Jonathan Brunt

Current Position: Asst. Managing Editor (Govt)

Jonathan Brunt joined The Spokesman-Review in 2004. He is the government editor. He previously was a reporter who covered Spokane City Hall, Spokane County government and public safety.

Email: jonathanb@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5442
Twitter: X

Most Recent Stories

News > Weather

Soaking rains expected to yield to favorable travel conditions for Thanksgiving holiday

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 22, 2024

After a couple days of soaking rain, the weather in the Inland Northwest is expected to shift.

News > Weather

Rain will continue through end of week in Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 20, 2024

The shallow covering of snow Spokane received overnight into Wednesday morning melted quickly as temperatures rose throughout the day.

News > Local government

Most Spokane County voters already have cast ballots

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 4, 2024

Most Spokane County voters already have voted.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Avista restores power to 10,000 customers who lost electricity for about an hour in Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2024

Much of Spokane’s South Hill lost power late Wednesday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Police arrest man suspected of DUI after crashing into South Hill home

UPDATED: Wed., May 15, 2024

For the second time this year, a couple on the South Hill is dealing with the aftermath of a crash caused by an alleged drunken driver.

A&E > Music

Spokane Symphony will celebrate Expo ‘74 with concerts this weekend. Three players will be on stage who also played in Expo a half-century ago.

UPDATED: Fri., May 10, 2024

The first time Paul Raymond played with the Spokane Symphony in Spokane, the governor was in the audience. On stage was international opera star Roberta Peters, renowned ballet dancer Edward Villella and ballerina Lucette Aldous, who was more accustomed to playing world-famous venues like the Sydney Opera House.

News > Weather

Bloomsday likely will be wet – but maybe not too wet

UPDATED: Fri., May 3, 2024

Bloomsday participants wanting to donate their jackets by tossing them atop the branches of Riverside Avenue street trees – as is the Bloomsday starting line tradition – might want to wait little longer on Sunday.

News > Spokane

Spokane Indians unveil Expo ‘74 uniforms as city plans for more than 90 anniversary events

UPDATED: Tue., April 9, 2024

Soon after graduating from Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane City Council President Betsy Wilkerson got her first job: serving hamburgers and hot dogs at an Expo ’74 food stand.

News > Spokane

Kitschy fair souvenirs, a carousel and a super fast tiny car: Spokane’s presence at the Henry Ford Museum

Sun., Feb. 11, 2024

DEARBORN, Mich. –There’s a lot of what you might expect to find of Spokane in the extensive collections of the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.