Alexandra Duggan

Current Position: Cops and Courts reporter

Alexandra Duggan came to the Spokesman-Review in 2023 and is the daytime crime and courts reporter. She is a graduate from the University of Idaho and came to Spokane from Boise where she was a print reporter for the Idaho Press and a TV reporter at KTVB. Alex covers just about everything, including cold cases, criminal trials, the opioid crisis, police accountability and more.

Email: alexandrad@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5469

Most Recent Stories

News > WA Government

Draft Trump order could endanger firefighters by changing needed aircraft requirements, Washington state officials warn

UPDATED: Fri., April 11, 2025

The White House is considering an executive order that would overhaul standards for some wildland firefighting efforts, a prospect state officials warn could put firefighters’ lives at risk.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Police recommend battery and more charges for security guards, others in chaotic Coeur d’Alene Republican town hall

UPDATED: Wed., April 9, 2025

Officers have recommended criminal charges for the private security guards who helped drag a woman by her arms out of a Republican town hall in Coeur d’Alene and battered other people at the February event, according to newly released police reports. A member of the public shown on video helping the security team also faces charges.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane Police shifts how it interacts with demonstrators to be more engaging, conversational

UPDATED: Thu., April 10, 2025

As protesters continue to rally against President Donald Trump’s administration, the Spokane Police Department is shifting how it interacts with demonstrators to be more engaging.

News > Higher education

A WSU student’s international visa was revoked in what’s likely the latest regional fallout from Trump’s crackdown on campus protests

UPDATED: Wed., April 9, 2025

The U.S. government revoked the international visa of a Washington State University student who left the country in December, the third known school in the Inland Northwest region apparently confronted with the Trump administration’s mission to deport foreign students for participating in protests against Israel.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Dive teams find body of man believed to have drowned in Newman Lake

UPDATED: Tue., April 8, 2025

Dive teams on Monday found the body of a man believed to have drowned in Newman Lake over the weekend, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Protester whose flag hit Tesla during a March demonstration arrested, police reports say

UPDATED: Tue., April 8, 2025

Police last month arrested a man suspected of using a flag to hit a Tesla, the brand of electric cars made by controversial billionaire and presidential adviser Elon Musk .

News > Higher education

Two international students at Gonzaga had their visas revoked. The university wasn’t notified.

UPDATED: Mon., April 7, 2025

The federal government has revoked two Gonzaga University students' international visas without notice to the school, according to a letter from Gonzaga President Thayne McCulloh.

Sports > High school sports

Two Eastern Washington high school students turn to Trump administration to bar trans athlete from competing

Mon., April 7, 2025

Two Washington female athletes are asking the Trump administration to stop a champion transgender runner from competing in the ongoing high school track and field season.

News > Idaho

U.S. government revokes two University of Idaho international students’ visas

UPDATED: Fri., April 4, 2025

Two international University of Idaho students had their visas revoked this month during the wave of Trump administration crackdowns on foreign students, a school spokesperson said Friday.