The Slow Death of Cursive

Posted By DANIEL.WALTERS at 04:28 PM on Tue, Jan. 22, 2013
Some politicians choose to focus on poverty or drop-out rates or foster care or government spending. But in Idaho, Rep. Linden... Read more

Silverwood adding two new rides this year

Posted By CHEY.SCOTT at 01:36 PM on Tue, Jan. 22, 2013
With an icy high of 26 degrees today, it’s hard to remember what the Inland Northwest’s pleasantly warm summers even feel like anymore, but that... Read more

A Curse, or Just an Elk? Why the King Tut train was in town

Posted By LISA.WAANANEN at 12:21 PM on Tue, Jan. 22, 2013
We’re used to seeing coal trains roll by our window here at the Inlander office, but last Friday morning there was a more unusual train... Read more
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Wonder Women

A fight about sexism in geek culture goes a lot deeper than scantily-clad superheroes

Leah Sottile
| Jan 15, 2013

Heather Freeman and Kylie Martonik are completely nerding out. In the back room of the Comic Book Shop on North Division in Spokane, their voices get progressively louder as they talk supe

Enter Stage Left

The Stage Left Theater Association is bringing two things to Spokane: edgy plays and a place to perform them

E.J. Iannelli
| Jan 15, 2013

Bob Nelson would be the first to admit that he makes an improbable theater owner. The 72-year-old former physicist, now a developer of mathematical software, has never mingled in theatrical circles. H

THEATER | Apollo 13

Joe O'Sullivan
| Jan 15, 2013

The rumblings of liftoff, the terse news updates of Walter Cronkite, the tense suits and ties staring into flickering computer screens. Apollo 13: Mission Control is a production that plunges its audi

The Mysterious Snowman

Where did the ritual of stacking large balls of snow atop each other come from?

Chey Scott
| Jan 15, 2013

One evening last week during my drive home from The Inlander’s downtown offices, heading to the north side, I watched the blowing snowflakes outside my windshield rapidly grow in size as the str

For Your Consideration | January 17, 2013

Paper Route, "Moonshiners" and SpokaneHistorical.org

Chey Scott
| Jan 15, 2013

WEBSITE/APP Spokane’s cultural, civic and architectural histories are all quite fascinating and, thankfully, also pretty well documented. If you’ve ever wondered what the story is beh

Land of Hops

Washington’s beer industry is uniting to remind you of the state’s brewing prowess

Lisa Waananen
| Jan 15, 2013

When volunteers gathered at Paradise Creek Brewery in Pullman last December to help put the growing brewery’s beer into bottles, the caps pressed onto each container were intended to do more tha

UPDATE | Prospectors Bar & Grill

Jo Miller
| Jan 15, 2013

Prospectors Bar and Grill has been sporting big reopening soon signs since it closed mid-December. Cheryl and Mike Didier, the original owners of the restaurant, are reclaiming it after having sold it

Barrel Riders

With 11 beers on tap and peanuts on the floor, Northern Ales is brewing up deliciousness in Kettle Falls

Carrie Scozzaro
| Jan 15, 2013

There’s a little something for everyone at Northern Ales euro;” especially for beer novices euro;” unless you’re allergic to peanuts, which they serve in baskets to munch while you wait and, yeah, t

He’s Back

Arnold Schwarzenegger reflects on seven years away from acting

Ed Symkus
| Jan 15, 2013

Remember when the T-800 Terminator glared down at the distracted desk cop and uttered the soon-to-be iconic line, “I’ll be back”? In that movie, he kept his word, and wreaked havoc.

Tough Love

Leave it to the French to make a sexy film about a horrific accident

Ed Symkus
| Jan 15, 2013

At first sight, it appears that Rust and Bone, the newest offbeat drama from French filmmaker Jacques Audiard (The Prophet, The Beat that My Heart Skipped) is going to be about Ali (Matthias Schoenaer

Those Were The Days

Why some pop-punk bands, like Sum 41, will never die

Seth Sommerfeld
| Jan 15, 2013

Pop-punk exists in a weird place in the musical landscape. It’s a genre perfectly tailored for 13- to 18-year-olds. It offers a dash of the rebellious spirit of punk, while not forcing the liste

In the Black

Johnny Cash tribute band Cash’d Out walks the line between impersonators and performers

Jordy Byrd
| Jan 15, 2013

The gig was the same every day. Stop at a gas station. Pick up a Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings or Johnny Cash cassette tape. Then drive. Douglas Benson, lead singer of the Johnny Cash tribute b

