Colin Tiernan

Current Position: reporter

Colin Tiernan, a graduate of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, joined The Spokesman-Review in 2021, and currently works as a reporter covering Spokane County and Spokane Valley government. Colin worked the past two years at the Twin Falls (Idaho) Times-News as the business, agriculture and environmental writer. Prior to that he worked at the Douglas Budget in Wyoming as a reporter and photographer. He has also worked as a sports reporter and was a field technician at the Universidad de La Plata in Buenos Aires. He is fluent in conversational Spanish.

Email: colint@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5039
Twitter: Twitter

Most Recent Stories

News > Spokane

Spokane County’s budget is growing by $200 million next year. Here’s why

Sun., Dec. 25, 2022

The main culprits are a massive windfall of federal stimulus funds and a shooting range construction project on the West Plains.

News > Spokane

Spokane County chief financial officer fired last month, but commissioners stay mum on reason

Sat., Dec. 24, 2022

Petrovich was hired as Spokane County CFO in May 2020 after managing Whitman County's finances for nearly a decade.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane County jury awards $19.5 million to former sheriff’s deputy and his wife in defamation case

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 23, 2022

Jeff Thurman, an 18-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office who flew on the helicopter crew and worked as a police dog handler, was fired from the agency in 2019.

News > Spokane

‘A fresh start for Spokane County’: Democrats Waldref, Jordan sworn in as county commissioners

Fri., Dec. 23, 2022

The era of the five-member Spokane County Commission has informally begun.

News > Spokane

Spokane County asking state lawmakers for jail funding, reduced housing regulations and baseball stadium money

Thu., Dec. 22, 2022

After making their list and checking it twice, the Spokane County commissioners are going to find out if state lawmakers can make their legislative agenda a reality.