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RANGE Media is a worker-owned newsroom that covers local stories in Spokane and across the Inland Northwest.
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On this week’s episode, Aaron Hedge and Pascal spoke with two Gonzaga students – Sandra Rivera and Abby Zappone – about journalism in Spokane and the collaboration, research, and work that goes into it. Sandra and Abby are part of the six-person staff that created Spoke, a magazine that showcases Spokane’s journalistic world through essays […] […]
On this week’s episode, Pascal and Val were joined by Frances and Fen from Asians of Collective Liberation in Spokane (ACL Spokane)! May is Asian American Heritage Month, and ACL is doing a month-long celebration full of events, workshops, and art. Frances and Fen talked about ACL’s Heritage Month events, the importance of organizing and […] […]
On this week’s episode, Erin and Aaron went on the air to talk about a couple stories. First, they talked about developments on the trials of Spokane protestors from June 11th, 2025 and the implications these trials have on free speech. Second, they talked about the new Pursuit church in Spokane’s Browne’s Addition neighborhood […] […]
On this week’s episode, Val and Aaron Hedge were joined by Kate Peterson and Mackenize Draper from the Get Lit festival! The four of them talked about what goes into the festival, its impact on our region, and the ways it’s building up our communities. […]
On this week’s episode, Aaron Hedge was joined by Debbie Novak, an activist with the Washington State Coalition for Police Accountability. They talked about the Law Enforcement Leaders’ Bill (SB 5974), what it does, and the lawsuit by four Eastern Washington sheriffs – including Sheriff John Nowels of Spokane County – that opposes the bill. […] […]
Erin, Luke, and Daisy went on the air for this week’s episode! They talked about ethics in journalism, their reporting processes, the months-long, complicated nature of recent investigative reporting, and more. […]
On this week’s episode, Val and Aaron went on the air to catch you up on local news (and this week’s CIVICS)! They also talked about PFAS clean-up updates, reopening the STA double decker bus crash investigation, and the March 20th memorial for Otto Zehm, who was killed by police 20 years ago. […]
On this week’s episode, Erin Sellers and Daniel Walters went on the air to talk about Daniel’s most recent article: John Stockton’s Not Dead. Daniel’s article title is a play on the clickbait “news headlines” from fake AI fan pages that have recently appeared on Facebook. More specifically, it’s a reference to a fake […] […]
We had a two-hour special show this week for the KYRS Spring Fund Drive, led by Erin and Pascal! During the first hour, Aaron Hedge and Daniel Walters joined to talk about their reporting processes. Daniel told a story about an interesting letter he found and how that led to him doing some journalistic […] […]
On this week’s show, Aaron and Daniel interviewed investigative journalist Michael Edison Hayden. The three of them talked about far-right extremism in Idaho, how the new strain of Kootenai County white nationalism differs from the Aryan Nations of the past, and the big fracture points within the North Idaho fringe. […]