James Hanlon

Current Position: reporter

James Hanlon came to The Spokesman-Review in June 2022 through a grant received from the Report For America reporter program. He is the rural counties reporter covering the eastern Washington and North Idaho counties. All of Hanlon's stories are available without a subscription on The Spokesman-Review's website, and can be republished by other organizations for free under a Creative Commons license.

Email: jamesh@spokesman.com

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Most Recent Stories

News > Business

Health care and tech jobs on the rise in rural northwest

UPDATED: Mon., March 20, 2023

Half of all job postings in rural Washington are in health care, and STEM opportunities are growing rapidly, according to a recent report.

News > Pacific NW

Retired Post Falls coach returns after chemo to lead all-star team: ‘If I got to coach this team all the time, I’d come out of retirement for good’

UPDATED: Fri., March 17, 2023

Having recovered from chemotherapy, a longtime Post Falls coach took a break from retirement Tuesday for an all-star game at Lewis and Clark High School.

News > Pacific NW

Mild weather a ‘welcome break’ as spring approaches in Spokane

UPDATED: Tue., March 14, 2023

After last week's snowstorms, the weather forecast looks mild and mostly clear in the Inland Northwest for the last few days of winter.

News > K-12 education

Pi Day or Pie Day? Why not celebrate both, like local pie shop, math teacher?

Tue., March 14, 2023

March 14. It’s Pi Day! The day to celebrate 3.14, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.

News > Washington

‘Best feeling ever’: Wellpinit, tiny community on Spokane Indian Reservation, celebrates its first basketball championship

UPDATED: Thu., March 9, 2023

Wellpinit High School took home its first boys state basketball title last weekend in a 55-50 win over Sunnyside Christian at Spokane Arena. The reality is still sinking in for the players and the small community on the Spokane Indian Reservation.

News > Education

Pope’s voice on climate, a Gonzaga grad, offers solutions to planetary ‘indifference and despair’ in talk at alma mater

UPDATED: Thu., March 9, 2023

A Catholic cardinal and Gonzaga University graduate explored the intersections between faith and climate change in a lecture at the school Thursday evening.

News > Education

North Idaho College board votes to reinstate president Swayne amid accreditation crisis

UPDATED: Mon., March 6, 2023

The North Idaho College board reinstated president Nick Swayne and placed interim president Greg South on paid administrative leave Monday night in response to a court order.

News > Spokane

Getting There: T.J. Meenach Drive to close next week for Cochran Basin project

Mon., March 6, 2023

The closure will allow crews to connect a pipe for the Cochran Basin project and build swales to treat runoff before it reaches the Spokane River. The road, which was in need of resurfacing, will then be repaired.

News > Education

Judge orders North Idaho College to reinstate president; board meeting planned Monday

UPDATED: Sun., March 5, 2023

"The Board’s majority has wrongfully locked its captain in the brig while steering NIC toward an iceberg," Judge Cynthia Meyer of Kootenai County District Court wrote in a preliminary injunction, ordering NIC to take Swayne off administrative leave for the duration of the lawsuit.