May 17-23, 2018

Downtown businesses have increasingly closed restrooms to non-customers — should the city build its own?

A refugee family in Spokane is trying to bring their orphaned niece to live with them. Immigration law makes that nearly impossible

Scott Maclay announces he will run for sheriff, changes his name to Dumpozzie Dot Com

Okanogan River approaches record highs; officials close river off to recreation

Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen accused of sexual discrimination

Earth to Bezos: People could use help down here

The Year That Was... 1996

On the Street

Socrates Warned Us: Government statistics can be twisted into any shape you like

Readers respond to a new Border Patrol office; plus George Nethercutt's column on integrity

Cold, Dark Places: How to ensure your bud lasts

Hail Caesar salad! Romaine is safe to eat again

At least eight people killed in Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting; suspect is in custody

Cougar Attacks Two Bicyclists in Washington State, Killing One

End of Inquiry on Obstruction Might Be Near

Facebook’s Zuckerberg gets an earful from the European Union

FBI admits overstating locked phone problem, and critics pounce

Robert Singletary embodies the theme of the North Idaho Museum's 50th anniversary exhibit

A conversation with Lilac Festival President Nancy Cole

The Predator comes back in September, never-before-seen Elvis and more you need to know

Hello, Robbi! A new face joins the Spokane stage for the Civic's season finale

I Saw You

Locally focused Elliotts, an Urban Kitchen sources ingredients from its north Spokane neighbors

Five Stars: Anyone can become an amateur food critic on the web. Is that good?

Crafted Tap House owner opens Sonrisa Urban Taqueria next door in downtown Coeur d'Alene

Deadpool 2 delivers more of the same, on a larger scale

Melissa McCarthy's charming, but the unfunny Life of the Party simply has no story to tell

Portland songwriter Moorea Masa stares down her past and goes on a journey of self-discovery

Rejuvenation Songs: Rested and recharged, Tyrone Wells returns to Spokane

Can we harness the microbes in bee guts to create stronger bees?

Scientists feared Trump would cut research funding — so far, the opposite has happened

A Gonzaga researcher is designing technology to scan bodies in a safer, cheaper, more mobile way

A new gravitational wave observatory in India could challenge what we know about physics

WSU researchers find some genes help resist sleep-deprivation, and the military has noticed

A University of Idaho professor is looking for ways to fend off memory loss and recover from brain trauma

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