Victor Corral Martinez
@victorcorral.bsky.social
Latino journalist | Based in the Pacific Northwest and covering Eastern Washington and North Idaho.
Bylines: Inlander | CapRadio | Bonners Ferry Herald
Raised in Los Angeles
Sacramento State Alumni
J.R.R. Tolkien nerd
Dodgers | Lakers fan
Bylines: Inlander | CapRadio | Bonners Ferry Herald
Raised in Los Angeles
Sacramento State Alumni
J.R.R. Tolkien nerd
Dodgers | Lakers fan
Trump aims to defund public media, impacting rural residents most, including in Washington and Idaho
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Trump aims to defund public media, impacting rural residents most, including in Washington and Idaho
President Donald Trump has doubled down on his feud with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps fund National Public Radio and public television stations...
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June 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Trump aims to defund public media, impacting rural residents most, including in Washington and Idaho
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With ICE detentions on the rise and immigrants fearful of coercion, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law many immigrant protection bills. www.inlander.com/news/new-was...
New Washington laws strengthen protections for immigrant communities amid federal attacks
The legislative session in Olympia this year was dominated by a focus on the biennial budget. But between discussions of funding cuts and new taxes,...
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June 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
With ICE detentions on the rise and immigrants fearful of coercion, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law many immigrant protection bills. www.inlander.com/news/new-was...
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When two protests against deportation actions by federal agents met up on Washington Street Wednesday evening, the city issued a curfew and multiple police agencies filed into the area to push protesters away from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
Police respond in force to largely peaceful Spokane protests over immigration enforcement
When two protests against deportation actions by federal agents met up on Washington Street in Spokane Wednesday evening, the city issued a curfew and multiple...
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June 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
When two protests against deportation actions by federal agents met up on Washington Street Wednesday evening, the city issued a curfew and multiple police agencies filed into the area to push protesters away from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
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A former city councillor in Spokane, WA trying to stop the deportation of two young men w/work permits called for help sitting in front of the ICE bus. He'd just become the legal guardian of the 21-YO asylum seeker from Venezuela & saw both detained at ICE check-ins www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
More than 30 arrested at immigration protest in Spokane sparked by arrest of 2 immigrants
Immigration protests erupted in Spokane on Wednesday, sparking a massive police response and 30 arrests.
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June 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A former city councillor in Spokane, WA trying to stop the deportation of two young men w/work permits called for help sitting in front of the ICE bus. He'd just become the legal guardian of the 21-YO asylum seeker from Venezuela & saw both detained at ICE check-ins www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
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It is a humbling thing to request numbers on how well your book is selling and see how very, very long you have to go before you get paid. 🫣 Please allow me to make a plug for Blazing Eye Sees All —
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June 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It is a humbling thing to request numbers on how well your book is selling and see how very, very long you have to go before you get paid. 🫣 Please allow me to make a plug for Blazing Eye Sees All —
bookshop.org/p/books/blaz...
bookshop.org/p/books/blaz...
Get high, get high grades?
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A cannabis-focused learning academy provides professional industry education in partnership with a Seattle college
If you've ever considered working in the cannabis sector, there are educational pathways to build knowledge and become certified for jobs in the industry. As...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Get high, get high grades?
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A new Idaho law prohibits cities from flying flags of other countries. Here is how one city demonstrated solidarity with its neighbors to the North.
How a North Idaho city is skirting a statewideflag law to show solidarity with Canada
Since 1982, the city of Bonners Ferry in North Idaho has flown its Canadian flag alongside the U.S. and Idaho flags, reflecting a shared connection...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A new Idaho law prohibits cities from flying flags of other countries. Here is how one city demonstrated solidarity with its neighbors to the North.
The 2026 discretionary budget proposes eliminating the $3.3 billion Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which is administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A look at how these cuts are impacting Spokane:
A look at how these cuts are impacting Spokane:
The Trump administration wants to cut a grant program that helps low-income households in Spokane
On May 2, President Donald Trump released his discretionary budget proposal for the 2026 federal fiscal year, slashing $163 billion in non-defense funding in areas...
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June 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The 2026 discretionary budget proposes eliminating the $3.3 billion Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which is administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A look at how these cuts are impacting Spokane:
A look at how these cuts are impacting Spokane:
Here's a story highlighting how research will positively impact the recycling of wind turbines. www.inlander.com/special-guid...
Researchers at Washington State University are developing a process to safely recycle end-of-life wind turbine blades
Wind turbines have quickly been adopted in Washington for their attractive renewable energy generated by harnessing the wind. According to the Northwest Power and Conservation...
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May 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here's a story highlighting how research will positively impact the recycling of wind turbines. www.inlander.com/special-guid...
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@lukebaumgarten.bsky.social is such a girlboss anti-capitalist that he laid *himself* to try to buy RANGE time to fix a cash flow issue 😭🥺 when do you ever see a boss lay themselves off?
Anyways it’s a pretty scary time to be a journalist. Help us survive because the community needs us now 💜
Anyways it’s a pretty scary time to be a journalist. Help us survive because the community needs us now 💜
Our editor laid himself off this week due to an impending cashflow shortage. We’re pretty devastated, and a little bit scared for the future of RANGE.
I laid myself off this week – RANGE Media
This doesn’t mean the end of RANGE, and I hope it isn’t the end of my time here. I hope it’s just a brief little furlough and not a permanent pink slip.
