Aug 8-15, 2013

News

• Local News

  Cuts and Cops

  Mayor Condon releases his proposed budget; plus, Ben Stuckart rethinks surveillance

  By Deanna Pan

  Aug 7, 2013

  
• Local News

  Cheating Meters

  Disabled placards are under scrutiny as the state investigates parking abuse

  By Megan Petersen

  Aug 7, 2013

  
• Local News

  Message Not Sent

  Idaho’s ban on texting while driving didn’t actually do much — and may have caused harm

  By Daniel Walters

  Aug 7, 2013

  
• Local News

  Long Hours

  With staffing shortages, Spokane law enforcement agencies struggle to avoid soaring overtime costs and officer burnout

  By Jacob Jones

  Aug 7, 2013

  
• Columns & Letters

  Time For Goodbye

  Too many politicians today don’t know when to gracefully exit the public stage

  By George Nethercutt

  Aug 6, 2013

  
• Columns & Letters

  Art By Nature

  Publisher's Note

  By Ted S. McGregor Jr.

  Aug 6, 2013

  

Culture

• Arts & Culture

  For Your Consideration

  Stamp art, Chuck Ragan's Instagram and Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love

  By Lisa Waananen

  Aug 6, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Oasis of Weird

  Mike Ferguson deals in unique artifacts and immense statuary at his roadside auction house

  By Jacob Jones

  Aug 6, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Working Girls

  Dolly Parton wrote a musical and it’s coming to Coeur d’Alene

  By Laura Johnson

  Aug 6, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Change Agent

  Sandpoint Renaissance man Ben Olson takes the city’s famous seamonster to the stage

  By Carrie Scozzaro

  Aug 6, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Silence of the Hives

  America’s honey bees are dying in droves, and colony collapse disorder is the least of our worries.

  By Deanna Pan

  Aug 6, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  TV — Breaking Bad

  What does a man do, Walter?

  By Daniel Walters

  Aug 6, 2013

  

Food

• Food News

  UPDATE — Vintage Vines

  By Chey Scott

  Aug 6, 2013

  
• Food News

  The Bloodfest Club

  At Dawn of the Donut, brains and intestines have never been so delicious

  By Leah Sottile

  Aug 6, 2013

  
• Food News

  Discreet Drinks

  The Blind Buck delivers a laid-back speakeasy vibe at the edge of downtown

  By Anna Clausen

  Aug 6, 2013

  
• Food News

  Comings and Goings

  Who’s gone and who’s new in the food and drink scene

  By Inlander Staff

  Aug 6, 2013

  

Screen

• Movie Reviews

  The Not-So-Wild Ones

  The Kings of Summer takes awkward kids into the woods

  By Curtis Woloschuk

  Aug 7, 2013

  
• Movie Reviews

  Immigration Deformed

  Elysium squanders its style on painfully obvious allegory

  By Scott Renshaw

  Aug 7, 2013

  

Music

• Music News

  Youth Group

  Idaho band The Ongoing Concept is called up to the major leagues

  By Leah Sottile

  Aug 6, 2013

  
• Music News

  No Fiddling Around

  The Blue Waters Bluegrass Festival reminds us that the violin is alive and well in the Spokane area

  By Laura Johnson

  Aug 6, 2013