Erick Doxey

Erick Doxey

@erickdoxey.com

Spokane, Washington based photojournalist. Latest work: erickdoxey.com/links Signal: erickdoxey.01

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

SPOKANE PEOPLE! The Spokesman-Review is holding a pop-up newsroom next week where you can come drink beer, hang out with us and listen to a chat about covering Spokane news. Tickets are FREE… Would love to see ya (I will be there)

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RANGE Media
@rangemedia.co

On Thursday, we published text messages in which a Spokane police officer said he was hoping "we hit him at least once each lol," referring to the killing of a man who was having a mental health crisis by the officer and four of his colleagues.

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investigatewest.bsky.social
@investigatewest.bsky.social

For years, the Spokesman-Review staff have raised concerns about editor Rob Curley's leadership, culminating in his suspension in August. @wilsonc.bsky.social and @bydaisy.bsky.social @rangemedia.co report on how Curley lost the faith of his newsroom: www.investigatewest.org/rob-curley-s...

investigatewest.orgHow Rob Curley lost the Spokesman-Review newsroomNewsroom staffers tell InvestigateWest and RANGE that concerns about Curley’s leadership festered until his August suspension — weeks before the paper was set to transfer to his nonprofit
Erick Doxey
@erickdoxey.com

In this week’s @inlander.com, I caught up w/ SFD Firefighter Alex Peltram, who was shopping w/ his friend’s son Greyson. Greyson’s father, Joe Kerper, is w/ the SFD whose home was damaged by the Spokane Complex fires. The Salvation Army, w/ Old Navy, provided fams affected by the fires w/ gift cards

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

NEW: The girlfriend of the suspected Spokane arsonist, Aaron Farinacci, told me she had no idea about any previous behavior with fire until he spoke to a therapist about it. Plus, court records shed some more light on his mental health. Here’s what we know: www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

spokesman.com'I was shocked': Aaron Farinacci's girlfriend says she struggles to understand his history with fires. Court documents shed some lightFour days before Spokane’s most devastating inferno in history, arson suspect Aaron Farinacci confided in his therapist about setting 25 past blazes.

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

Me and my colleague and managing editor went on one of E&P’s podcasts to talk about the Spokane fires. Also, here is a little post that Editor & Publisher wrote: www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/when...

editorandpublisher.comWhen wildfires hit home: Inside The Spokesman-Review’s race to inform Spokane - Editor and PublisherWhen wildfires roared toward Spokane, the journalists covering the disaster suddenly found their own homes, neighbors and newsroom in its path. Three newsroom leaders reveal how The Spokesman-Review r...
Erick Doxey
@erickdoxey.com

I’ve read this a *few* times. Alex is amazing and we’re very lucky to have her. Especially on Bluesky

Alexandra (Alex) Duggan@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

My firsthand account of what I saw during the Spokane Old Trails Fire, which razed hundreds of homes and forced the evacuation of more than 60,000 people. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

spokesman.comI was one of the first reporters on Spokane's devastating Old Trails fire. This is what I sawAs smoke and flames encroached on a neighborhood near Indian Trail Elementary School during Spokane’s most devastating fire, a Spokane police officer raced to the home of a couple in an attempt to sa...
Erick Doxey
@erickdoxey.com

More scenes from the Balboa Neighborhood in Spokane, Washington today of the destruction caused by the Old Trails Fire on August 1st. Members of the Moses Lake FD were on scene to help clean up any potential hot spots. Photos taken for @bloomberg.com

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

I was on the scene that day and watched people flag police down to talk to someone walking away from the fire. My law enforcement sources confirmed to me this evening my description of the person I saw was consistent with the suspect. Here’s the story so far: www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

spokesman.comSheriff: Man, 37, arrested on suspicion of setting Old Trails fireA 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson for allegedly setting the Old Trails fire, Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels announced Monday night.
Alexandra (Alex) Duggan@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

BREAKING: Investigators have arrested 37-year-old Aaron Farinacci, a former Arizona resident with a manslaughter conviction, in connection to the start of the Old Trails Fire in Spokane.

