In brief: Valley official takes another job

Spokane Valley’s second highest administrator has announced her resignation to take a job in California.

The city announced Wednesday that Deputy City Manager Nina Regor will leave Oct. 12 to serve as the city manager of Cloverdale, a community of 8,500 north of San Francisco.

Hired in 2003 shortly after the city formed, Regor helped oversee the development of the city’s organizational structure and a number of significant city policies.

“We always hate it when we lose talent, but we understand it’s pretty normal,” said Councilman Steve Taylor.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for her,” he said.

Regor’s departure follows the resignation of the city’s first community development director, Marina Sukup, who left in June to take a job in her home state of Texas.

– Peter Barnes

Spokane

Paramedic in drug program

A paramedic who admitted to stealing prescription drugs from Spokane Fire Department medic boxes is enrolled in a yearlong rehabilitation program that could lead to charges against her being dismissed.

Rebecca Singley, 32, is charged with two felonies – possession of Demerol and possession of morphine – and one misdemeanor, possession of etomidate. She enrolled in a special program for drug addicts operated by Spokane County Superior Court shortly after being formally charged in early August. If she graduates from drug court, the charges against her will be dismissed, Judge Linda Tompkins said.

To qualify for drug court, a person must be clinically proven to have a chemical addiction, Tompkins said. Throughout the program, participants attend treatment sessions and support groups, and are frequently subjected to drug tests.

Meanwhile, Singley has been put on unpaid leave from her paramedic job, said Chief Bobby Williams of the Fire Department. He expects to recommend disciplinary action once an internal investigation is completed within the next few weeks, he said.

On May 30, Singley was found unconscious on the floor of a fire station bathroom after injecting herself with etomidate, a mild sedative. She later admitted to investigators that she had taken and used Demerol, morphine and other pain killers and sedatives from Fire Department medic boxes. She reportedly refilled some drug containers with saline, a sterile water solution, and put them back into service.

- Nick Eaton