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 > Local government

Spokane green bins will soon be picked up year-round, with limited winter service

Tue., Dec. 3, 2024

Spokane residents with a food and yard waste bin will soon be able to have them picked up by the city during the winter with a limited service coming in January.

News > Local government

Spokane City Council asks for delay to transfer of Thorpe Road property to developer

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 2, 2024

The Spokane City Council has asked for a delay to the transfer of a 160-acre woodland south of Thorpe Road amid traffic concerns that a developer’s plans to build 1,000 homes would further burden roadways.

News > Local government

Spokane’s building fees jump again next year as city tries to afford growth

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 2, 2024

Development fees will significantly increase across Spokane next year, the second phase in a three-year process of making those fees closer to the cost to the city to service new development.

News > Local government

Getting There: Disagreements flare again over how to pay for promised Spokane traffic unit that still hasn’t ramped up

Mon., Dec. 2, 2024

Transportation safety activists are accusing Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown of hypocrisy after her budget proposal continues to recommend paying for traffic officers with a fund typically understood to pay for infrastructure, such as speed bumps.

News > Local government

Spokane seeks study on infrastructure needs for anticipated growth in Latah Valley – and how to pay for it

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 26, 2024

Six months after putting a second stop to development in the Latah Valley citing strained infrastructure and safety concerns, the city of Spokane has contracted for a study of what needs to be built in the area and how best to pay for those improvements.

News > Local government

Minor failure underscores major improvement in Spokane’s stormwater system

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 25, 2024

A failure earlier this month in one of the largest parts of Spokane’s stormwater system initially set off some alarm bells, but city officials argue it highlights the major work done in the last year to keep pollution out of the Spokane River.

News > Local government

Conservationists make last ditch effort to stop 1,000 homes being built on undeveloped Spokane woodland

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 25, 2024

Conservation activists are gearing up for a final attempt to slow down or stop efforts to develop a wooded area into housing near Thorpe Road on the western end of Spokane. They argue the land contains increasingly rare geological, ecological and cultural features that could be lost beneath pavement.

News > Local government

Spokane parks tax will likely be delayed for a third time – this time with the Park Board’s blessing

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 18, 2024

Voters may one day get the opportunity to weigh in on whether the city of Spokane should increase property taxes to make significant investments in the park system – but that day likely won’t come this February.

News > Transportation

Snow season arrives in Spokane, and plow season along with it

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 18, 2024

With a light dusting Saturday and a couple inches forecast this week, snow season has officially arrived in Spokane, and the plows are ready.