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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A recent Idaho Supreme Court ruling is sending waves through mountain towns and resorts -
Sandpoint City Council splits vote, goes to mayor to break tie -
The city faces community outcry stemming from the YMCA's women's locker room. -
It's the second year in a row the expansion team has come up one win short. -
Third seed Velocity will play regular season champs One Knox this Sunday in Tennessee -
Spokane-area dad of three competes for $4.56 million on TVs across the country -
The holistic approach encourages veterans to find help from other veterans—and sometimes, a duck. -
A last minute overtime goal and sudden death shootout kept dreams alive -
Local pastor Gabriel Mwamba and nonprofit Hope Soccer 2026 are using the World Cup as an excuse to get kids off their phones and on the pitch. -
Many economists say the current economy is great for people at the upper end of the wage scale, a slog for people at the other end. Also, historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez talks about how a fringe strain of Christianity has come to dominate the national conversation.
