NEWS: The Spokane Police Department was supposed to update its use-of-force policy before the end of last year, but legal review and the sheer size of the shift seem to have held up the transition process.
ARTS & CULTURE: Tickets for Roxane Gay's appearance during Get Lit! go on sale today at 10 am, so act fast!
IN OTHER NEWS...
Spin me right 'round
If anyone knows how to keep spinning in circles, it's constant initiative-to-the-people-pusher Tim Eyman. The Seattle Times reports that a security video caught him spinning in an office chair before stealing it from Office Depot.
Lime with a side of regulation
Spokane could bring back bike and scooter shares this spring, but there will be rules, oh will there be rules, the Spokesman-Review reports.
Rodda Paint destroyed in fire
A Spokane Valley paint shop burned in a large fire Sunday, KXLY reports.
Idaho appeals deny murderer's request
A man convicted of multiple murders in Moscow was denied his appeal to reduce the sentence he got for murdering his adoptive mother, landlord and an Arby's manager in 2015, the Associated Press and Moscow-Pullman Daily News report.