Elena Perry

Current Position: education reporter

Elena Perry came to the Spokesman-Review in January 2023 as an intern serving in the Olympia bureau office and then in the Spokane office in May. A graduate of Washington State University, she is the education reporter for The Spokesman-Review

Email: elenap@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5270

Most Recent Stories

News > K-12 education

Freeman School District levy fails again

UPDATED: Tue., April 23, 2024

For the second time this year, Freeman voters failed to support the school district’s $5 million capital levy.

News > K-12 education

Gonzaga students lead fourth-graders through Riverfront Park in district-wide excursion to ‘feel more connected to their community’

UPDATED: Tue., April 23, 2024

Local fourth-graders swarmed Riverfront Park on Monday, learning the history of the area on the heels of the 50th anniversary of Expo ‘74.

News > Higher education

Gonzaga president Thayne McCulloh to retire next year

UPDATED: Mon., April 22, 2024

Gonzaga University President Thayne McCulloh will retire in July 2025, he announced Monday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Three victims in deadly north Spokane house fire on life support, according to family

UPDATED: Mon., April 22, 2024

A woman and her two children, victims of a deadly house fire in the Emerson Garfield neighborhood early Saturday morning, remain hospitalized and on life support, a family member told KHQ Sunday.

News > Higher education

Schulz departing as Washington State University president

UPDATED: Fri., April 19, 2024

Washington State University President Kirk Schulz announced Friday that he will retire at the end of next year, bringing his nearly decade-long stint as the university's top leader to an end.

News > K-12 education

No-phone day at Saint George’s school leaves students feeling free: ‘I would do this every day’

UPDATED: Fri., April 19, 2024

Something was missing in Saint George’s School on Thursday. A lot of somethings.

News > K-12 education

Second times the charm? Freeman School District seeks capital levy again after failure in February

UPDATED: Wed., April 17, 2024

Rockford voters may think they’re experiencing a case of deja vu when filling out their ballots for the special election April 23.

News > K-12 education

Spokane Scholars Banquet: Meet the students whose love of learning impressed this year

UPDATED: Tue., April 16, 2024

On Monday, 168 Spokane-area high school seniors walked into the Spokane Convention Center. That evening, 24 of them walked out at least $1,000 richer.

News > Spokane

Thousands of kids swarm Spokane Falls Community College in mile-long Junior Bloomsday

UPDATED: Sun., April 14, 2024

When told to run the mile in gym class, kids often groan, drag their feet or seek an excuse to skip the dreaded activity. But offer them coupons and a free T-shirt, they come in droves to run the mile-long course at Junior Bloomsday, the much shorter version of the annual 7.5-mile race for kids in third to seventh grade.