Alayna Shulman

Current Position: Evening Editor

Alayna joined The Spokesman-Review in 2020 as the Assistant City Editor, covering local and regional news. She also monitors the city desk after 6 P.M.

Email: alaynas@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5445

Most Recent Stories

News > Crime/Public Safety

21-year-old killed in I-90 crash; wrong-way driver faces charges of vehicular homicide and assault

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 13, 2022

A 21-year-old was killed after a woman driving the wrong way on Interstate 90 crashed into his car near the Spokane International Airport early Saturday morning, troopers said.

News > Weather

Thunderstorm drenches parts of the Spokane area Friday evening

UPDATED: Fri., May 6, 2022

The Spokane area got soaked Friday evening as a thunderstorm rolled through the area.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Suffragette statue in Coeur d’Alene defaced with ‘BETA MALES’ graffiti

UPDATED: Fri., March 25, 2022

A statue of a suffragette in downtown Coeur d’Alene has been defaced, with yellow graffiti covering the woman’s face, an X over her sign demanding women’s right to vote and the words “BETA MALES” scrawled at her base, police said.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Suspect in Pullman rapes arrested at Spokane construction site after 18 years

UPDATED: Thu., March 17, 2022

After 18 years, the suspect in a series of rapes and home invasions in Pullman has been arrested in Spokane.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Two men already in jail arrested on suspicion of September drive-by shooting in Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 5, 2021

Two suspects in a recent drive-by shooting were already in jail when they were arrested again in connection with the incident.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Elderly woman dies, daughter found alive after getting stranded in Panhandle National Forest, deputies say

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 5, 2021

An Oregon woman died venturing into the Panhandle National Forest for help after getting confused by her vehicle’s navigation system and winding up stuck there, Kootenai County deputies said.

News > Washington

St. Ignatius Hospital’s new owners aim for a balance between community and creepy with the long-abandoned building in Colfax. Can it be done?

Sun., Oct. 31, 2021

COLFAX – On a modest square plaque outside St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax, a Latin inscription recalls the derelict 1893 building’s mission: CHARITAS CHRISTI URGET NOS, or, roughly, “The love of Christ impels us.”

News > Crime/Public Safety

One dead after shooting in downtown Spokane early Saturday, third gunshot report of the night

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 16, 2021

One person is dead after a shooting in downtown Spokane early Saturday morning, and police say they’re investigating two other gunshot incidents that happened just hours earlier.

News > Pacific NW

Spokane’s air back in ‘Moderate’ range after wildfire smoke led to ‘Unhealthy’ rating

UPDATED: Sun., July 11, 2021

Spokane’s air quality Saturday briefly dipped into the “unhealthy” category as wildfires continued to scorch land throughout the Pacific Northwest.