Colin Tiernan

Current Position: reporter

Colin Tiernan, a graduate of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, joined The Spokesman-Review in 2021, and currently works as a reporter covering Spokane County and Spokane Valley government. Colin worked the past two years at the Twin Falls (Idaho) Times-News as the business, agriculture and environmental writer. Prior to that he worked at the Douglas Budget in Wyoming as a reporter and photographer. He has also worked as a sports reporter and was a field technician at the Universidad de La Plata in Buenos Aires. He is fluent in conversational Spanish.

Email: colint@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5039
Twitter: Twitter

Most Recent Stories

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane County Sheriff’s Office buying $159,000 worth of rifle suppressors

Thu., March 23, 2023

The Sheriff's Office says buying the suppressors — which are often called silencers — will help protect deputies' hearing.

News > Education

Coeur d’Alene school board will try to pass levy again as superintendent warns up to five campuses will shutter if it fails a second time

Tue., March 21, 2023

During a special meeting Monday, the Coeur d'Alene School Board of Trustees unanimously voted to place a two-year levy on the May 16 ballot. If voters approve it, the tax will collect $25 million annually and replace a $20 million levy passed in 2021.

News > Pacific NW

‘Remember the lives lost’: Spokane locals reflect on 20-year anniversary of Iraq War

Sun., March 19, 2023

Haitham Dawoud was home in Baghdad, asleep in his bed, when the U.S. invasion of Iraq began.

News > Education

Innovia Foundation gets $850,000 from state to start high school mentorship program

Fri., March 17, 2023

The Washington Student Achievement Council is giving LaunchNW $850,000 to create a mentorship program aimed at increasing the number of Inland Northwest high schoolers who go to college or trade schools.