Cannon Barnett

Current Position: Holiday Intern

Cannon Barnett served as a Spokesman-Review summer news reporting intern in 2024. He is currently the newspaper's holiday intern. Barnett is a student at Eastern Washington University and serves as the editor-in-chief of The Easterner, EWU's student newspaper.

Email: cannonb@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5167

Most Recent Stories

News > Features

‘The work is not finished’: Annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative celebration aims to ‘keep the dream alive’

Mon., Jan. 20, 2025

Golden light filtered through stained-glass windows at the Holy Temple Church of God in Christ on Sunday afternoon as dozens of people, young and old, sat together on wooden pews before service.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Rathdrum man killed in possible DUI crash

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 19, 2025

A Rathdrum man was killed in a single vehicle crash Saturday evening in a North Idaho county.

News > Health

‘Every neighborhood should have one of these’: The NATIVE Project to open new Children and Youth Services Center next month

Mon., Jan. 6, 2025

Standing tall in Spokane’s West Central Neighborhood, the NATIVE Project’s new Children and Youth Services Center is expected to open its doors to patients by the end of February.

News > Weather

The science of snow: How do flakes form, and why are they all unique?

Fri., Jan. 3, 2025

Universally known to indicate that the winter season has arrived and known in the Inland Northwest to indicate that it is time to don warm boots and gloves to scrape your car before work, snow is familiar to many around the world.

News > Pacific NW

Hundreds of bald eagles return to Lake Coeur d’Alene for yearly salmon feast

Wed., Jan. 1, 2025

It doesn’t take long to spot a bald eagle along the Lake Coeur d’Alene shoreline in December, with hundreds of birds flocking to the area to feast during the annual kokanee salmon spawn.

News > Local government

$1M to go toward replacing Metaline Falls drinking water main

UPDATED: Thu., Dec. 26, 2024

Months after an aging Metaline Falls, Washington, drinking water main burst, the Pend Oreille County Public Utility District has received $1 million in grants and loans to replace the main and stabilize the land around it.

News > Washington

Fire fuel mitigation project sees removal of small trees in over 250 acres of Dishman Hills

Thu., Dec. 26, 2024

Crews hired by the state Department of Natural Resources have been working since October to remove trees from over 250 acres of the county-owned Dishman Hills Natural Area to reduce wildfire risk. Similar work is being done at Bear Lake County Park.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Men who broke into fast food restaurant caught minutes later, deputies say

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 23, 2024

Two men broke into a closed fast food chain restaurant on Francis Avenue, stole roughly $100 worth of food and were arrested about 20 minutes later on Sunday, deputies said.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane Valley woman arrested following alleged attempt to impale neighbor as he escorted his children to school

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 23, 2024

A Spokane Valley woman was arrested after attempting to impale her neighbor with a 2-foot “centurion-style sword” as he walked his daughters from their apartment to school Friday morning, deputies said.