http://www.inlander.com/spokane/articles.sec-49-1-news.html Something inside of Christopher Parker tells him he needs help. He feels sick. His mind races. His breathing comes in gasps as he fumbles for his phone at 3:14 am outside an apartment building in Brow]]> To The Ballot (Maybe) In a rare instance where far-right Spokane City Councilman Mike Fagan found himself in agreement with Council President Ben Stuckart and liberal members Amber Waldref and J]]> After eight public forums, months of comments and hiring an expert at more than $80,000 a year, you’re looking at the Washington State Liquor Control Board’s first pass at the rules that w]]> In a difficult few days for local law enforcement, officials announced this past week two Spokane Police Department officers and one Spokane County Sheriff’s detective had been placed on adminis]]> On the TV screen at Spokane’s NATIVE Project health clinic, an animated cartoon warns the patients in the waiting room about the dangers of diabetes: just one of many maladies — along with hyper]]> Dan Nanamkin knows sorrow. He’s been the director of the Nespelem Community Center on the Colville Indian Reservation for the past five years, where he hosts from one to three funerals a month. ]]> As the deadline to file for November’s local elections passed quietly Friday, each of the three Spokane City Council seats up for grabs attracted a fight, and one had already garnered more than ]]> It only takes two words. Lorie Arnold kneels down on the dusty ground and yells, in the same sugary inflection people use to talk to puppies: “Baby girls!” A passel of young Nubian ]]> Cannabis Closure A medical cannabis farmers market set to open this weekend was halted Monday. United States Attorney Michael Ormsby sent the landlord €” who owns the building on East Sprague whe]]> When the cat’s away, to paraphrase an old cliché, the rats will play. Neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp, working at Washington State University, has devoted a decade to watching that pl]]> Mama can’t find a steady job. So Zettie goes to bed every night in a cold, cramped car and wakes up every morning to the peal of police sirens. Daddy forged a check, got caught, and thrown]]> If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Yes. In fact, Eastern Washington University’s Jonathan Middleton used data and computer science to compose a fu]]> In the cars and homes of the future, the substance flowing through our pipes and to our engines, powering our lights and cars, could be hydrogen. Clean and easy to produce, it’s a source many sc]]> The announcements pour out constantly from the Washington State Department of Health, broadcasting the crimes of once-trusted medical professionals. They list sexual misconduct, physical abuse, medica]]> When 22-year-old Danny Bergeson set out into the woods of Stevens County on an inmate tree-trimming crew last fall, reports say he had been cautioned against the dangers of passing traffic, potential ]]> With at least 10 newly sparked forest fires underscoring this year’s Wildfire Awareness Week, Washington state fire officials encourage homeowners to take precautions against fire hazards as the]]> One-Day Count The number of Homeless in Spokane is down from the past two years, according to figures from a one-day count in January, but explanations as to why vary. In a press release,]]> Want to measure the pulse of Republican Party leaders? Talk to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Last year, McMorris Rodgers became the fourth-ranking house Republican, tasked with communicating the party&]]> The Spokane Police Guild has long stood loyal behind the city’s finest, backing beat cops and crack detectives, but in recent years the union has also found itself defending the troublemakers, l]]> A little more than a year after surviving a recall attempt, Coeur d’Alene’s first female mayor, Sandi Bloem, recently announced that after 12 years in office she won’t be seeking ano]]>