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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Micaela Eudave, an Othello business owner, was granted release Monday afternoon on bond after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested her on Feb. 8. Her sudden arrest left her son, a student at Othello High School, to manage their family’s food truck while coping with her absence. -
An attorney representing a man accused of assault, who was arrested by immigration authorities in Spokane Valley on his way to a court hearing, says the Spokane County Sheriff's Office likely violated state law by assisting federal immigration officers. -
After years of President Donald Trump claiming the 2020 presidential election was rigged, he signed an executive order Tuesday that would reshape future voting and force major changes to Washington state’s elections. But Washington Attorney General Nick Brown suggested the state would challenge Trump’s declaration. -
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designating English the official language of the country, the first time for such a declaration in U.S. history, and leaders from around Eastern WA shared their thoughts. -
High school students volunteered at Bridges of Hope, a new transitional housing facility in Colville that will help up to 10 men transitioning out of homelessness or recovery. Colville city officials announced last year that all individuals at the homeless camp must be completely moved out by October 2025. -
U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner faced a mix of about 100 supporters and displeased constituents during the first of his town-hall doubleheader Monday morning about an hour's drive southwest of Spokane, where he faced a much larger and angrier crowd Monday night at Whitworth University. -
Facebook video shows immigration officials dragging men out of their car while a woman asks them to show a warrant. ICE alleges the men are involved with a Venezuelan gang, but attorneys say the agency has a history of lying about gang involvement to justify detainments.
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A sculpture by Spokane artist Harold Balazs graced the wall behind the altar at the Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church as a symbol of a timeless expression of faith. Now, this piece will find new life at Whitworth University. -
Alberto Lovo Rojas fled Nicaragua, eventually making his way to Spokane where he became a mechanic on a legal work permit. After being picked up by immigration officers this week, he may now have to return to the country where there's a target on his back. -
At least 200 community members from across Spokane County joined Latinos en Spokane to rally in front of City Hall in support of immigrants and the Keep Washington Working Act.
