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: Twitter

Most Recent Stories

News > Pacific NW

Spokane Public Schools delays classes, Mead cancels as snow makes for slick commute

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 28, 2023

Spokane and Coeur d’Alene received 4-6 inches of snow by Tuesday morning, leading to canceled school for some students and vehicle collisions across the region.

A&E > Food

Ms. Dot’s white BBQ sauce is a Spokane business with strong roots in Alabama

Wed., Dec. 7, 2022

Douglas Williams sells his barbecue sauce in more than a dozen locations in the Inland Northwest. And at one location in Hillsboro, Alabama – his mom’s restaurant, Dot’s Diner.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Speeding car splits in half when it crashes into sign on 29th Avenue

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 25, 2022

A speeding car was ripped apart and the driver injured when it crashed into a sign in southeastern Spokane Friday morning.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Street light collapses in downtown Spokane crash that injured 1

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 18, 2022

From staff reports

News > Sci/Tech

Spokane weather balloons are collecting data helping guide Hurricane Ian forecasters

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 27, 2022

As forecasters frantically work to pinpoint where Hurricane Ian may land, they’re getting a little help in the Inland Northwest.

News > Idaho

Relief from smoke in Spokane will wait until at least Tuesday

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 12, 2022

For the second day in a row on Monday, Spokane woke to unhealthy air quality levels from smoke that blew in from North Idaho, northeastern Washington and western Montana.

News > Spokane

Spokane civil rights activist Sandy Williams was aboard plane that crashed in Puget Sound

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 6, 2022

The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed that Sandy Williams, the force behind the Carl Maxey Center in East Central Spokane and the publisher of the Black Lens, was a passenger on the plane, said Rick Williams, Sandy Williams' brother. The Coast Guard determined Monday morning that no one could have survived the crash.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Firefighters quickly extinguish brush fire near South Hill water tower at 14th and Grand

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 19, 2022

Firefighters quickly stopped a brush fire that briefly sent smoke into the air around a busy South Hill intersection Thursday afternoon.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane officers shoot and kill man after gunfire exchange and 5-hour standoff

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 3, 2022

Spokane police got into a standoff with a man for more than four hours after he exchanged gunfire with them in the early morning hours. The man was later shot and killed by police.