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

SPOKANE, WASH. — The only recognizable remnant of the Schuler family’s home after a wildfire swept through their neighborhood is its address. The numbers, 7823, still hung on to the pieces of charred wood above what used to be the front door. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

spokesman.comA family came back to their house burnt to the ground after the Upriver fire. They count on faith to get them through itThe only recognizable remnant of the Schuler family’s home after a wildfire swept through their neighborhood is its address.

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
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I want to remind everyone that this was in Spokane Valley. Spokane Valley was unable to obtain a federal grant for fire mitigation due to the Trump Admin’s new restrictions to accept those grants. They warned of exactly this. Here is that story. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

spokesman.comNew USDA conditions are hampering state and local wildfire services. Northwest fire officials warn of dire consequencesA devastating wildfire will happen again, Ken Johnson said. “It’s just a matter of time."

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RANGE Media
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Help keep independent, accountability journalism free to read in the Inland Northwest — and own a share of the newsroom while you do it. RANGE Media is hiring our first-ever Membership & Marketing Manager. Worker-owned co-op, Spokane, $60–68k. Apply by June 12 → http://rangehiring.n...

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

A Spokane Valley City councilman said during a meeting last week he didn’t want Somali people to build homes here. He confirmed it was a comment made in relation to Minnesota. More: www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

spokesman.comSpokane Valley councilman uses Somalian nationality to describe fraud concerns in a local project funded federallyThree minutes before a special meeting at Spokane Valley City Hall ended, recently elected Councilman Mike Kelly said something that startled some in the room.

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

I don’t know why it’s become commonplace for some news stations to never cite where they got information. “Spokane Police said” doesn’t tell me where, when or who said it. Did the entire department tell you that? Telling the public how you got information is part of the storytelling process.

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father. They remain in a Texas immigration detention center. The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

spokesman.comBorder patrol detains 10-year-old Spokane girl and her dad, sends them to Texas detention centerArnoldo Tiul Caal dropped his daughter off for school at Logan Elementary the morning of Friday, Jan. 9 with the unnerving sense that they were being followed.

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RANGE Media
@rangemedia.co

On the morning of January 7, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The fallout has rippled across the US, sparking protests in major cities and locally here in Spokane.

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Photojournalism News
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MSNBC: 'There is a human being behind the camera': New doc focuses on life of award-winning photojournalist www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/... @msnbc.com @lynseyaddario.bsky.social‬ #photojournalism #journalism #photography‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

msnbc.com'There is a human being behind the camera': New doc focuses on life of award-winning photojournalistThe new National Geographic documentary 'Love+War' focuses on the life of award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario. Addario and David Miliband of the International Rescue Committee join Morning Jo...

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

A federal jury tonight found Martin Diaz, the Spokane man fighting deportation, “not guilty” of assaulting a Border Patrol agent when they tackled him outside of his home earlier this year. He has been in the U.S. since he was 2 years old. Link to prior coverage: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

spokesman.comSpokane man fighting deportation arraigned on assault charge on agentA Spokane man arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents on April 29 appeared in court Thursday after a grand jury found probable cause to charge him with assault on a federal officer stemming from his arr...

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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan
@alexdugganreports.bsky.social

BREAKING: Two Spokane Police officers resigned this year amid an investigation into allegations they were seducing victims of domestic violence, hundreds of documents show. MORE: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

spokesman.comTwo Spokane Police officers resign amid investigation for on-duty sexual acts with domestic violence victimsTwo Spokane police officers have resigned within the past year amid internal affairs investigations into allegations that they had used their badge to seduce women who were victims of domestic violenc...
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Congrats to Samantha Wohlfeil of @Inlander.bsky.social for taking home the 1st Place 2025 AAN Award for Health Care Reporting: https://www.inlander.com/news/one-month-behind-the-scenes-of-spokanes-ongoing-fight-to-end-the-deadly-fentanyl-crisis/article_e2ad0a26-0d10-56e9-8622-ab0eed331b93.html

inlander.comOne month behind the scenes of Spokane's ongoing fight to end the deadly fentanyl crisisIn Spokane County, a single person died of a fentanyl-related overdose in 2018, according to official records.