Kevin Graman

Kevin Graman is a reporter for The Spokesman-Review in the Local news department. He covers general assignments.

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Email: kevingr@spokesman.com
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Recent stories by Kevin

Arrests end jailbreak

January 25, 2012 in City on Page A7 Two female inmates escaped from the Geiger Corrections Center on Tuesday night, but were captured within an hour by law enforcement officers from several area agencies. Kathleen Stockton, 49, and … 1
Advocates disagree on best way to regulate medical pot

December 27, 2011 in City on Page A1 Stevens County activists dressed in prison stripes recently were tossed out of Gonzaga University’s Cataldo Hall where Rick Steves, the travel writer and TV show host, was delivering a speech. … 8
Ban on used glasses hobbles eye clinic

December 16, 2011 in City on Page A5 Since 1985, the Union Gospel Mission has helped improve the vision of thousands of poor and uninsured people by dispensing donated eyeglasses at its weekly free vision clinic founded by … 16
Murray presses for speedier VA care

December 7, 2011 in City on Page A10 The ranking members of a U.S. Senate committee are seeking an investigation into how long it takes veterans to be seen by mental health professionals at Veterans Affairs medical facilities. … 4
Centers close as demand for child care plummets

December 3, 2011 in City on Page A1 Goodwill Industries told parents this week that it will shut its child care center on Jan. 13, the latest closure among Spokane-area facilities struggling to fill vacancies due to high … 4
State may cut malpractice insurance for volunteer providers

December 1, 2011 in City on Page A1 Among budget cuts Washington state lawmakers are considering is eliminating a program that pays for the malpractice insurance of health care providers who volunteer to treat the poor at free … 13
Pedestrian who died at 2nd & Thor identified

November 28, 2011 in City The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the pedestrian killed last week when he was struck by a semitrailer truck. Larue Brown, 39, died of head, neck and chest …
Former meth addict found new beginning at mission, in kitchen 

November 24, 2011 in City on Page A1 Few people have more to give thanks for than Kimmi Halbrook, who served up a heaping helping of gratitude with every plate she prepared at the annual Union Gospel Mission … 3
National election will decide deficit strategy, says Sen. Murray

November 23, 2011 in City on Page A5 In the end, the congressional supercommittee failed to reach a deficit-cutting deal over the question of whether everyone, including the nation’s top earners, will pay for it, U.S. Sen. Patty … 4
Cuts spur pushback

November 18, 2011 in City on Page A5 Social service providers, clergy and people of faith gathered in a West Central neighborhood parish Thursday evening to try to head off further tears in the state’s already tattered safety … 1
SNAP expects less federal aid

November 15, 2011 in City on Page A1 As falling temperatures force Spokane’s poorest residents to line up for help with heating bills, the largest source of that assistance remains very much in doubt. SNAP, the private nonprofit …
Spokane man sues Boy Scouts

November 11, 2011 in City on Page A6 A Spokane man has filed suit in King County against the Boy Scouts of America and its Inland Northwest Council, claiming he was sexually abused in the late 1970s by … 1
Song written in rehab wins recognition for teen

November 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 If there were any doubts about the power of music, they were cast aside by the Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations when one of its teenage residents won a …
Couple held in death of Post Falls toddler

November 4, 2011 in City on Page A7 Post Falls police arrested a Post Falls couple in the January 2009 death of 2-year-old Karina Janay Moore, who was fatally injured while in the couple’s foster care. Jeremy and …
Occupy Spokane weighs future

November 1, 2011 in City on Page A5 Sometimes there are only one or two people carrying signs and waving at cars passing by the little triangle of city property on a corner of Riverside Avenue and Monroe … 6
Next employer didn’t talk to UI about Bustamante

October 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 The New Jersey company that offered Ernesto Bustamante a job as he was being investigated by the University of Idaho for sexual harassment never called the university for references, a …
Emails detail Benoit’s concerns

October 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 A University of Idaho psychology professor and the graduate student he killed before committing suicide this summer both struggled with mental illness, according to newly released documents. Ernesto Bustamante, an … 1
UI retools prohibition of improper relationships

October 27, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 The University of Idaho is strengthening its ban on faculty-student relationships after the slaying of a 22-year-old graduate student by her professor, who then killed himself. University President M. Duane … 1
Voiceless not friendless

October 26, 2011 in City on Page A1 Two and a half years ago, Bridget Bradick and her children stepped off a train in Spokane as refugees from domestic violence and stumbled into poverty and homelessness. She left … 16
Crowd decries social, health services cuts

October 20, 2011 in City on Page A1 Saying the state government now faces “one of its hardest moments since the Great Depression,” the head of the Washington Department of Social and Health Services brought bad news Wednesday … 27