Columnists at The Spokesman-Review

Administration
Bert Caldwell

Bert Caldwell oversees production of the opinion pages, including writing editorials, and editing and selecting letters, columns and cartoons.

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Gary Graham

As editor of The Spokesman-Review, Gary Graham oversees the newsroom staff and resources and is a member of the newspaper's executive committee.

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City
Jim Camden

Jim Camden is the newspaper's bureau chief in Olympia, covering state government, the Legislature and state and national politics. He also contributes to the <a href="http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/spincontrol/">Spin Control Blog</a>.

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Features
Rick Bonino

Rick Bonino is a senior correspondent who writes a monthly beer column for the Today section.

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Jim Kershner

is a senior correspondent who writes for the Today section.

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Susan Mulvihill

Susan Mulvihill is a freelance gardening columnist for the Today section.

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Paul Turner

Paul Turner writes The Slice column and stories for the features section. He also writes <a href="http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/slice/">The Slice Blog</a>.

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Idaho
Betsy Z. Russell

Betsy Russell covers Idaho news from the state capitol in Boise and writes the <a href="http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/">Eye on Boise blog</a>.

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Local news
Doug Clark

Doug Clark's columns appear on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

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Shawn Vestal

Shawn Vestal writes a news column three times a week.

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Online
D.F. Oliveria

Dave Oliveria writes the <a href="http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/">Huckleberries Online Blog</a> and the Huckleberries print column.

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Opinion
Gary Crooks

Associate Editor Gary Crooks writes editorials and opinion columns, including Sunday's "Smart Bombs."

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Sports
John Blanchette

John Blanchette is a freelance columnist who writes about local sports issues.

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Rich Landers

Rich Landers writes and photographs stories for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including a Sunday feature section and a Thursday column. He also writes the <a href="http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/">Outdoors Blog</a>.

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Alan Liere

Alan Liere is a freelance columnist for the sports department who writes a weekly hunting and fishing report.

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Voices
Sandra Babcock

Sandra Babcock is a freelance columnist for the Valley Voice. Her Front Porch column appears monthly.

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Jill Barville

Jill Barville is a freelance columnist for the Voices neighborhood sections.

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Deborah Chan

Deborah Chan is a freelance columnist for the Valley Voice. Her Front Porch column appears monthly on Saturdays.

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Cindy Hval

Cindy Hval is a freelance columnist for the Voices neighborhood sections. Her Front Porch column appears twice a month in the Thursday Voice.

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Randy Mann

Randy Mann is a meteorologist who writes a regular weather column for the Voices neighborhood sections.

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Stefanie Pettit

Stefanie Pettit is a freelance columnist for the Voices neighborhood sections. Her columns include Landmarks, featuring historic buildings and sites, and Front Porch.

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