Columns & Letters

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Before you jump into the 2025 Best Of, enjoy a Spokane-style time warp, from 1994 to 2024

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Public buses serve a crucial need; Spokane Transit needs to keep its foot on the (increasingly zero-emission) accelerator

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It’s an epic story never to forget: The downtrodden, exploited Irish were left to die, yet some found a way to survive

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Washington's charter schools are filling gaping holes in the K-12 system; why won't the Legislature allow for more of them?

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Late-night culture has been a challenge for all cities post-COVID; cafes and bars need your help to bring it back

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Tracing cataclysmic floods and geologist J Harlen Bretz’s footsteps across the Pacific Northwest

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While egg supplies are impacted by bird flu, consumers have options often not far from home

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There are a few things the alien invaders should know before they land and make first contact

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The Founders built the Constitution to resist the corrupting influence of too much money in too few hands

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As get-in-shape season hits, a call for sensitivity around body image, cultural expectations and those multitudes who struggle with both