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Happy holidays, dear readers! Our gift to you: big ‘ol .csv files, a public records request guide and behind-the-scenes info from our investigative series on Flock cameras, all available to download at the link below. We've also included a guide on how you can request your own Flock docs:
Happy holidays! Here’s all our Flock data – RANGE Media
Our gift to you: big ‘ol .csv files, a public records request guide and behind-the-scenes info from our investigative series on Flock cameras.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Happy holidays, dear readers! Our gift to you: big ‘ol .csv files, a public records request guide and behind-the-scenes info from our investigative series on Flock cameras, all available to download at the link below. We've also included a guide on how you can request your own Flock docs:
Washington may regulate Flock in next legislative session: Amid a nationwide backlash over privacy concerns, state legislators are looking to clamp down on data retention for automated license plate reader cameras.
Washington may regulate Flock in next legislative session – RANGE Media
Amid a nationwide backlash over privacy concerns, state legislators are looking to clamp down on data retention for automated license plate reader cameras.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Washington may regulate Flock in next legislative session: Amid a nationwide backlash over privacy concerns, state legislators are looking to clamp down on data retention for automated license plate reader cameras.
‘Operation Pimp Juice,’ ‘Serial Beer Thief,’ and Grand Theft Excavator:
Some of the other weird sh*t local officers and agencies nationwide were searching for using Spokane County Flock cameras.
Some of the other weird sh*t local officers and agencies nationwide were searching for using Spokane County Flock cameras.
‘Operation Pimp Juice,’ ‘Serial Beer Thief,’ and Grand Theft Excavator – RANGE Media
Some of the other weird sh*t local officers and agencies nationwide were searching for using Spokane County Flock cameras.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
‘Operation Pimp Juice,’ ‘Serial Beer Thief,’ and Grand Theft Excavator:
Some of the other weird sh*t local officers and agencies nationwide were searching for using Spokane County Flock cameras.
Some of the other weird sh*t local officers and agencies nationwide were searching for using Spokane County Flock cameras.
CIVICS: New City contract latest in Spokane’s scrap with SCRAPS. Plus, a new chair person for STA, city council commission appointments and an executive compensation conversation for the library director. Scroll for the highlights.
New City contract latest in Spokane’s scrap with SCRAPS – RANGE Media
Plus, a new chair person for STA, city council commission appointments and an executive compensation conversation for the library director.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
CIVICS: New City contract latest in Spokane’s scrap with SCRAPS. Plus, a new chair person for STA, city council commission appointments and an executive compensation conversation for the library director. Scroll for the highlights.
Former US attorney Pete Serrano's actions have implications across Eastern Washington, which RANGE has covered in Spokane. A piece from Washington State Standard explains the latest on Serrano, including his new "Special Attorney" title. Read here:
Workaround will keep WA’s Pete Serrano in federal prosecutor job – RANGE Media
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has named Serrano a “special attorney” after his temporary appointment in the Eastern District of Washington expired.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Former US attorney Pete Serrano's actions have implications across Eastern Washington, which RANGE has covered in Spokane. A piece from Washington State Standard explains the latest on Serrano, including his new "Special Attorney" title. Read here:
The Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW) is a hub for conservative Christian activists. Recent FPIW writing calls for establishing the American identity and “a re-Christianizing of the United States.”
Read the story with FāVS News below:
Read the story with FāVS News below:
Conservative think tank: Immigration ‘undermined Christianity’ – RANGE Media
The Family Policy Institute of Washington is publishing articles that assert the US is white, Christian and non-Muslim.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The Family Policy Institute of Washington (FPIW) is a hub for conservative Christian activists. Recent FPIW writing calls for establishing the American identity and “a re-Christianizing of the United States.”
Read the story with FāVS News below:
Read the story with FāVS News below:
Flockenheit 451: a new column from Lauren Pangborn on those pesky Flock cameras, why they have no place in a free society and what you can do locally to fight back against their pervasiveness:
Flock-enheit 451 – RANGE Media
COLUMN: Why Flock cameras have no place in a free society and what you can do about it
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December 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Flockenheit 451: a new column from Lauren Pangborn on those pesky Flock cameras, why they have no place in a free society and what you can do locally to fight back against their pervasiveness:
“Alien.” “Ice pick-up.” “immigration violation.” Reporting from RANGE revealed more than 1,000 immigration searches were made on Spokane County Flock cameras this year, including hundreds of searches made by Border Patrol and Homeland Security:
“Alien.” “Ice pick-up.” “immigration violation.” – RANGE Media
More than 1,000 immigration searches were made on Spokane County Flock cameras this year.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“Alien.” “Ice pick-up.” “immigration violation.” Reporting from RANGE revealed more than 1,000 immigration searches were made on Spokane County Flock cameras this year, including hundreds of searches made by Border Patrol and Homeland Security:
The plea deal turns a potential felony sentence that could mean six years in federal prison and $250,000 in fines into three years of probation and a few thousand dollars in restitution costs.
