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 > Spokane

Nordic skiers still ‘head for the chills’ as rain persists amid Winterfest on Mount Spokane

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 21, 2024

For the Nordic skiers at Winterfest this year, every day on the mountain is a good day – even if it means trekking through the heavy rain.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘People deserve to feel safe’: Spokane saw a rise of pedestrian collisions last year. Some say the city can do better

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 21, 2024

The number of people hit by cars in Spokane climbed a little more than 40% last year, a worrisome jump that is spurring calls for better traffic safety measures.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane woman found in toolbox died by homicide from blunt force injuries, medical examiner rules

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 16, 2024

A woman who went missing in November died by homicide, the Spokane County Medical Examiner ruled Tuesday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Bicyclist dies after being hit by car in Spokane Valley

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

A bicyclist died after being hit by a car in Spokane Valley early Friday morning.

News > Idaho

University of Idaho law school students allege discrimination and hostile environment

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

Three University of Idaho College of Law students have left the state in response to alleged discrimination they received over the course of their enrollment, a federal lawsuit says.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police searching for suspect who attempted to carjack an elderly man at a South Hill gas station

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 11, 2024

The Spokane Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a man they say pushed an 82-year-old to the ground at a gas station and tried to steal his car.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Driver dies in rollover crash near Four Lakes

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 11, 2024

One person is dead and another is hospitalized after a rollover crash on Interstate 90 on the West Plains

News > Crime/Public Safety

Frontier Behavioral Health facing lawsuit after Chewelah patient was accused of killing his own mother

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 8, 2024

When a Chewelah mother was found dead in her home in 2020, her son Benjamin Richmond was charged in her homicide. Now, her other son, Zachary Richmond, is suing Frontier Behavioral Health for allegedly failing to follow up with his brother when he stopped taking his medications, causing a mental health episode that led to her killing.

News > Weather

Spokane is on watch for possible sub-zero temperatures heading into next weekend

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 5, 2024

While not a “slam dunk” yet, National Weather Service meteorologist Jon Fox said, Spokane is on watch for below-zero temperatures heading into next weekend.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Washington Supreme Court says WSU had no duty to protect student from sexual assault in an off-campus home

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 4, 2024

A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Washington State University had no duty to protect a student from sexual assault in a Pullman off-campus home, even though the school was aware of the suspect’s prior behavior.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Body found near Sravasti Abbey consistent with description of missing monk

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 4, 2024

A body was found in a pond near the Sravasti Abbey where a 64-year-old monk went missing in November during a walk.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘I was a monster’: Spokane man convicted for 1994 murder of Felicia Reese to be sentenced a third time after law change for convicted minors

UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 4, 2024

Kevin Boot described his 17-year-old self as a monster – one who ran away from home, got involved in the wrong crowds, did drugs, robbed people on the street and participated in the murder of 22-year-old Felicia Reese 30 years ago.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane men accused of manufacturing fentanyl pill presses indicted by federal grand jury

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 2, 2024

Two Spokane men accused of using a pill press to posses and distribute thousands of grams of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl were indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 19.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Children armed themselves with kitchen knife after northwest Spokane shooting that left one injured

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 2, 2024

Multiple children were rescued from a home Tuesday morning after a shooting in Northwest Spokane.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane Police investigating possible armed robbery at 7-Eleven on South Grand Boulevard

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 2, 2024

Spokane police are investigating a possible armed robbery at the 7-Eleven gas station at 1318 S. Grand Blvd.

News > Pacific NW

Hundreds plunge into Lake Coeur d’Alene to celebrate accomplishments, new year

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 1, 2024

One Spokane couple stared at the hundreds of people in front of them on Sanders Beach in Coeur d’Alene, nervously waiting for the last 10 minutes they had until they jumped in the icy cold lake.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police decline to discipline officer accused of sexual assault for lack of evidence

Mon., Jan. 1, 2024

The Spokane Police Department declined to discipline an officer after finishing their internal investigation into an alleged sexual assault, according to police internal affairs documents.

News > Crime/Public Safety

A Moscow jury will likely be shown 3D imaging of the home where 4 UI students were killed. Here’s how it works

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 29, 2023

MOSCOW, Idaho – Law enforcement is using 3D imaging to illustrate the crime scene and layout of the home where four University of Idaho students were killed last year since the home was demolished on Thursday, and it could be the best case scenario for the upcoming murder trial, according to a forensics expert.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘A constant reminder’: Home where University of Idaho students were killed is demolished

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 28, 2023

MOSCOW, Idaho – Media, police, construction workers and neighbors watched in silence Thursday as the creaking and crashing noises from a trackhoe tearing down the home where four students were killed last year echoed through the streets of Moscow.

News > Crime/Public Safety

The home where 4 UI students were killed will be demolished this week. Here’s why the defense and prosecution are OK with that before Kohberger’s trial.

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 27, 2023

The home where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death last November in Moscow is set to be demolished on Thursday, without a walk-through by a jury, because it is “so substantially different” now than at the time of the homicides, according to an email from Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson.

News > Crime/Public Safety