John Stucke

Current Position: Asst. Managing Editor (Front Page)

John Stucke joined The Spokesman-Review in 2000. As Metro Editor, he directs local news coverage and oversees newsroom reporters. He has reported on business, health care, bankruptcy and agriculture for the paper.

Email: johnst@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5419
Twitter: X

Most Recent Stories

News > Crime/Public Safety

WSDOT worker removing roadkill in Spokane County hit by pickup

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 28, 2024

A Washington state Department of Transportation worker loading two deer carcasses into a removal truck Monday morning suffered serious injuries when the driver of a pickup along state Route 206 east of Mead hit him and pinned him against the work truck.

News > Military

Navy crash victims near Mount Rainier identified as 31-year-old pilots

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 21, 2024

Two women the U.S. Navy called role models and trailblazers were identified Monday as the aviators of an EA-18G Growler aircraft that crashed into a mountainside near Mount Rainier.

News > Pacific NW

Comet appeared again Monday night at sunset

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 14, 2024

What a month for staring at the night sky.

News > Spokane

Former Spokesman-Review marketing director Shaun O’L. Higgins dies at 76

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 4, 2024

Shaun O’L. Higgins, whose optimism and insight fit neatly with his decades leading The Spokesman-Review’s advertising and marketing efforts, died unexpectedly Tuesday. He was 76.

News > Spokane

Spokane selected to host first, second rounds of 2027 NCAA men’s basketball tourney

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 2, 2024

March Madness men’s basketball will return to Spokane in 2027.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police clear explosive material that led to bomb scare at Sacred Heart Medical Center

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 4, 2023

Hospital staff found suspicious materials on a trauma patient flown to Spokane from Oregon.

A&E

What’s in a name? For Spokane, lilacs were the convergence for history and beauty

Thu., June 9, 2022

From staff reports

News

‘It felt like the first Bloomsday’: Race director sees bright future for Spokane’s signature event after more than 21,000 cross finish line

UPDATED: Wed., May 4, 2022

Bloomsday organizers are basking in the orange glow of their post-pandemic race, yet looking ahead to reconnecting with past runners and cultivating a new following to Spokane’s seminal event.

News > Military

Air Force chooses Florida base for new refueling tankers over Fairchild

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 21, 2021

The Air Force has chosen MacDill Air Force Base in Florida rather than Fairchild Air Force Base to be home base for its next group of modern refueling tankers.