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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REPUBLIC – Rep. Michael Baumgartner held his first town hall on Monday in Republic as he campaigns for re-election. -
Construction is underway for a new $2.3 million primary care clinic in Reardan. -
Support for a proposed tax for libraries in Stevens County is well behind in the first batch of votes tallied in Tuesday’s election. -
HUNTERS — Water quality in this small town northwest of Spokane is about to get a major upgrade. -
SEATTLE – The first time Dr. Anita Chopra had a long COVID patient, she cried. -
SEATTLE – La primera vez que la Dra. Anita Chopra atendió a un paciente con COVID persistente, lloró. -
The Republic Public Library has reached a milestone for its expansion a year after a pride flag controversy. -
Providence Family Medicine - Chewelah has completed a remodel that will double patient care space and improve access to its services, the hospital said. -
Tracey Delyea was watching the Antiques Roadshow at her family’s cabin in Coeur d’Alene last summer when an ad caught her attention. -
Travelers going through the rural town of Chewelah will see delays and lane closures beginning Wednesday.