Four of the Spokane 9 accept plea deals – RANGE Media
ICE protestors facing federal charges made a hard choice, but some fear a chilling effect: ‘They want to frighten people so they are afraid to use their First Amendment rights.’
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December 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The plea deal turns a potential felony sentence that could mean six years in federal prison and $250,000 in fines into three years of probation and a few thousand dollars in restitution costs.
For the full dish on what's up at municipal meetings this week, click here for our CIVICS section: rangemedia.co/spokan.... For the Sparknotes, read on 🧵
Spokane City Council poised to create an eviction diversion program – RANGE Media
CIVICS: Spokane County set to spend millions on TASERs, body cameras and surveilling private drones.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Former employees and patients describe ethical lapses, shoddy records and worse at a Spokane gender-affirming surgeon's office, stirring fears of backlash for trans patients who depended on Dr. Geoffrey Stiller. Originally published by @investigatwest.bsky.social, read now:
Allegations against Washington gender-affirming surgeon stir fears of backlash for trans patients – RANGE Media
Former employees and patients describe ethical lapses, shoddy records and worse at cosmetic surgery clinic — raising concerns about oversight in the booming industry
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December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Former employees and patients describe ethical lapses, shoddy records and worse at a Spokane gender-affirming surgeon's office, stirring fears of backlash for trans patients who depended on Dr. Geoffrey Stiller. Originally published by @investigatwest.bsky.social, read now:
From the smoke-choked June 11 protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Spokane to the packed parks and sidewalks at multiple No Kings protests, 2025 has been filled with people exercising their right to protest the US government. Local Flock cameras were used to surveil these protests.
Protested this year? Cops might’ve looked for you on Flock cams. – RANGE Media
Newly obtained records show that the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office made 24 searches across thousands of cameras for cars at protests.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
From the smoke-choked June 11 protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Spokane to the packed parks and sidewalks at multiple No Kings protests, 2025 has been filled with people exercising their right to protest the US government. Local Flock cameras were used to surveil these protests.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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The 2026 legislative session kicks off this Wednesday with committee meetings on topics like data centers and health insurance costs. Find the WA State Standard article (and how to contact your reps!) below:
WA lawmakers will gather in Olympia to gear up for 2026 session – RANGE Media
Annual “committee days” meetings are planned for the first week of December, with a wide range of topics teed up for discussion.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The 2026 legislative session kicks off this Wednesday with committee meetings on topics like data centers and health insurance costs. Find the WA State Standard article (and how to contact your reps!) below:
CIVICS: Hello CM Kate Telis, goodbye algorithmic rental price fixing? Spokane City Council could ban software artificially inflating rents, set their legislative agenda and laying groundwork to ban kratom.
Hello CM Kate Telis, goodbye algorithmic rental price fixing? – RANGE Media
CIVICS: Spokane City Council could ban software artificially inflating rents, set their legislative agenda and laying groundwork to ban kratom.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
CIVICS: Hello CM Kate Telis, goodbye algorithmic rental price fixing? Spokane City Council could ban software artificially inflating rents, set their legislative agenda and laying groundwork to ban kratom.
In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras for a woman who had an abortion– RANGE Media
Amidst nationwide and state scrutiny of the cameras, Spokane County’s Flock network was used by an out-of-state cop looking for a woman who had an abortion.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:
Council just decided to pass a new compromise amendment adopted as an emergency. That means the public will have to testify on a budget amendment they’ve never read.
So we’re tapping the sign 👇👇
So we’re tapping the sign 👇👇
Just realized I hit two years of covering local politics, specifically the Spokane City Council! Here’s a few things I’ve learned:
1. Everyone hates declaring an emergency to bypass the regular public process until it’s for a thing they personally like.
1. Everyone hates declaring an emergency to bypass the regular public process until it’s for a thing they personally like.
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Council just decided to pass a new compromise amendment adopted as an emergency. That means the public will have to testify on a budget amendment they’ve never read.
