Mathew Callaghan

Current Position: Reporter Intern

Mathew Callaghan is a reporter intern and general assignment reporter for The Spokesman-Review. He is a recent graduate of Western Washington University and was an Alum Assistant with the newspaper's Teen Journalism Institute in 2024. A graduate of Deer Park High School, Mathew joined The Spokesman-Review in 2022 as an intern reporter with the Teen Journalism Institute where students apply and are selected to an 8-week summer program open to high school students or recent graduates and made possible by a grant from Bank of America.

Email: mathewc@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5436

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News > Pacific NW

‘A way of life’: What’s happening in the wild world of wheat

Sun., May 31, 2026

ROSALIA – Inside a pole building 35 miles south of Spokane, Scott Roecks flipped through a stack of framed black-and-white photographs of his grandfather farming the family’s land.

News > Local business

Capybaras find community in Coeur d’Alene

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2026

As soft Brazilian jazz echoes through the Capy Hour Café, two baby capybaras climb atop folded legs to chew lettuce and kale out of hollowed coconut husks. Green saliva drools down the pair of river hogs’ jowls, as human customers sip lattes and giddily pat the rodents’ backs.

News > Travel

North Idaho state park masters canopy camping with luxury treehouses

Sun., May 24, 2026

SAGLE, Idaho – Apart from the fine craftsmanship, the aroma of cedar boards used in the tree houses at Round Lake State Park is the first thing visitors notice. The ethereal quality of the lake and its cheery campers and wildlife is the next.

News > Idaho

How the creation of a mountain bike park divided a community in North Idaho

Thu., May 21, 2026

Hidden in the forested hills just west of Lake Pend Oreille, a 170-acre plot of land, known as the Panhandle Bike Ranch, is gearing up to open on Memorial Day weekend.

News > Spokane

Deer dance around downtown Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., May 15, 2026

A trio of mule deer gracefully maneuvered their way through downtown Spokane Wednesday morning, much to the surprise of human onlookers.

News > Local business

Habit Burger and Grill opens in Coeur d’Alene

UPDATED: Fri., May 15, 2026

For those of us in the routine of eating delicious, charbroiled hamburgers more often than we should, it looks like that tendency won’t change anytime soon after Habit Burger and Grill opened Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene .

News > Crime/Public Safety

Vehicle flips in downtown collision at First and Monroe

UPDATED: Wed., May 13, 2026

A driver who ran a red light Tuesday afternoon in downtown Spokane caused a collision that led another vehicle to land upside-down, Spokane police say.

News > Local business

‘A great place to grow old’: Forbes ranks Spokane in top 25 places to retire

UPDATED: Mon., May 11, 2026

A big city with a small-town feel.

Sports > Outdoors

‘They’re not scared, they’re just at home’: Man plans to donate 885 acres to the Kalispel Tribe through conservation easement to protect wildlife

UPDATED: Mon., May 11, 2026

On an average autumn morning last year, Gary Verbrugge would walk off his front porch and watch as a full-grown bull moose took to pruning his apple tree 20 feet away.

Sports > Area sports

‘A little piece of Spokane history’: Meet the woman who designed the 50th Bloomsday finisher shirt

UPDATED: Thu., May 7, 2026

Minutes before the starting gun fired to mark the 50th Bloomsday, Lauren Miller told her father the biggest secret she has ever been forced to keep: “I won it!”

News > Transportation

Washington’s sky-high gas prices could keep people home this summer. Why Spokane could actually see more tourists than usual

UPDATED: Thu., May 7, 2026

When the average price of gas in Spokane reached $5.30 per gallon, Matthew Roberts knew he could no longer afford to take his seventh-grader to Disneyland.

Sports > Area sports

Late bloomers: Hourlong delay at the starting line leaves some racers dismayed on Bloomsday’s 50th

UPDATED: Mon., May 4, 2026

Around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Annette Barfield, her husband, her son, her daughter-in-law and 5-month-old grandson all waited in the stroller section for the Bloomsday starting gun.

News > Spokane

A bear of a Bloomsday: Brenton Sconce finished 7.46 miles on all fours a day after the race began to help those in recovery

UPDATED: Tue., May 5, 2026

Since March of last year, Brenton Sconce has bear-crawled 1 to 2 miles almost every day in preparation for the 50th Bloomsday.

Sports > Area sports

‘The magic of Bloomsday’: 50th annual race in Spokane marks return of prepandemic participation

UPDATED: Sun., May 3, 2026

Shoes pounded the pavement, hearts beat fast and runners sweated through the afternoon heat Sunday during the 50th Bloomsday in the Lilac City.

News > Spokane

50 Years of fitness fashion: Readers, artists and graphic designers rank their favorite Bloomsday T-shirt

UPDATED: Sun., May 3, 2026

Apart from “Is that a raindrop I felt,” “Can I really just throw this cup on the ground” and “When will I finally crest Doomsday Hill,” Bloomsday runners often can’t help but pine over a single, essential question: What will this year’s shirt look like?

Sports > Area sports

‘Growing older is a gift’: Rockwood residents gear up for Bloomsday

UPDATED: Fri., May 1, 2026

Harriet Bloom-Wilson considers herself a bit of a late bloomer.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Hospice caretaker arrested for allegedly stealing patients’ debit cards and cash to pay for mother’s dental implants

UPDATED: Wed., April 29, 2026

Anderson, a 41-year-old former Hospice caretaker, allegedly used her position at an unknown hospice facility to take advantage of vulnerable patients by stealing cash and debit cards from residents and their visiting family members.

News > Sci/Tech

The wonders of waste: How a WSU prof helped turn sewage into 99% pure natural gas while cutting costs in half

UPDATED: Fri., April 24, 2026

Poop has plenty of potential.

News > Higher education

‘That’s our core, that’s not all we are’: Whitworth University, known to be a private liberal arts college, unveils new $20 million engineering building

UPDATED: Tue., April 28, 2026

Whitworth University welcomed donors and students to their campus on Thursday to celebrate the dedication of its new engineering building.

News > Marijuana

‘Deals and a race to the bottom’: A glance at the weed industry on 4/20

UPDATED: Wed., April 22, 2026

When Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize marijuana in 2012, Aaron Como said 4/20 was a pretty big deal.

Sports > Area sports

Blood, sweat, tears and a T-Shirt: Vote for your favorite Bloomsday T-Shirt at the MAC

UPDATED: Fri., April 17, 2026

For 49 years, countless Bloomsday participants have pushed through pain, fatigue and exhaustion running 7.46 miles for a T-shirt.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Taco Bell Beef: Teenage boy faces charges after pulling gun on Taco Bell employee

UPDATED: Tue., April 14, 2026

It began with a messed up drive-thru order.

News > Local business

Grocery Outlet store coming to Deer Park

UPDATED: Mon., April 13, 2026

For the first time in 16 years , Deer Park will boast not one, but two grocery stores.

News > Transportation

‘Everything is contingent on what happens with the strait’: Gas expert weighs in on cost as Spokane residents feel pinch at pump

UPDATED: Mon., April 13, 2026

With the two-week ceasefire in the war between Iran and the United States appearing to hold as of Sunday, many Spokanites are left wondering why they’re still feeling the pinch at the pump.

News > Military

‘Just intolerable’: Protesters at Fairchild decry U.S. involvement in foreign wars

UPDATED: Mon., April 13, 2026

Rusty Nelson was a 23-year-old in Vietnam when he witnessed something that forever changed his view of war.

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