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May 16-22, 2013

Vol. 20, No. 31

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Local News

Local Limits

What stands between your shopping cart and local farmers

By Heidi Groover
May 15, 2013

$Lorie Arnold at Heron Pond Farms: \"You\'re not going to get anything more local than right here.\"$
Local News

Feds Come Knocking

The feds scare a medical pot store from opening up; plus, how to help those displaced by last week’s fire

By Deanna Pan
May 15, 2013
Local News

Heal Thyself

What happens when an addict owns a prescription pad?

By Daniel Walters
May 15, 2013

Columns & Letters

What We Pay For

Publisher's Note

By Ted S. McGregor Jr.
May 15, 2013
Columns & Letters

The English Way

Justice Scalia finds his rationale for an expansive Second Amendment in Common Law — so why does Great Britain have such strict gun control?

By Robert Herold
May 15, 2013

Arts & Culture

For Your Consideration

Ada, or Ardor, Cafe Rio and Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?

By Sarah Munds
May 15, 2013
Arts & Culture

Boy Wonder

There are a lot of reasons why Langston Ward is not your typical teenager

By Leah Sottile
May 15, 2013
Arts & Culture

The Time Traveler

My great-grandfather relives a lifetime of memories with Alzheimer's

By Jordy Byrd
May 15, 2013

$The author\'s parents, Brad and Jenny Byrd, with her great-grandfather and grandmother.$
Arts & Culture

BOOKS — Red Moon

Benjamin Percy writes about werewolves, and much more

By Mike Bookey
May 15, 2013

$Werewolves like you\'ve never seen them before.$

Food News

Literary Confections

Books2Eat serves up literature in cake form

By Lisa Waananen
May 15, 2013
Food News

Earth, Water, Food

Riverfront Park gets a summer eating spot with the Fountain Cafe

By Jo Miller
May 15, 2013

$Riverfront Park\'s new dining spot.$

Music News

Echoes of the Past

If rootsy Americana is your thing, Pokey LaFarge is making your new favorite songs

By Gawain Fadeley
May 15, 2013
Music News

The Cowboy's Cowboy

A Canadian sings about the life — not just the lifestyle — of the new West

By Marty Demarest
May 15, 2013

$Corb Lund\'s music is a sort of highbrow honky-tonk.$

Film News

Interstellar Gem

J.J. Abrams makes a better Star Trek this time around

By Ed Symkus
May 15, 2013
Film News

The Future is Now

Jason Bateman can't make Disconnect feel current

By Leah Churner
May 15, 2013

Scholastic Fantastic

There's Not Enough Poverty In Kids' Books

A Whitworth researcher studies how picture books reflect the reality of American poverty

By Deanna Pan
May 15, 2013
Scholastic Fantastic

Hydrogen Can Weaken Steel

And that's a problem for our sustainable future

By Heidi Groover
May 15, 2013
Scholastic Fantastic

We Can Make a New Wonder Material From What's in Your Pantry

A University of Idaho professor stumbles onto a new graphene-like material

By Jacob Jones
May 15, 2013
Scholastic Fantastic

Rats Giggle Too

And that's a bigger deal than you might think

By Daniel Walters
May 15, 2013
Scholastic Fantastic

We Can Turn DNA into Music

An Eastern Washington University professor creates audio interpretations of living things

By Seth Sommerfeld
May 15, 2013