Emry Dinman

Current Position: city hall reporter

Emry Dinman joined The Spokesman-Review in 2022 as the City Hall Reporter. A Washington State University graduate, he worked at the Columbia Basin Herald and as a government reporter for the Walla Walla Bulletin.

Email: emryd@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5472

Most Recent Stories

News > Spokane

Eastern Washington University, Whitman College deny allowing antisemitic activity

UPDATED: Fri., March 21, 2025

Two Eastern Washington colleges were threatened on March 10 with potential enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights over alleged antisemitic discrimination and harassment.

News > Spokane

Leftwing activist group says it reserved hundreds of seats at Rep. Baumgartner’s tumultuous town hall

UPDATED: Thu., March 20, 2025

Most of the tickets to U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner’s tumultuous town hall Monday night at Whitworth University were reportedly claimed by members of the Spokane branch of the left-wing activist group Indivisible.

News > Local government

Protest at Baumtoberfest

UPDATED: Wed., March 19, 2025

Roughly 100 protesters carrying signs and bullhorns gathered outside of the German-American Society’s Deutsches Haus near downtown Spokane on Wednesday evening, where U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner was hosting “Baumtoberfest,” a $125-per-plate fundraising dinner organized by his congressional campaign.

News > Local government

Legal fees continue to rise for city of Spokane as Robert Bradley case heads to trial

UPDATED: Tue., March 18, 2025

The Spokane City Council will be asked Monday to spend another $100,000 fighting the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the estate of Robert Bradley, who was shot and killed by Spokane police officers in 2022.

News > WA Government

Baumgartner faces angry, disruptive town hall following two months of Trump’s presidency

UPDATED: Tue., March 18, 2025

U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner was confronted by a disruptive, angry crowd that demanded answers for the freshman Republican congressman’s voting record and recent actions in President Donald Trump’s White House – and regularly interrupted each answer during a town hall Monday evening at Whitworth University.

News > Local government

WSDOT again warns it may close local access to U.S. 195 without Latah Valley improvements

UPDATED: Mon., March 17, 2025

Long-simmering tension between the city of Spokane and the state Department of Transportation over the strained road network of the Latah Valley may be boiling over amid sharp disagreement about how to manage an upcoming 1,000-home development.

News > Spokane

Tilting at windmills: How a developer’s emails became the bullhorn of Spokane’s anti-progressive politics

UPDATED: Mon., March 17, 2025

When a woman walking to work at River Park Square this winter was dragged into an alley behind P.F. Chang’s and mugged, Spokane developer and commercial property owner Sheldon Jackson and like-minded business owners pointed to the incident as further proof of the city’s decay.

News > Local government

Three Spokane City Council seats up for election this year

UPDATED: Fri., March 14, 2025

The seats of two liberal and one conservative Spokane City councilmembers – not quite half of the council – are up for election this year.

News > Local government

Gesa Credit Union buys U.S. Pavilion title sponsorship rights for $2.6 million

UPDATED: Thu., March 13, 2025

Gesa Credit Union will purchase title sponsorship rights to the U.S. Pavilion for $2.6 million over the next 10 years.