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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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. -
Children portraying the Virgin Mary and Joseph stand near the entrance of the West Central Community Center. -
Liliana Arriaga, better known as “La Chupitos,” walks onto every stage with a whirlwind of chaos and charm—with messy hair, wearing baggy clothes, exaggerated makeup and a mischievous grin. -
In a small northeast Washington town, community members come together each year to make sure every Christmas wish comes true. -
Nutmeg, sugar and salt are familiar in any eggnog recipe. But this batch carries a local touch that ties it closer to home. -
If you thought the Black Friday frenzy had died down, several stores across town proved otherwise Friday morning.
