Emry Dinman

Current Position: city hall reporter

Emry Dinman joined The Spokesman-Review in 2022 as the City Hall Reporter. A Washington State University graduate, he worked at the Columbia Basin Herald and as a government reporter for the Walla Walla Bulletin.

Email: emryd@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5472

Most Recent Stories

News > Education

Burst pipes damage Stevens Elementary classrooms, ruining books, supplies bought by teachers

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

A number of classrooms at Stevens Elementary suffered extensive water damage Monday after burst pipes in the ceiling caused flooding, according to school officials.

News > Spokane

Damaged roof temporarily halts retail services at Manito Post Office, but packages can still be picked up

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

Retail services have temporarily been suspended at the Mancito Post Office, located at 3120 S. Grand Boulevard, after melting snow caused “minor structural issues” at the building, according to a spokesperson.

News > Spokane

Getting there: City Line bus route will use new system to shorten waits at red lights

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 25, 2022

Spokane Transit Authority’s new rapid transit City Line bus route, the six-mile route between Browne’s Addition and Spokane Community College expected to launch next summer, will be the first to make use of the Transit Signal Priority system.

News > Spokane

Miscommunication blamed as homeless told no room at Trent shelter, warming center

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 21, 2022

Some homeless Spokane residents attempting to get out of the dangerous cold weather were unable to get a bed midday Wednesday at the city’s largest indoor shelter, which the mayor had promised wouldn’t turn anyone away. The city said there was a misunderstanding and it wouldn’t happen again Wednesday night.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane braces for lowest temps in 14 years as ‘life-threatening cold’ sets in

Wed., Dec. 21, 2022

Only three years out of the last 30 have brought temperatures this cold to Spokane.

News > Spokane

Spokane City Council’s sustainability lead resigns amid ethics review, calls complaint ‘harassment’

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 20, 2022

Kara Odegard, who had served since 2020 as the Spokane City Council Manager of Sustainability Initiatives, worked her last day on Friday, seemingly cutting short a review of an ethics complaint against her five days before the next hearing in that case.

News > Spokane

Spokane City Council passes $1.2 billion budget with eye to sustainability

Tue., Dec. 20, 2022

Spokane has a newly approved budget for the year ahead, with new funds for dozens of new positions for police and fire, all while hopefully spending less than the city expects to take in.

News > Spokane

With bitter cold on the way, Spokane city, county leaders say hands are tied on Camp Hope

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 19, 2022

The week ahead is expected to be exceptionally cold, with temperatures Thursday forecasted to range from 0 to -15 degrees, and hundreds of unhoused Spokanites remain sleeping outside.

News > Spokane

Cedar Road speed limit lowered to 35 mph by Spokane City Council

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 12, 2022

Drivers on Spokane’s Cedar Road will soon be expected drive slower.