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

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News > Federal Government

The White House is urging Idaho legislators to pass a law for local ICE partnerships. Law enforcement across the state have concerns

UPDATED: Thu., April 2, 2026

The White House is urging Idaho lawmakers to pass legislation that would deputize local law enforcement to do work for ICE, but sheriffs across the state say the proposal would be at odds with the state’s longstanding stance against giving up local control.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘Gave his life for a stranger’: Teen accused of killing father of 4 during fight that led to shooting

UPDATED: Fri., March 27, 2026

A teenager is accused of shooting and killing a father of four who stepped away from his porch to help a young woman he and a friend were following over the weekend in north Spokane.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Former Riverside Elementary School teacher sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes against minors

UPDATED: Thu., March 26, 2026

A former Riverside Elementary School paraeducator and high school coach will spend 30 years in prison for recording himself engaging in sex acts with underage boys, sending the videos to other children, downloading child pornography and trading sex acts for vapes.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Former Los Angeles police officer appointed as new Shoshone County sheriff

UPDATED: Wed., March 25, 2026

Shoshone County commissioners appointed on Tuesday a former Los Angeles Police Department officer and combat veteran to lead the sheriff’s department.

News > Crime/Public Safety

A father is reported missing from a Browne’s Addition laundromat. He was arrested by Border Patrol

UPDATED: Thu., March 26, 2026

Jefferson Fernando Cando Llano left a laundromat in Browne’s Addition on March 8 and headed for his car.

News > Idaho

Post Falls church fire caused by deterioration of natural gas regulator, ruled accidental

UPDATED: Tue., March 24, 2026

The Idaho State Fire Marshal’s Office ruled a fire that destroyed a Post Falls church and attached preschool was accidental, likely caused by deterioration of the church’s natural gas regulator and meter.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Code violations and ‘negligence’ likely factors in North Idaho gas station explosion that killed 2, report says

UPDATED: Tue., March 24, 2026

The cause of an explosion that killed two people at a remote north-central Idaho gas station nearly two years ago was determined to be accidental, but fire investigators found numerous code violations, poor conditions and “gross negligence” may have contributed to the tragedy.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Some North Idaho law enforcement question lawmakers’ push to intertwine their duties with ICE. Here’s why

UPDATED: Wed., March 18, 2026

Some North Idaho law enforcement leaders are concerned with state lawmakers attempting to intertwine their operations with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

News > Spokane

‘It’s time’: After 44 years, iconic Spokane event Pig Out in the Park comes to an end

UPDATED: Tue., March 17, 2026

One of Spokane’s most iconic events, Pig Out in the Park, has come to an end after 44 years.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Post Falls church damaged in Sunday fire

UPDATED: Mon., March 16, 2026

A large fire damaged a Post Falls church early Sunday morning.

News > Military

Pentagon confirms all six crew members died in KC-135 crash in Iraq; three based out of Ohio

UPDATED: Fri., March 13, 2026

WASHINGTON – Three of the six U.S. service members aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker that crashed during a refueling mission in Iraq were from Ohio, the state’s governor said on social media Friday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Detectives investigating a homicide stumbled upon a Spokane County deputy accused of trading pills and sexting at work, records say

UPDATED: Fri., March 13, 2026

A man accused of murder and kidnapping a woman he chained up in his basement in Pend Oreille County had texted about trading prescription pills with a Spokane County Sheriff’s deputy who was his neighbor, according to a sheriff’s office investigation.

News > Weather

Windstorm toppled dozens of trees and left tens of thousands without power early Thursday; Lucky Friday miners rescued after power outage left them trapped

UPDATED: Thu., March 12, 2026

Power lines and trees were knocked down across the Inland Northwest as thousands lost power following an aggressive overnight windstorm.

News

Inappropriate, obscene and vulgar: These are some of Kootenai and Spokane counties’ rejected license plates in 2025

UPDATED: Mon., March 9, 2026

Editor’s note: The Spokesman-Review can neither confirm nor deny if the contents of this story is appropriate for younger readers, because some of the language on the following license plates is not discernable to our editors, even when crosschecked with Google or Urban Dictionary. We do not, and have never, claimed to be hip.How comfortable would you be driving around with a license plate that reads “BIGPMPN”?

News > Crime/Public Safety

Man injured, dog killed in Spokane Valley shooting

UPDATED: Wed., March 4, 2026

A man and a dog were shot in Spokane Valley early Wednesday morning.

News > Local business

Outgoing KHQ anchor John Webb gifted key to the city of Wallace

UPDATED: Wed., March 4, 2026

One of Spokane’s beloved news anchors is leaving for Boise, but not without a shiny new keepsake to bring with him.

News > Crime/Public Safety

A new tool to fast-track Spokane’s shooting investigations could pay dividends for police

UPDATED: Tue., March 3, 2026

Two years ago, Spokane Police Chief Kevin Hall told reporters the city should be outraged over children dying at the hands of gun violence.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Police arrest third suspect in Apple Tree Inn homicide; one suspect killed by police is identified

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 27, 2026

A King County police chase that ended in a crash led to the arrests of a couple suspected to have helped kill a man at a north Spokane motel over the weekend.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Police remove body from Balboa Elementary campus

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 27, 2026

Spokane police removed a body from Balboa Elementary School’s campus on Wednesday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police went the entirety of 2025 without shooting and killing someone. The last time was 17 years ago

UPDATED: Fri., Feb. 27, 2026

It had been almost two decades since Spokane police officers went a year without shooting and killing someone.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Police shoot, kill one suspect in Apple Tree Inn homicide; other suspect arrested

UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 25, 2026

Police shot and killed a man early Wednesday who they believe is a suspect in a weekend homicide at a north Spokane motel and arrested a second suspect.