The Big Business of Virtual Education
For-profit companies dominate online education in Washington and Idaho, but researchers say these schools can be disastrous for kids
By Wilson Criscione
End in Sight
With construction ending on major East Sprague construction, businesses say the city can learn a few things for its work on Monroe
By Samantha Wohlfeil
End of the Dream?
Trump's plan to discontinue the DACA policy; plus, new Spokane policies on homeless camps and panhandling
Wright and Wrongs
As the country debates the fate of Confederate monuments, a local push to rename Fort George Wright Drive is heating up again
By Daniel Walters
Resistance is Survival
How to be a "positive disruptor," and why meaningful change is worth fighting for
By Paul Dillon
It Can Be Done Here
Perhaps Spokane used to define itself by its foibles and setbacks; all that is changing now
By Tom Simpson
Spokane Police Annual K9 Day
Do something: How to get involved in your community this week
Readers respond to our intolerance column, Blessings' eviction and Wingate's departure
Letters to the editor
On the Street
Who do you think Spokane should have a statue of?
The Straight Dope
Let's put some cannabis-related myths to the test
By Mike Bookey
Self-Driving Cars’ Prospects Rise With Vote by Congress
By The New York Times
Hurricane Irma Barrels Toward U.S., Threatening to Engulf Florida
How to Protect a Drug Patent? Sell it to a Native American Tribe
What Does It Cost to Create a Cancer Drug? Less Than You’d Think
iPhone X Makes Its Debut
Riverfront Festival
Spokane's newest music festival Tinnabulation kicks off this weekend, bringing some big names to Riverfront Park
By Nathan Weinbender
Seahawks Win the Super Bowl!
And 5 more probably crazy, potentially accurate predictions for this year's NFL season
By Dan Nailen
For Your Consideration
An R.E.M./Sleater-Kinney mash-up, literary laughs and deep Kanye dive
Nosing Around
Stage Left opens its new season with a modern translation of a classic play
By E.J. Iannelli
A Compelling Voice
Omnivorous, prolific and unflinchingly honest, writer David Shields visits the University of Idaho with 20 titles to his credit
By Sheri Boggs
I Saw You
Week of September 7
On a Lark
Behind the scenes of a recent book by one of the Pacific Northwest's top culinary talents
By Cara Strickland
Organic By Design
City Beach Organics fills a necessary niche in Sandpoint's dining scene
By Carrie Scozzaro
Unorthodox Orthodoxy
The narrative debut of a documentarian, Menashe is an empathetic character study with a vivid sense of place
Midlife Crisis
The preposterous rom-com Home Again is basically a Pottery Barn catalog brought to life
By Maryann Johanson
Bass Master
One of the busiest session musicians in the game, Thundercat has developed into an eccentric, unpredictable artist in his own right
By Howard Hardee
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By Chey Scott
The Trump administration is filing order after order against the LGBTQ+ community; here's how it's impacting the Inland Northwest
By Colton Rasanen
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