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Jonathan Brunt

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.

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News >  Spokane

Cupich: ‘Spokane will always have a place in my heart’

Spokane Bishop Blase Cupich heard rumors that he was under consideration for leading the third largest Catholic Diocese in the United States. But he didn’t know for sure until about 10 days ago, when he was informed by the papal nuncio – the pope’s representative in the United States – that he had been selected to be archbishop of Chicago by Pope Francis.
News >  Spokane

Council poised to relax limit on parking

If you live in the city of Spokane, get home from work at 6 p.m., park on the street and don’t leave again until 7 the next morning, you’re violating the law. Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart wants to change that.
News >  Spokane

Though out of regional system, Cheney will use Waste-to-Energy

The city of Cheney, which opted out of the Spokane County regional trash system, is opting back in to a major part of it. This summer, Cheney became only the second city in Washington – behind Seattle – to win approval from the state for a plan to operate an independent garbage system. Cheney will handle its own recycling, household hazardous waste, trash education programs and garbage. But it needed somewhere to put its garbage.
News >  Spokane

Shadle branch library will have Sunday hours

The Spokane Public Library will be open on Sunday. It will only be one branch, and not until next year, but the decision marks a milestone for a library system that only a few years ago couldn’t even afford to keep its main branch open on Mondays.
News >  Spokane

Automated checkout system approved for Spokane Public Library

Getting materials at a Spokane Public Library will become simpler next year with the installation of new checkout and tracking technology. But library patrons eventually will lose the option of checking out with a library staff member – and perhaps 10 jobs will be lost.
News >  Spokane

North Spokane crash levels sign, electric pole

A driver in north Spokane on Saturday afternoon hit a sign, toppled an electric pole – which fell on her car – and came to a stop a half a block away only after leveling the street sign at Maxwell Avenue and Monroe Street. Witnesses said the southbound driver quickly got out of her Ford Fusion and was able to walk around, but was mostly incoherent. Two elementary school-age children riding in the back seat were shaken but uninjured.
News >  Spokane

More than 60,000 without power after latest storm

Another strong thunderstorm hit the northwest section of Spokane and moved north earlier this evening, flooding the fire dispatch channel with reports of downed power lines, fallen trees blocking roads and sparking brush fires.
News >  Spokane

Severe thunderstorm warning issued

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Eastern Lincoln County, southern Ferry County, southeastern Okanogan County and southwestern Stevens County until 5:45 p.m.
News >  Spokane

July was second warmest month in Spokane history

The average temperature in Spokane in July was 75.7 degrees. That was just below the hottest month ever in Spokane, July 1906, which had an average temperature of 75.9 degrees, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jeffrey Cote.
News >  Spokane

Open Spokane council seat draws 22 applicants

Spokane’s first City Council president is among 22 people who submitted applications to fill a vacancy on the council. Rob Higgins, 66, served four terms on the council in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
News >  Spokane

Spokane officials work out agreement for food truck rules

Complaints from food truck operators that proposed city regulations were burdensome likely will lead to lighter rules. City officials on Wednesday worked out an agreement for a new food truck ordinance, and associations that represent food truck operators and restaurant owners have given their blessing, Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart said.
News >  Spokane

Man fatally stabbed at plaza

After a six-hour manhunt, which included a home-by-home search, Spokane police caught a suspect they believe fatally stabbed a man earlier in the day at the crowded Spokane Transit Authority Plaza downtown. Officers arrested Donald T. Phillips, 40, after a homeowner saw him emerge from bushes in Peaceful Valley just west of downtown and called police.
News >  Spokane

Police say stabbing suspect knew victim

After a six-hour manhunt, which included a home-by-home search, Spokane police caught a suspect they believe fatally stabbed a man earlier in the day at the crowded Spokane Transit Authority Plaza downtown.

Police say LC student threatened classmates

Spokane Public School officials say Lewis and Clark High School will operate on a normal schedule today, a day after one of its students was alleged to have threatened students and faculty.
News >  Spokane

Mayor David Condon fights judge’s ruling on fire appointments

Spokane Mayor David Condon is fighting for the power to hire more political appointees in the Fire Department even though a judge has said he can’t and the City Council repealed his right to do so. Condon announced Friday that he is appealing a Spokane County Superior Court ruling that invalidated the city’s creation last year of seven departments within the Fire Department.
News >  Spokane

Short-term online rentals see scrutiny

Jo and Mike Jakupcak make frequent trips to Spokane from their Montana home to visit their grandchild. They don’t mind staying with family, but “it gets a little crowded,” Jo Jakupcak said. So the Jakupcaks found what they thought was perfect solution: About six blocks away, near Manito Park, they rented a room through Airbnb.com.