Spokane Stories

The return of Herb! After we shared Herb Batterson's story in January, many of you asked for more Herb, and Herb was happy to oblige. He shares a story of, as a younger man, a treacherous day spent on a logging job and with i...

Herb Batterson looks back on 1960, when he was a freshman in high school, and a night with his two friends, neither of whom lived a long life.

Matthew Vinci, Fire Chief for Spokane County Fire District 9, joined us to share about his journey from firefighter to national advocate for firefighters to fire chief and all the successes and challenges along the way. To le...

Kristina Kenagy joined us to share a powerful and vulnerable story of growing up in very challenging circumstances with undiagnosed autism. She shares about the challenges she overcame and the work she now does in building co...

Ana Alonzo Juarez joined us to tell her story of coming to the United States, being welcomed by a foster family in Spokane, learning English and graduating from high school, and now beginning college to study Social Work. An...

Bob Stout, the Development Director at FāVS News and a Realtor in Idaho and Washington joined us to share about growing up a ranch with a father from a much older generation. He shares about all the things he learned and took...