SHORT FICTION CONTEST 2012

Putzkammer’s Sonata

Short Fiction Contest 2012

Megan Breen
| Dec 18, 2012

EDITORS’ NOTE: As the more than 200 stories poured into our inbox for our annual Fiction Contest, my dark heart fluttered. This year’s theme ” “The End” ” really allowed our re

Enjoy Yourself

Short Fiction Contest 2012 - Runner Up

David Skies
| Dec 18, 2012

An end-of-the-world farce brought to you by 2011 Inlander Fiction Contest winner David Skies. Enjoy YourselfBy David Skies “And that was the sports. In other news, leading scientists

Vagabond

Short Fiction Contest 2012 - Runner Up

Steve Wing
| Dec 18, 2012

Steve Wing’s tale about the mysterious routine and ambiguous end of one family’s patriarch. VagabondBy Steve Wing We suspected something was up when we noticed Grandfather conf

The Bus Ride

Short Fiction Contest 2012

Rebecca Goodrich
| Dec 18, 2012

EDITORS’ NOTE: As the more than 200 stories poured into our inbox for our annual Fiction Contest, my dark heart fluttered. This year’s theme €” “The End” €” really allowed our re

The End Again

Short Fiction Contest 2012 - Runner Up

Rick Boal
| Dec 18, 2012

Writer Rick Boal turns humankind’s superstitions toward the apocalypse into a raging, futuristic party tradition. The End AgainBy Rick Boal Mummy told me "there have been end-of-

Line of Fire

To some, the AR-15 is a symbol of American freedom. To others, it’s a weapon of mass destruction

Jacob Jones
| Jan 15, 2013

3.5 Million or more AR-15-style rifles are in circulation in America. - NRAíší€ší‚í‚  Black gunmetal strikes coarse against the skin. With its stout and angular design, the AR-15 semiau

The Next 125 Years

Publisher's Note

Ted S. McGregor Jr.
| Jan 15, 2013

“The future of Gonzaga is bound up in the future of Spokane.” You can almost hear old Fr. Joseph Cataldo say those words as he laid the cornerstone of the new college on the north bank of

Filibustered Future

Without changing its rules, the deliberations will drag on forever

Robert Herold
| Jan 15, 2013

Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain recently threatened to put a hold on the pending nomination of Susan Rice to become secretary of state, essentially dooming her prospects. Now Graham threatens

It’s About Suicide

The debate on gun control needs to expand to include mental health

Paul Quinnett
| Jan 15, 2013

Mass murderers never ask themselves, “After I kill all these innocent people, how will I escape?” The “escape” is a pre-planned suicide — whether delivered by one’s own h

Transit of the Future

What comes next in the evolution of the Inland Northwest

Joe O'Sullivan
| Jan 15, 2013

First, some myth busting. When it comes to planning public transit, what’s important isn’t necessarily putting buses or light rail on a big, busy street. It’s more about identifying

'Not a Privilege'

How traffic tickets may unfairly target the poor and what advocates are doing to change the law

Heidi Groover
| Jan 15, 2013

When David Hay saw the flashing lights of a cop car in his rearview mirror, his first thought was that he might lose his job. He was driving with a suspended license, the result of traffic tickets he

Land War

Why officials who pushed to designate caribou habitat are now considering lifting federal protections

Joe O'Sullivan
| Jan 15, 2013

At the beginning of 2012, environmentalists thought they had a solid proposal in place to help the endangered mountain woodland caribou, the last few of which occasionally dip south of the Canadian bo

Math Nerds

Spokane Public Schools looks at math; plus, local officials enter the gun debate

Daniel Walters, Joe O'Sullivan
| Jan 15, 2013

The Path of Math Perhaps no subject in Spokane Public Schools, in recent years, has been as controversial as math. The “math wars,” as they’ve been called for decades, pit refo

Raul's Rules

Idaho U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador could bring about a revitalization of the Republican Party — or thwart it

Daniel Walters
| Jan 15, 2013

As the 2013 congressional session began, rumblings of a coup against Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner started immediately.

OLYMPIA | Spokane's Wish List

For some changes, Spokane has to ask the state for permission.

Joe O'Sullivan
| Jan 15, 2013

When community boosters get together and talk about how to improve Spokane, there is usually some consensus: police reform, economic development and robust public services. But in these ways, Sp

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