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May 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@lukebaumgarten.bsky.social is such a girlboss anti-capitalist that he laid *himself* to try to buy RANGE time to fix a cash flow issue 😭🥺 when do you ever see a boss lay themselves off?
Anyways it’s a pretty scary time to be a journalist. Help us survive because the community needs us now 💜
Anyways it’s a pretty scary time to be a journalist. Help us survive because the community needs us now 💜
Many Spokane residents are unfazed by the broken record of threatened (or real) delays in completing the North Spokane Corridor, which broke ground in 2001. The construction project could have been paused again due to a $1 billion deficit in the state transportation budget for the next biennium.
Washington legislators secure North Spokane Corridor project funding with gas tax increase
Many Spokane residents are unfazed by the broken record of threatened (or real) delays in completing the North Spokane Corridor, which broke ground in 2001....
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May 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Many Spokane residents are unfazed by the broken record of threatened (or real) delays in completing the North Spokane Corridor, which broke ground in 2001. The construction project could have been paused again due to a $1 billion deficit in the state transportation budget for the next biennium.
Since taking office on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump has signed 144 executive orders (and counting), many of which are already facing legal challenges alleging constitutional violations. www.inlander.com/news/washing...
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is battling Trump’s executive orders through litigation
Since taking office on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump has signed 144 executive orders (and counting), many of which are already facing legal challenges alleging...
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May 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Since taking office on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump has signed 144 executive orders (and counting), many of which are already facing legal challenges alleging constitutional violations. www.inlander.com/news/washing...
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White smoke puffed from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals sequestered inside for two days have elected a new pope. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4iRTk2c
May 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
White smoke puffed from a chimney above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals sequestered inside for two days have elected a new pope. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4iRTk2c
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A federal judge temporarily blocked Idaho from enforcing two new crimes created through a new Texas-style immigration enforcement bill. #idleg #idpol
Federal judge blocks new Idaho immigration law through preliminary injunction as lawsuit plays out • Idaho Capital Sun
A Federal judge temporarily blocked Idaho from enforcing two new crimes created through a new Texas-style immigration enforcement bill.
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April 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Washington state will prohibit medical debt for Washingtonians from being reported to credit reporting agencies. www.inlander.com/news/washing...
Washington lawmakers are poised to prevent medical debt from impacting credit scores
On Jan. 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a new rule prohibiting consumer reporting agencies from including medical debt on credit reports. However, on...
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April 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Washington state will prohibit medical debt for Washingtonians from being reported to credit reporting agencies. www.inlander.com/news/washing...
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Pope Francis challenged all of us to be better, more loving, more caring toward those too often forgotten. No matter our differences, His Holiness said, ‘We must meet one another doing good.’ I join my fellow Catholics in mourning him, and praying for his eternal peace.
April 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Pope Francis challenged all of us to be better, more loving, more caring toward those too often forgotten. No matter our differences, His Holiness said, ‘We must meet one another doing good.’ I join my fellow Catholics in mourning him, and praying for his eternal peace.
I've always been critical of the Catholic Church for many reasons. The progressive and humble Pope Francis helped strengthen my connection to the institution. He had his issues (like all of mankind) but did a lot for his flock.
Pope Francis died at 88, the Vatican announced Monday, ending a pontificate that sought to reshape the Roman Catholic Church into a more inclusive institution. Cardinals will now decide whether to continue his approach or restore more doctrinaire leadership.
Follow live updates: nyti.ms/42RZB9n
Follow live updates: nyti.ms/42RZB9n
April 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I've always been critical of the Catholic Church for many reasons. The progressive and humble Pope Francis helped strengthen my connection to the institution. He had his issues (like all of mankind) but did a lot for his flock.
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From ancient origins to backyard traditions, the confetti-filled eggs carry centuries of history in every crack.
Cascarones, a playful and colorful tradition that unites friends and family around Easter
From ancient origins to backyard traditions, the confetti-filled eggs carry centuries of history in every crack.
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April 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
From ancient origins to backyard traditions, the confetti-filled eggs carry centuries of history in every crack.
"Hybrid nonprofit" 🧐
April 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Hybrid nonprofit" 🧐
Washington is experiencing a tough budget deficit, inflation is easing but still high as people feel pinched at the grocery store, and financial institutions nationwide are forecasting a recession closer to the end of this year, all of which could have real impacts on the average Washingtonian.
How can you prepare for a recession? A Spokane credit union and nonprofit share tips as Washington is already facing a rainy day
Washington is experiencing a tough budget deficit, inflation is easing but still high as people feel pinched at the grocery store, and financial institutions nationwide...
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April 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Washington is experiencing a tough budget deficit, inflation is easing but still high as people feel pinched at the grocery store, and financial institutions nationwide are forecasting a recession closer to the end of this year, all of which could have real impacts on the average Washingtonian.
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In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.
March 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.
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Hey could everyone involved in local politics please sync up, take a week off, put your phone in a lock box, and do nothing so that I, your Spokane city hall journo, can catch up on everything? Thank you 🙏🏻
March 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Hey could everyone involved in local politics please sync up, take a week off, put your phone in a lock box, and do nothing so that I, your Spokane city hall journo, can catch up on everything? Thank you 🙏🏻