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Colton Rasanen

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  1. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Colton Rasanen

    Spokane agencies’ swift coordination gets 65,000 evacuated safely during fires (opens the original)

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    More than a month ago, when the Upriver Fire burned 18 structures and killed one person in the Beacon Hill area, residents had little lead time before they had to evacuate their homes. And the same was true for people living near the Spokane Complex fires that began burning on Saturday, Aug. 1. “There’s no guarantee that you’re going to get that nice slow lead-up of ‘OK, get ready, get set, then go,’” Spokane County Emergency Management Deputy Director Chandra Fox told the Inlander

  2. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Colton Rasanen

    Spokane agencies’ swift coordination gets 65,000 evacuated safely during fires (opens the original)

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    More than a month ago, when the Upriver Fire burned 18 structures and killed one person in the Beacon Hill area, residents had little lead time before they had to evacuate their homes. And the same was true for people living near the Spokane Complex fires that began burning on Saturday, Aug. 1. “There’s no guarantee that you’re going to get that nice slow lead-up of ‘OK, get ready, get set, then go,’” Spokane County Emergency Management Deputy Director Chandra Fox told the Inlander

  3. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Colton Rasanen

    Man suspected of setting Old Trails Fire arrested and charged with first-degree arson (opens the original)

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    Shortly after 7:30 pm Monday, Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels announced that his office had identified and arrested a man suspected of starting the Old Trails Fire. Aaron Farinacci, 37, was arrested about 5 o’clock that evening on suspicion of first-degree arson. A Spokane resident, Farinacci was previously convicted of manslaughter in Mesa, Arizona. According to a 2010 story in the East Valley Tribune, Farinacci was arrested because he shot and killed his father. “A 21-year-old Mesa ma

  4. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Colton Rasanen

    Meet the four candidates in Washington’s 3rd District race hoping to replace 23-year veteran Rep. Timm Ormsby (opens the original)

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    For a period in the late 2010s and early 2020s, Eastern Washington had a healthy selection of senior legislators in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. However, these past few years have seen a lot of turnover in the region’s representation in Olympia. In 2024, former 3rd District Sen. Andy Billig retired after 12 years, while the 7th District elected two new representatives. Additionally, former 4th District Sen. Mike Padden spent more than 40 years in the Legislature before re

  5. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Colton Rasanen

    The two Washington state representative seats in the Sixth District lack incumbents; meet the nine candidates hoping voters will choose for the general election (opens the original)

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    Voters in Washington’s 6th Legislative District — which covers Airway Heights, Medical Lake, Four Lakes, Nine Mile Falls, Indian Trail, Five Mile Prairie, parts of north and northeast Spokane and parts of northwest Spokane County — are preparing for a new pair of representatives to take office. But first, they need to narrow each race to the top two vote-getters in the Aug. 4 primary election. There are six candidates in the race for Position 1, which has been held by Republican state Re

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