John Stucke

Current Position: Asst. Managing Editor (Front Page)

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John Stucke

John Stucke joined The Spokesman-Review in 2000. As Metro Editor, he directs local news coverage and oversees newsroom reporters. He has reported on business, health care, bankruptcy and agriculture for the paper.

Email: johnst@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5419
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‘It felt like the first Bloomsday’: Race director sees bright future for Spokane’s signature event after more than 21,000 cross finish line

UPDATED: Wed., May 4, 2022

Bloomsday organizers are basking in the orange glow of their post-pandemic race, yet looking ahead to reconnecting with past runners and cultivating a new following to Spokane’s seminal event.

News > Military

Air Force chooses Florida base for new refueling tankers over Fairchild

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 21, 2021

The Air Force has chosen MacDill Air Force Base in Florida rather than Fairchild Air Force Base to be home base for its next group of modern refueling tankers.

News

Washington prisoners getting vaccinated for COVID-19 amid outbreak

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 28, 2020

There were 147 new COVID-19 cases reported Monday in Spokane County. Two more people died.

News > Spokane

Medal of Honor recipient and WSU graduate Ronald Shurer, 41, dies of cancer

UPDATED: Fri., May 15, 2020

Ronald Shurer II, who graduated from Washington State University in 2001 and joined the Army a year later and served with such extraordinary valor in Afghanistan that he earned the nation’s highest military honor, died Thursday of cancer. He was 41.

News > Spokane

Author and Pulitzer Prize winner Timothy Egan: ‘My faith is complicated’

Sat., Oct. 26, 2019

Unsettled by his mother’s deathbed words about her long-held beliefs, Timothy Egan, a New York Times winner of the Pulitzer Prize and bestselling author, packed his own lapsed faith, curiosity and Pacific Northwest travel wear and set out to explore his own spirituality in his new book, “A Pilgrimage to Eternity.”

News > Spokane

Loss of Glacier National Park’s Sperry Chalet leaves supporters wondering how to rebuild

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 1, 2017

After wildfire burned Glacier National Park’s historic

News > Spokane

Spokane woman makes the most of her shot on Jeopardy!

UPDATED: Thu., March 2, 2017

Crista Calderon didn’t win her match on the long-running trivia mega hit Jeopardy!, but she had a lot fun trying.

News > Spokane

Protesters in Spokane denounce Trump immigration orders

UPDATED: Sun., Jan. 29, 2017

Spokane protesters joined an eruption of anger and exasperation across the country as President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to stop the flow of immigrants from Muslim nations became reality with a sweeping executive order this weekend.

News > Business

Anthony’s Beach Cafe and Cafe Rio Mexican Grill have closed after a year in business near South Hill Target store

Fri., Dec. 2, 2016

Two restaurants have closed within three days of each other in the new Regal Plaza south of Ferris High School where where Target now anchors a busy shopping center.