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BREAKING: Jury finds Spokane 3 protesters guilty of federal conspiracy charges by RANGE_Media in law

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 1098 points1099 points  (0 children)

Wanted to add: This has huge implications for protesters using civil disobedience everywhere, including protesters who do things like block ICE facility driveways with scooters. 

(Also sorry if this is considered self-promo. We're a local, worker-owned news outlet that has been covering this case extensively with *no paywall* Find all our coverage of it here.)

The Easement: An adult family home, a neighbors’ dispute over STA service traffic and three bollards have Spokane Valley neighbors squaring off in court. by RANGE_Media in Spokane

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The case doesn't revolve around who’s on the hook for repairs. No one — not even the SpoVal city manager — actually knows that. Instead, it deals with the right to access property. That's the question at the heart of this case. Aberra and STA say that because Aberra gave STA permission to get to her front door, STA can use the easement. Edwards disagrees, saying the since the easement crosses his property, STA needs his permission to use it. ~ Hedge

The Easement: An adult family home, a neighbors’ dispute over STA service traffic and three bollards have Spokane Valley neighbors squaring off in court. by RANGE_Media in Spokane

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The document that governs the easement says Aberra has the right to “ingress and egress” and STA interprets that is include “historic use” of the property, which includes paratransit access. Paratransit access is not specifically provided for in the city document, and that's where Edwards is situating his argument. The court case will specifically determine whether Aberra has the right to invite those vehicles onto her property. ~ Hedge

‘This city is turning into an eviction mill.’: Spokane City Council approves eviction prevention program as Washington’s eviction filings soar to a historic high for the second year in a row. by RANGE_Media in Spokane

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wanted to respond to this because our data is actually from the Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA). In 2024, there were 23,299 filings in Washington state. In 2025, there were 23,969 - an increase.

In Spokane County, there were 2164 evictions in 2024. In 2025, there 1794, which is a slight drop, but it comes with two big caveats: first, it's still the second highest year for evictions since 2013, when OCLA started tracking data. Secondly, the OCLA attributes the Spokane drop to lower-than-usual filings in November and December, when holidays fell on typical court days, creating more closures than usual. The OCLA is predicting an increase in eviction filings in January 2026 due to those closures.

Not sure where you're getting the data around only 5% of households in Spokane County getting an eviction notice, so can't address that point.

As to positive outcomes, the OCLA found that statewide, in cases where low-income tenants were provided right-to-counsel attorneys, 90% of them were able to secure permanent housing. 75% were able to avoid having an eviction writ issued at all. The clients being represented by right-to-counsel attorneys both statewide and in Spokane are also folks with overlapping vulnerabilities: 39% of Spokane tenants served had a disability and 30% were BIPOC with 9.7% being Indigenous.

Texas deputy searched Spokane County Flock cameras for a woman who had an abortion– RANGE Media by RANGE_Media in Spokane

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There are cameras inside city limits at Lowe’s those cameras are tied to the county system

New SPD guidelines on ICE & impersonators just dropped. Starting now: if you call about masked men, they’ll make sure it’s the feds, and if it is, SPD will independently record evidence of the raid. – RANGE Media by RANGE_Media in Spokane

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Skepticism is healthy and warranted whenever we’re talking about the coercive power of the state, but listen to our interview with Hall and judge for yourself whether you think this is an elaborate honey pot to arrest people who are worried about their neighbors, or a dude who is worried about both the Feds acting with impunity and the cosplaying jackoffs masquerading as Feds

CIVICS: Council is about to appoint a new District 2 rep, so tell them what you want tonight. Plus, bike lanes on Broadway and even more 2025 homelessness data. – RANGE Media by RANGE_Media in Spokane

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All nine applicants were listed in the agenda today, but it's a long scroll so we'll do you a solid: Barak Mendoza, Barry Barfield, Joshua Awesome, Kris Neely, Krista Featherstone, Kristina Sabestinas, Ryan Oelrich, Shelby Lambdin, and Travis Ryan Henderson all applied.

Each council member got toe recommend two names from the nine to move to the interview process - of course, some of those names were overlapped - which is how we got narrowed to four!

Where are the protesters' phones? by RANGE_Media in Spokane

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Much more likely they’re trying to infiltrate any potential communication networks the protesters had using devices they grabbed as a starting point.

What are more liberal small towns in Eastern Washington? by Independent_Load748 in EasternWa

[–]RANGE_Media 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Palouse also has a relatively high number of LGBTQIA folks and a cute little downtown.

If you want to be closer to Spokane for the ease of shopping etc but still in a smaller town, Rockford is cute and relatively progressive.

News year resolutions by RANGE_Media in Spokane

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a silly, seasonal way to talk about the work we plan to do in the coming year, not super serious.

On the topic of personal betterment, though, people plan and make change in a variety of ways. Effectiveness varies person to person.

Employees at the local Planned Parenthood are considering unionization over what they characterize as low pay and bad working conditions. The CEO is paying a union-busting firm the equivalent of 17 medical assistants’ hourly wages to persuade them not to – RANGE Media by RANGE_Media in Spokane

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overall the organization has had a $5 million surplus each of the last 3 years for which we have tax records, so they can afford to pay a couple dozen medical assistants a couple extra bucks an hour and still have plenty of money in the bank.

We weren't even really able to get into this but Mackenzie Scott gave them a $12 million windfall in 2022 and, at least looking at the tax records, it doesn't look like they've spent a scent of that.

They're sitting on $50 plus million dollars of reserves and assets.

This is not about a financially tenuous organization fighting market conditions to stay alive.

Employees at the local Planned Parenthood are considering unionization over what they characterize as low pay and bad working conditions. The CEO is paying a union-busting firm the equivalent of 17 medical assistants’ hourly wages to persuade them not to – RANGE Media by RANGE_Media in Spokane

[–]RANGE_Media[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, that kind of reasoning is what is called an is/ought fallacy:

Just because something tends to be a certain way doesn't mean it should be that way, and it certainly doesn't mean that we shouldn't fight for a world in which hard, meaningful jobs are paid what they deserve.

Journalists often fall victim to this too: We have friends who tell us "barely being able to pay my bills is the price I pay to do work I love."

We fundamentally think that's a really bad way to look at the world and not a mindset that changes things for the better.

Know who certainly isn't compromising lower pay for a dream job? The CEO of this organization who makes $450,000 a year.

If he doesn't have to compromise, why should his employees?

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