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News & Comment
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- News
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Changing of the guard
As part of the Zehm settlement, Spokane police agreed to train officers on dealing with the mentally ill. But will it be enough?
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- News
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In the Spotlight
An Eastern Washington pot grower gets the state's first marijuana license, but unanswered questions remain
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- News
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Take the Good with the Bad
Spokane fights Envision's appeal; plus, concerns at the Northwest's only nuclear power plant
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- News
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Grading the Teachers
Washington has adopted a new teacher evaluation system — but it doesn't have the one thing the federal government wants
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- News
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The Young and Insurance-less
Can Washington convince healthy Americans to buy health insurance?
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- Comment
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A Nutty Gun Policy
Why allowing concealed weapons on Idaho campuses is a special kind of stupidity
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- Comment
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Road to Relevance
Both parties are on the wrong track for the midterm elections; here's how the Republicans can win this fall
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- Comment
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Super-sized Spokane
Publisher's Note
Culture & Food
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- Arts & Culture
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Evolution
Taxidermy is a "dying art," but Dave Drury is willing to preserve it
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- Arts & Culture
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Into the Sound
Jacob Petrie could have gone to Harvard, but he went into the woods instead
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- Arts & Culture
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For Your Consideration
Square Cash, Rob Ford in Esquire and Lifehacker's new blog
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- Arts & Culture
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Sense of Place
A Spokane native, this writer and early childhood educator examines how relationships with nature begin in infancy
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- Food & Drink
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Return to Form
Opa Pizza is long gone, but Renatus is proving a worthy replacement
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- Food & Drink
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Taste o' the Irish
At Knockaderry, eating and drinking Irish goes beyond Guinness and whiskey
Music & Film
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- Music
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The End of Robot Singing?
T-Pain made the use of Auto-Tune in hip-hop and pop wildly popular; then musicians turned on him
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- Music
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Business End
Turns out Big Business isn't just a clever band name
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- Film
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Central Style
Cement Suitcase brings the Yakima Valley to life with a laugh
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- Film
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Braking is Bad
Need for Speed provides a smooth ride with Aaron Paul, but lacks top-end velocity