So we’re tapping the sign 👇👇
So we’re tapping the sign 👇👇
CIVICS: Will Spokane City Council DOGE their own staff? How much extra support will the Spokane Public Libraries get? Will new parking and utility taxes pass? Today could be the day for big budget decisions as SpoCity seeks to plug a $13 mil budget deficit:
Big budget business for Spokane city – RANGE Media
CIVICS: Plus, extra overtime on offer for SpoVal cops during holidays, Spokane Valley projects a deficit in 2026 and Spo City could declare 2025 the year of the Cooperative.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
CIVICS: Will Spokane City Council DOGE their own staff? How much extra support will the Spokane Public Libraries get? Will new parking and utility taxes pass? Today could be the day for big budget decisions as SpoCity seeks to plug a $13 mil budget deficit:
Diversion programs act as a jail alternative and offers additional chances to youth. But compared to their white peers, a 2025 report finds that Indigenous and Black youth statewide are the least likely to be offered a path out of the justice system.
Native American kids less likely than others in WA to be offered second chance in juvenile court, data shows – RANGE Media
Lawmakers and researchers push for new tracking measures as racial disparities and decentralized practices shape youth justice outcomes
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November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Diversion programs act as a jail alternative and offers additional chances to youth. But compared to their white peers, a 2025 report finds that Indigenous and Black youth statewide are the least likely to be offered a path out of the justice system.
While youth of color experience unequal treatment in WA state's legal system, recent data shows that Indigenous children are significantly more likely to be jailed than their white peers, especially on low level offenses and nonviolent crimes. Read here:
Native American children significantly more likely to be arrested, detained in Washington – RANGE Media
Before and after trial and even for low-level, nonviolent crimes, Native American youths are locked up at higher rates
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November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
While youth of color experience unequal treatment in WA state's legal system, recent data shows that Indigenous children are significantly more likely to be jailed than their white peers, especially on low level offenses and nonviolent crimes. Read here:
After pushback, WSU suspends transphobic continuing education courses: Students and faculty had pressured the university to revoke its accreditation of courses designed by a anti-transgender hate group, but it didn’t act until it came under external scrutiny.
WSU suspends transphobic CMEs – RANGE Media
Students and faculty had pressured the university to revoke its accreditation of courses designed by a anti-transgender hate group, but it didn’t act until it came under external scrutiny.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
After pushback, WSU suspends transphobic continuing education courses: Students and faculty had pressured the university to revoke its accreditation of courses designed by a anti-transgender hate group, but it didn’t act until it came under external scrutiny.
If your boss was holding a public meeting about whether you should be laid off, would you want to know? Last week, Spokane City Council staffers weren’t given the option after they were kicked out of an unrecorded public meeting where their employment was discussed. Read the story now:
Spokane City Council keeps staff and the public alike in the dark at budget meetings – RANGE Media
‘I shouldn't have to take the day off in order to know what my government is doing’
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November 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
If your boss was holding a public meeting about whether you should be laid off, would you want to know? Last week, Spokane City Council staffers weren’t given the option after they were kicked out of an unrecorded public meeting where their employment was discussed. Read the story now:
The battle for a North Idaho city’s identity:
Recent elections in the North Idaho city tell a very different story about the town than the national news’ attention to Doug Wilson’s Christ Church would suggest.
Recent elections in the North Idaho city tell a very different story about the town than the national news’ attention to Doug Wilson’s Christ Church would suggest.
Elections show Christ Church is not in charge in Moscow – RANGE Media
Amid a national leftward shift in voting, the North Idaho town has long gone progressive
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November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The battle for a North Idaho city’s identity:
Recent elections in the North Idaho city tell a very different story about the town than the national news’ attention to Doug Wilson’s Christ Church would suggest.
Recent elections in the North Idaho city tell a very different story about the town than the national news’ attention to Doug Wilson’s Christ Church would suggest.
Every single day, municipal governments in our region make decisions that impact you. This week, the Spo City Council considers a new parking lot tax and banning algorithmic price fixing. In the county, the Airport Board is going to pay for a stormwater impacts study.
Price fixing, parking tax and policy impacts – RANGE Media
CIVICS: Plus, a stormwater impacts study paid for by the airport.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Every single day, municipal governments in our region make decisions that impact you. This week, the Spo City Council considers a new parking lot tax and banning algorithmic price fixing. In the county, the Airport Board is going to pay for a stormwater impacts study.
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A prominent Washington think tank led by a former Spokane Valley pastor is urging its members to collect signatures for ballot initiatives that would restrict queer rights and student privacy in the state.
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Washington Think Tank Pushes on Student LGBTQ RIghts
A Spokane-area leader urges support for initiatives limiting transgender rights and student privacy, sparking debate over gender policy, schools and faith.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A prominent Washington think tank led by a former Spokane Valley pastor is urging its members to collect signatures for ballot initiatives that would restrict queer rights and student privacy in the state.
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