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Valley testing finds 60 weak hydrants, increases pressure on water districts

Spokane Spokesman-Review, Sept. 24, 2007, A1 (view .pdf of clipping)

After obtaining hydrant data from the fire district, I helped develop an  interactive map where readers could find faulty hydrants in their neighborhoods.

Uranium plant may find home in Eunice

Associated Press, late February, 2005 (.pdf)

This story ran on the A-wire, and papers across the United States and abroad picked it up, according to a Google News search the following day.

Senate blocks bill to import Canadian drugs, opponents say the bill will restrict new drug research 

Columbia Missourian, Sept. 28, 2004, 1A (.pdf)

I wrote this story while covering the U.S. Capitol for the Missourian and the Spokesman-Review through the University of Missouri's Washington Program.

Features

Hitching a ride online, Drivers with space connect with those who need it using

Web sites - Spokane Spokesman-Review, Feb. 22, 2007, A1

County’s lone bar fits quietly into town’s conservative mold

Idaho Falls Post Register, June 26, 2003, A1 (Rexburg edition) (.pdf)

I discovered this tavern while writing about communities east of Idaho Falls as an intern. Four years later, a New York Times reporter wrote a similar feature on this bar when it closed.

Bowling for Columbia, personalized polyester shirts aside, bowling is right up our alley - Columbia Missourian’s VOX magazine, Nov. 13, 2003

Profiles

Hand of Experience, as a young municipality, Spokane Valley relies heavily on its city manager - Spokane Spokesman-Review, April 30, 2006, A1
Leone Grant had love of outdoors, neighbors, family - Spokane Spokesman-Review, Dec 23, 2006, Valley Voice