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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A health care nonprofit in northeastern Washington will expand its reach in an underserved rural region, thanks to the legislation Congress passed to end the government shutdown on Nov. 12. -
Chewelah's first comic-con drew fans from across the Inland Northwest to the small town after a couple with a history of visiting other conventions decided to start their own. -
The Washington State Department of Ecology has wrapped up a six-year project to scrape contaminated dirt in Northport as part of an ongoing effort to improve the rural town’s health. -
A small Whitman County town is giving its long-closed RV park a second chance through an agreement with the Port of Whitman County. It's aimed at boosting tourism and local business. -
Evaristo Salas Jr. said there were days he wasn’t sure he would make it out of prison. But one thing he did know was that, if he ever got the chance, he wanted to help the youths of Sunnyside, Washington. -
Nonprofits and church members in northeast Washington are teaming up to help people stay fed amid a lapse in federal nutrition benefits. -
Older residents and young readers flipped through pages and hugged stacks of books at Seekers Bookshop’s soft opening Nov. 1. -
On a square black velvet cloth, Lesly Ellis carefully shapes grains of rice in honor of the Mayan calendar symbol for this year’s Día de los Muertos, also known as Day of the Dead. -
According to the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, nearly 2,000 in Ferry County, more than 3,500 in Pend Orielle County, and over 10,000 in Stevens County rely on SNAP. -
It was a cloudy Wednesday afternoon as Lupe Reyna, 83, stared at an old gray building with boarded-off entrances – once a store for migrant workers.
