Kaitlin Gillespie

Recent stories by Kaitlin

• Cougars know rugby

  May 1, 2013 in Sports on Page B6 Ten young women limp onto the field. Coach Conor Bollinger-Smith stands in front of them. Normally, he’d be disappointed with the turnout, but given the weekend they just had, he’s …

• Students sharpen skills at Schweitzer lab

  January 9, 2013 in City, Health on Page A5 For Cal Poly senior Sam Kaplan, hands-on experience is critical to his engineering studies. Last week, he and four other students traveled to Pullman to get it. The group spent …

• Spokane Valley woman heads to Special Olympics

  January 2, 2013 in City on Page A1 Spokane Valley’s Heather Comer has done something many have not: stood proud on a center podium, accepting a gold medal, qualifying for the Olympics. She’s also had to overcome something … 5

• Fire destroys longhouse on Colville Reservation

  December 27, 2012 in City on Page A1 By the time firefighters arrived at the Chief Joseph Nez Perce Longhouse early Wednesday morning it was too late: flames were destroying the building. An electrical fire broke out at … 9

• Homeless youth who died included four 17-year-olds

  December 22, 2012 in City on Page B2 Community leaders clarified statistics released earlier this week indicating six homeless children had died in the Spokane area this year, now saying the youngest victims were in their late teens. …

• Dozens gather in Spokane to honor shooting victims

  December 21, 2012 in City Twenty-six. At one point, there were 26 people gathered this morning on the sidewalk in front of Spokane’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, one week after the Newtown, Conn., … 10