Eliza Billingham
ReporterEliza Billingham is a full-time news reporter for SPR. She earned her master’s degree in journalism from Boston University, where she was selected as a fellow with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to cover an illegal drug addiction treatment center in Hanoi, Vietnam. She’s spent her professional career in Spokane, covering everything from rent crises and ranching techniques to City Council and sober bartenders. Originally from the Chicago suburbs, she’s lived in Vietnam, Austria and Jerusalem and will always be a slow runner and a theology nerd.
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If mobile home park owners do decide to get out, sales can be an opportunity for tenants and developers. -
Famous for characters like Bon Qui Qui and My Linh, Johnson-Reyes has become an enduring comedic force of her own. -
Rocky Wells and Aliana Vakaloloma are USL Spokane's first academy players from local high schools. They get to play on the pro teams without losing college eligibility. -
City leaders in Spokane are trying to understand the strings attached if they accept a grant from the Department of Justice to hire new police officers. -
The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival is marking its 50th anniversary this year. For almost 40 of those years, it’s stopped in Spokane. -
Hannah Cvancara may get what she wants, but says she wouldn't immediately benefit. -
Hear our 2025 interviews with Hannah Cvancara, Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Julie Tate-Libby. -
Isaac and Tillie Baum were prominent early Jewish pioneers in Spokane. Their original home in Browne's Addition is being considered for the city's Register of Historic Places. -
According to data from Eastern Washington University, the county's median income jumped significantly between 2023 and 2024. But local economists don't know why. -
International Rescue Committee is adding safe artificial intelligence use to its digital literacy classes.
