FreeRANGE: COPS, Krauter and CIVICS

Luke, Erin and guest Aaron Hedge — the environmentalism and County reporter at RANGE Media — talked about the city’s will-they-won’t-they relationship with the C.O.P.S. contract, CEO Larry Krauter’s departure from the Spokane Airport and a short Civics round-up of all the biggest pieces of news that came out of local municipal meetings this week. If you listened to our episode and want to learn more, here are the stories we referenced:Our live post thread on Bluesky of the Spokane City Council meeting, including comments from C.O.P.S. volunteersEliza Billingham’s story for The Inlander on the C.O.P.S. contractAaron Hedge’s story for Spokane FAVS on Tactical CIVICS, the group one of the C.O.P.S. volunteers coordinates.Thomas Clause’s story for the Spokesman on Larry Krauter leaving the Spokane airport.Aaron Hedge’s coverage on Larry Krauter’s involvement with PFAS nondisclosure.Our weekly CIVICS coverage, which you can sign up to receive every Monday!Elena Perry’s story for the Spokesman on the CVSD’s decision to advocate against transgender athletes.Nick Gibson’s story for the Spokesman on Spokane Valley’s decision to further criminalize homelessness.Emry Dinman’s story for the Spokesman on the delay of the parks levy.Erin Sellers story for RANGE Media on the details of STA’s Connect 2035 plan.