Monica Carrillo-Casas
SPR Reporter/Murrow FellowMonica Carrillo-Casas joined SPR in July 2024 as a rural reporter through the WSU College of Communication’s Murrow Fellows program. Monica focuses on rural issues in northeast Washington for both the Spokesman-Review and SPR.
Before joining SPR’s news team, Monica Carrillo-Casas was the Hispanic life and affairs reporter at the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho. Carrillo-Casas interned and worked as a part-time reporter at the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, through Voces Internship of Idaho, where she covered the University of Idaho tragic quadruple homicide. She was also one of 16 students chosen for the 2023 POLITICO Journalism Institute — a selective 10-day program for undergraduate and graduate students that offers training and workshops to sharpen reporting skills.
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Arnoldo Tiul Caal dropped his daughter off for school at Logan Elementary the morning of Jan. 9 with the unnerving sense that they were being followed. -
For years, families in Pomeroy have driven at least 30 minutes to find childcare. Now, a community-led effort is working to bring those services back to town. -
Late last week, rumors on social media swirled that the Omak Library was on the brink of closure, prompting more than 100 people to attend Monday’s city council meeting. -
Greg Deckard, CEO and chairman of State Bank Northwest, compared the penny situation to the Y2K scare of 2000 when many people feared that computer networks would cease to function. -
After years as its most requested service, a local Latino-led nonprofit officially launched its long-awaited bilingual driving school. -
Miguel Tamburini got a call from his mother last night, after bombs began hitting Venezuela just blocks away from her home. -
For the first time, a nonprofit that serves Spokane’s Haitian community, is combining its New Year’s celebration with Haitian Independence Day. -
In 1992, Lynn and Becky Miner bought 100 acres of land with plans to build a log home and start a tree farm – despite not knowing anything about forestry. -
Newport’s hospital has expanded its services in recent months, but a new market assessment shows additional needs to better support rural residents in northeast Washington and North Idaho. -
Esmeralda Sandoval remembers being just 5 years old, squeezed between the dusty bins in Florida’s fields, trying not to be seen while her parents worked under the hot sun picking oranges.
