About this episode
Val and Aaron discuss local news items from this week's CIVICS agenda.
On this week’s episode, Val and Aaron went on the air to catch you up on local news! They talked about some items from this week’s CIVICS agenda, including: A $120,000 contract for Mujeres in Action to provide SPD with cultural competency training and language access services (which passed); Info on the Spokane County sheriff’s proposal to charge fees for requesting body camera footage from law enforcement. $120,000 for Mujeres in Action to train cops (March 23, 2026 CIVICS) They also talked about PFAS clean-up updates, reopening the STA double decker bus crash investigation, and the March 20th memorial for Otto Zehm, who was killed by police 20 years ago. Check out this week's Free RANGE episode on YouTube !
People in this episode
Hosts: Val, Aaron
Topics covered
- local news
- cultural competency training
- law enforcement
- body camera footage
- PFAS clean-up
- memorials
Keywords
- CIVICS
- local news
- Mujeres in Action
- cultural competency
- body camera footage
- PFAS clean-up
- Otto Zehm
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Mujeres in Action, Spokane County
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