Alexandra (Alex) Duggan

Spokane Valley councilwoman says she's a 'proud Islamophobe' in private Facebook post Spokane Valley Councilwoman Jessica Yaeger declared she is a “proud Islamophobe” on a post Thursday morning on her personal Facebook page.

Spokane Valley City Councilwoman declares she’s a “proud Islamaphobe” in social media post: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Callout: If you live in Coeur d’Alene or know someone who does that voted Dan Gookin for mayor, please holler

CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

Trying not to stress / frustration cry so I’m just drinking local wine instead. Makes more sense.

Spokane Police Assistant Chief Steve Wohl said he would want to work with the LRAD manufacturer to get a high frequency ear splitting tone on the device removed before use.

“We believe it’s going to be positive down the road, but I think there’s a lot of questions about it.“

Police request for 'sound cannon' scrapped as City Council balks Spokane Police and the City Council have agreed after public outcry to scrap the purchase of two portable high-range speakers, informally known as “sound cannons” for their piercing noises that can ca...

NEW: Spokane City Council & Spokane police scrap request for “sound cannons” that are notoriously controversial after public outcry about their effects on people.

More www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

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Just think about all the different positions the admin has taken on this since Monday

“We will comply. We will not comply. We will partially comply. We’ll pay half. We’ll pay slightly more than half. We’ll do it but not bc a judge told us to. We are appealing! We withdraw the appeal. We’re paying”

This is one of those times where I breathe a sigh of relief that I had the mindset back then to write a story like that because now we need it, lol.

Local journalism FTW.

Breaking: A federal appeals court just denied a last-minute bid by the Trump admin to temporarily halt some SNAP funding during the shutdown.

One of the most interesting parts about this is the AG is arguing this was a private event which would restrict free speech.

All of my reporting indicates that it was not.

It was — by all accounts — a public event.

Here’s that story: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

As far as civil, that is not the AG jurisdiction

I should have clarified “any criminal wrongdoing” — they are not charging him with battery.

Remember Teresa Borrenpohl, the Coeur d’Alene woman dragged out of a Republican town hall by her arms?

Idaho AG Raul Labrador has cleared Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris of any wrongdoing in the matter.

Norris is seen putting hands on Borrenpohl before directing her removal in multiple videos.

Now let me be clear, the jury’s decision doesn’t shield him from deportation.
That was *somewhat* paused during trial prep but we don’t know what he faces now that he’s out of jail.

Spokane man fighting deportation arraigned on assault charge on agent A Spokane man arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents on April 29 appeared in court Thursday after a grand jury found probable cause to charge him with assault on a federal officer stemming from his arr...

A federal jury tonight found Martin Diaz, the Spokane man fighting deportation, “not guilty” of assaulting a Border Patrol agent when they tackled him outside of his home earlier this year.

He has been in the U.S. since he was 2 years old.

Link to prior coverage: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Some children were zip-tied during raid in Wilder. Will agencies own up to it? The FBI first said reports that children were zip-tied were “completely false.” The agency qualified that by saying no “young” kids were.

The Caldwell Police Department has been the only one of 10 agencies at a recent federal raid in Wilder, Idaho, to confirm that its officers zip-tied children during the Oct. 19 operation at a horse racing venue.

www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwe...

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

While some states fight to restore Title X family planning funding, Idaho chooses to forfeit it The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding, leaving patients statewide without free and low-cost contraception and repr...

SCOOP: Idaho’s health department quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding in April, leaving patients statewide without any access to the family planning program.

One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.

From me:

Breen also always reposts / retweets peoples replies to him and you’re doing the same thing

Brian, I know this account is you because your screenshot of the X acc has your profile at the bottom.

You also only follow me and our health reporter on here, and those are the only two Spokesman reporters you have posted angrily about on Facebook (in your August post). Would love to be civil.

For your knowledge, I also filed a request for these records 6 months ago, and just got them back recently. 6k pages had to be redacted for privacy. Just so you know.

Hi Brian.

OK. Did he write a cohesive story, reach out to everyone involved + the chief for comment, like journalists must do?

I understand your point, but posting something on Facebook is not the same as a news story.

NEW: Spokane’s police chief issued a release to all media this morning following our story that broke Friday.

“This conduct is unacceptable and does not reflect the values or professionalism of the Spokane Police Department.”

ICYMI, here’s the link to that: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

!!! our education reporter (who is also my best friend and roommate) is from Lacey. ❤️ that’s good to hear 😀

We stay because we care. We go because we have to grow for ourselves.

That’s all. End of rant.

it’s a place I never thought I would care about at all; and now I realize the VALUE in what happens here and how much I love it. I’ve built relationships with sources & people that I couldn’t bear to leave. So if you’re wondering why local journalists go, or why they stay, maybe consider all this.