Vol. 17, No. 9
The Pit and the Pendulum
What happens when the owner of an illegal mine is also a big donor to the officials deciding his fate?
By Nicholas Deshais
Hidden in Plain Sight
French and Prayer Collections
Councilman Al French faces ethics allegations; plus, bikes and red kettles of prayer
By Joel Smith and Nicholas Deshais
Getting Help at the Shrine
How George Webb got his back back
By Daniel Walters
Mr. Out There
Spokane’s newest city councilman talks electric cars, complete streets and the progressive mandate
By Joel Smith
Fighting Through the Ban
Despite being ineligible for the playoffs at the beginning of the season, EWU football gutted it out, achieving something that almost never happens
By Howie Stalwick
They Get SCROOGEd
The Civic’s Best Christmas Pageant gets rated on the HCC Scale of Cuteness
By Michael Bowen
A Divine Comedy
An eccentric pursues a mythical character — with results both funny and profound — in Underneath the Lintel
"Eating Animals," Jonathan Safran Foer
By Leah Sottile
"We Kinda Need A Mexican"
Behind the scenes at the Hispanic Food Network
By Luke Baumgarten
Is Anybody There?
All In the Family
De Niro anchors a funny and sad holiday road movie
By Ed Symkus
V
In this case, V is for Very Very Extremely Ordinary.
The Home Front
A half-dozen fine performances help Brothers explore how poorly we’ve treated the veterans of our current wars
By Maryann Johanson
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a classic — a pure and necessary update of an eternal game for the group screen.
By Marty Demarest
Double Life
Seattle’s Pill Wonder is making a splash in the industry — but they still have bills to pay
By Seth Sommerfeld
The Hero of Hip-Hop
He’s related to Ice Cube, but Del couldn’t be more different
By Jon Brown
"Different Class," Pulp
A double-disc, deluxe edition of one of the smartest, broodingest, horniest records of all time
By Chris Dreyer
Pluckin' Crazy
Duluth, Minnesota’s Trampled by Turtles proves that mandolins can shred
By Jordy Byrd
"Them Crooked Vultures"
Gifts for Survivalists
Gifts for Jerk Bosses
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Local restaurants on the move; local food lands at Spokane International Airport
By Eliza Billingham
He got caught with 75 pounds of marijuana in Idaho, but Coeur d'Alene's Wylie Hunter says the justice system was so corrupted and poorly managed that his record should be cleared
By Samantha Wohlfeil
New-ish local bars, tap houses and lounges to help you get your spring fling on
By Lucy Klebeck and Eliza Billingham
Since the start of legalization more than a decade ago, the feds promised to make cannabis research easier, yet those promises remain unfulfilled
By Will Maupin
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