October 8, 2026 3:06 am
(The Center Square) – Nearly a year after the Tacoma Urban League, a Black community advocacy organization, first placed its CEO on paid administrative leave, the organization has officially cut ties with Desireé Wilkins Finch amid allegations of improper use of funding. Tacoma Urban League Chief Operating Officer Tasha West-Baker confirmed by phone Wednesday to The Center Square that Wilkins ...
(The Center Square) – Spokane City Council members are offering differing assessments of the city’s new public safety strategy, with one calling the plan a positive step while another questions whether it will bring significant changes to policing. The Spokane Police Department’s Safer Spokane strategy focuses on reducing violent crime, gun violence and other public safety concerns through four key ...
(The Center Square) – Overall crime in the city of Spokane fell more than 22% between 2019 and 2025, with property crime dropping by more than a quarter, according to a new Spokane Police Department report. But while several major crime categories declined, the number of citywide shootings actually increased for the third consecutive year in 2025, and SPD said ...
(The Center Square) – Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday in the case of a Puyallup high-school wrestler who was unknowingly forced to face a male opponent who identifies as female in a match last year. As reported by The Center Square, Kallie Keeler, who was 15 years old at ...
