PFAS

Community demands solutions as Fairchild reckons with new PFAS contamination rule