Jan 10-16, 2019

The visionary trying to reinvent the old Ridpath faces a criminal indictment; what that means for the project and the people already living there

If the shutdown continues, impacts could mount for Northwest tribes, parks and vulnerable people

Whitman County Republicans cut ties with James Allsup

Questions linger for Ridpath tenants, new party rules for WSU's Greek system, and other headlines

Idaho appeals ruling mandating that they provide sex reassignment surgery to transgender inmate

Stuckart aims to loosen regulations, amp up incentives to spark more housing

Workers to break ground on Hillyard low-income apartment complex in March

New Yorker screws up Washington violent crime stats, Syria withdrawal begins, and other headlines

Turn off the dark: Rep. Marcus Riccelli wants to kill the Daylight Saving Time switch

Kettle Falls police chief's guns still missing, Trump rejects end to shutdown, and other headlines

Washington state's emissions rising, federal judges rule on Trump's policies, and other headlines

WSU might actually offer a football and war class taught by Mike Leach and Sen. Baumgartner

Inslee lists priorities in State of the State, U.K. prime minister defeated on Brexit and other headlines

The new film Vice is yet another reminder of the differences between the two Bushes

Winding down a career as a homebuilder, Greenstone's founder has an affordable housing to-do list for his hometown

Readers respond the Roxie Spokane's efforts at revitalization, Mary Lou Reed's final column

On the Street

Can stoned drivers tell when they are impaired?

Governor Inslee wants to cut some slack to people with marijuana misdemeanor convictions

Pot advocates hope the Legislature makes working in the industry more fair

Ocean warming is accelerating faster than thought, new research finds

U.S. equipment, but not troops, begins exiting Syria in chaotic withdrawal

Washington State Wants to Stop Theft of Mile 420 Signs. Its Solution? Mile 419.9.

Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to roll back birth control mandate

Why is Netflix raising its prices?

Cool beans? Far from it: Global warming is helping to wipe out coffee in the wild

Sandpoint-based Pastease has you covered in style

Birthday steaks at the Swinging Doors, Netflix's The Innocent Man and more you need to know

How the Transformers captured my grown-up heart and mind

In The Controversy of Valladolid, the characters at the very heart of its debate have no lines

One more hoorah for the Eags this Saturday in Spokane

With Clarke, Hachimura and now Tillie, Gonzaga's big men are a force for WCC foes to contend with

Doing a Marie Kondo-inspired purge? Here's where to locally donate your stuff!

I Saw You

Preview menus for Inlander Restaurant Week 2019, plus more food news

Salt blocks can be used as a versatile cooking alternative

Old-fashioned values drive Sandpoint's European-style Cedar Street Bistro into its next decade

Spokane's Liberty Ciderworks wins Good Food Award

Barry Jenkins beautifully adapts James Baldwin in If Beale Street Could Talk

On the Basis of Sex gives Ruth Bader Ginsburg the basic biopic treatment

Canadian cowboy Corb Lund digs into personal history and family folklore in his Western tunes

REO Speedwagon has worked nonstop for a half-century, and they're not slowing down now

A beginner's guide for snowshoeing in the Inland Northwest

Getting there was hell, but skiing in Japan didn't disappoint

The serious responsibility and epic joys of a backcountry ski guide

Getting to know the local backcountry scene

The Buddy System: It's just better with friends