Quinn Welsch

Current Position: reporter

Quinn Welsch joined The Spokesman-Review in June 2022. He is a breaking news reporter for The Spokesman-Review focusing on crime and public safety.

Email: quinnw@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5469

Most Recent Stories

News > Crime/Public Safety

Court docs: Woman accused of killing man in Medical Lake said he was trying to rape her

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

A woman who is alleged to have shot a man she was dating in Medical Lake last week said he was trying to sexually assault her, according to newly released court documents

News > Crime/Public Safety

Police allege 16-year-old killed, injured apartment residents after they ended a late-night party early in north Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

New court documents shed light on a shooting that killed one and injured another after the two ended a party at their apartment on Dec. 18.

News > Crime/Public Safety

One man shot and one man arrested after argument in Spokane Valley apartment

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 28, 2022

One man was arrested and another man was shot in the leg after an alleged argument in the parking lot of a Spokane Valley apartment complex on Tuesday night.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Police investigating drive-by shooting on Christmas Eve that injured two

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

The Spokane Police Department is investigating a drive-by shooting that hospitalized two people on Christmas Eve.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Warm temps trigger rapid snowmelt, burst pipes, urban flooding across Inland Northwest

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Expect temperatures to dip again, followed by more snow this week.

News > Education

Rhodes to success: Spokane woman and economics student earns scholarship to Oxford

Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

Ilina Logani, 23, of Spokane, received the prestigious Rhodes scholarship in November.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Deputies investigating suspected homicide possibly linked to burglary near Deer Park

UPDATED: Tue., Dec. 27, 2022

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide south of Deer Park after it was alerted to a report of a suspicious death on Monday night.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Uber driver hospitalized after attack on Christmas Eve; family fundraising for medical costs

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 25, 2022

Duane Johnson, 57, was hospitalized after he was shot in the chest in a drive-by shooting before sunrise on Christmas Eve, his family said.

News

How the NORAD Santa Tracker got its start from a newspaper typo

Fri., Dec. 23, 2022

It was 1955 when an Air Force colonel got an unexpected phone call at a Colorado base. It was a child looking for Santa Clause.