Greg Mason

Current Position: business reporter

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Greg Mason

Greg Mason joined The Spokesman-Review in 2020 and is a business reporter covering utilities energy and higher education. Greg was formerly the news editor at the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York and has seven years of experience as a reporter.

Email: gregm@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5047

Most Recent Stories

News > Spokane

Woodward names Lynden Smithson as interim city attorney

UPDATED: Thu., May 26, 2022

Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward has tapped a longtime member of the City Prosecutor’s Office to serve as interim city attorney to replace the retiring Mike Ormsby.

News > Spokane

Downtown Spokane parking meters get upgrades with new dual-space devices

Thu., May 26, 2022

Drivers who have parked around Spokane’s River Park Square recently may have noticed the city’s on-street meters have received an upgrade.

News > Spokane

Spokane City Council adopts ordinance to ban watering lawns during peak hours in summer, fall; Woodward disapproves

UPDATED: Tue., May 24, 2022

The Spokane City Council approved new rules Monday that would prohibit people from watering their lawns at peak hours of the day from the summer into the fall.

News > Spokane

Getting There: Spokane is taking a longer-term approach to neighborhood traffic safety

UPDATED: Mon., May 23, 2022

City officials are looking to take a longer-term approach to planning traffic calming initiatives, using four-year planning periods rather than annually. Examples of projects funded and completed through the traffic calming program include bump-outs, crosswalks and median islands.

News > Spokane

Mike Ormsby to retire as Spokane city attorney next month

UPDATED: Sun., May 22, 2022

Mike Ormsby, who has served as Spokane's city attorney for more than five years during two administrations, will retire next month, the city announced in a release Thursday.

News > Spokane

Proposed ordinance would ban outdoor watering in Spokane during peak summer hours

UPDATED: Mon., May 23, 2022

Restrictions on watering lawns at certain times over the summer into early fall could become law in Spokane starting in June.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Proposal to transform former East Side Library into Spokane police precinct draws cries of ‘divisiveness’

Wed., May 18, 2022

Some Spokane city officials say neighbors are wholly supportive of turning the former East Side Library into a new police precinct.

News > Spokane

Abandoned North Regal Street warehouse damaged by fire faces demolition

Tue., May 17, 2022

Owners of a North Regal Street warehouse destroyed by a fire in September have largely ignored orders to tear the building down, according to Spokane Code Enforcement.

News > Spokane

Spokane City Council approves zoning change to allow shelters, ‘community services’ in heavy industrial zones

UPDATED: Mon., May 16, 2022

Homeless shelters run by public or nonprofit agencies will be allowed in heavy industrial-zoned areas of Spokane until November, at least.