The weaponizing of words is poisoning our body politic…

On Tuesday, we will learn what kind of state we want to live in, and about who we are…

This is hardly the first time the Catholic Church has to deal with a plague. Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly knows that well…

You don't have to wander around the internet long before bumping into a rave review of Fiona Apple's new record Fetch the Bolt Cutters: It has inspired breathless acclaim, has already been labeled a masterwork and is notably the first new album in nearly a decade that Pitchfork has assigned a perfect 10/10 rating…

It all comes down to a thrilling vehicular showdown with a ruthless villain at an arctic base. With a clock ticking and the threat of a weapon of mass destruction looming, our hero races an absurdly modified classic car on a frozen lake, contending with assault rifle-wielding snowmobilers and enemy vehicles firing rockets…

Descending into the mildly claustrophobic Spokane Valley basement of Creative Music Learning Center isn't an experience that screams pop music…

For a few minutes there, I was about to make a huge mistake in contemplating Mark Rylance's performance in The Outfit: I was about to compare him to another actor…

Things are never going to turn out well for someone who decides to go mountain climbing in a movie called Infinite Storm…

A sign that read "St. Joseph's Catholic School Gymnasium" used to hang above the front door of a brick building in Spokane's West Central neighborhood, but it's since been replaced by a simple metal sign bearing the surname "Hamilton."…

FUNDS FOR ARTISTS…

More than 100 years ago the opulent Glover Mansion was built for its first inhabitants, James and Susan Glover…

I don't realize it until I'm standing at the base of the steps of the United Brethren Church in Elberton, but I've made the hourlong drive from Spokane to the Whitman County ghost town on a Sunday…

Like the main characters of his latest book, author and journalist Nate Schweber is shaped by his upbringing in the Western United States…

What even is a 2021 movie?…

It starts raining just as two trucks hauling juvenile salmon arrive near the end of a gravel road at Chief Joseph Dam in the Central Washington town of Bridgeport on Friday, May 6…

After a tough loss at Texas, the Zags bounced back in a big way On Sunday evening, all eyes in college basketball were on Spokane Arena, where a battle between “new blood” Gonzaga and the bluest of blue bloods Kentucky went down. A fervent fanbase stoked on by two-plus decades of increasing success, against a team that has been at the top of the sport since time immemorial…

Tucked inside a nondescript building on Washington State University's Pullman campus is a bank holding an abundance of the world's wealth, where row after row of temperature-controlled filing cabinets store something far more precious than savings bonds or artwork: seeds…

It's obvious now, but when MTV first launched 40 years ago this summer, the idea was relatively novel that a musical artist would feel compelled to make mini-movie versions of their songs…

When I began thinking about the relationship between neighborhoods and food in Spokane, we were still in COVID lockdown and I hadn't been out to eat in over a year…

In the early morning of June 10, 2015, Dennis Platz woke up to go open the gate to his Colbert property and let in his neighbor, Dan Carver, who planned to borrow a field sprayer…

How does a cute little town like Spokane — once famous for its low cost of living — have a spike in housing prices and rental costs sharp enough to make it the star of a New York Times story about our ridiculous spike in rents and housing costs?…

Alexander Kulabukhov is up at 5 am on Feb. 24, jolted awake by the explosions in his neighborhood…

Fifty years ago, in 1972, Spokane was on the threshold of creating one of the most remarkable world's fairs anywhere…

Of all the proposed solutions to Spokane County's emergency shortage of houses, one is glaringly obvious: build more houses…

When property assessments were mailed to Spokane County homeowners earlier this month, the average home was valued a whopping 31 percent higher than the year before…

Imagine this: You're voting on a matter of national significance, you get to the front of the line, and the poll worker asks, "What state are you from?"…

Wylie Hunter refuses to give up…

It's calving season at Owens Farms…

Earlier this week, Spokane County Commissioner Chris Jordan presented a draft ordinance that could allow the county to sell surplus land at a discount so it can be used for affordable housing…

Maybe you shouldn't be surprised that Spokane's most notable distillery has an origin not unlike its host city…

Brunch…

For as long as I can remember, winter has been my favorite season…

SEPT. 28 SPOKANE SYMPHONY: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD – LEGENDS OF NEW ORLEANS…

In July, Lake City Playhouse staged Oliver!, the first production to be held on its own stage in four years…

For some, Luna on Spokane's South Hill is reserved for special occasions…

Folk punk hits different in the UK…

Local music fans can finally start planning their Volume weekend (Sept. 13-14) as the schedule for the 2024 festival is now live on volumespokane.com. The two-day festival is packed with 100 mostly local bands and hordes of excited Spokanites, ready to witness Volume's epic comeback…

A few things to know before heading to the relaunched fest. This weekend Volume Music Festival returns from hibernation to deliver two nights jam packed with 100 artists across 10 stages. It's a de facto sampler platter for the Spokane and Northwest music scene…

"It was always absolute madness."…

The two-day festival kicks off today and it's not too late to get your tickets As Volume Music Festival emerges from a five-year hiatus, local music fans should plan to show out for their favorite hometown bands this weekend. (And discover new favorites along the way!)…

Highlights from a music-packed weekend in downtown Spokane Volume Musical Festival 2024 began about a week ago with a rockin' pre-show at the Chameleon and concluded Saturday with a night full of performances from local and regional talent, but we're still reminiscing on all of the good times…

Last year, summer belonged to "Barbenheimer," the simultaneous theatrical release of Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer…

Leather…

In 1914, English composer Gustav Holst began writing what would become The Planets, a seven-movement orchestral suite inspired by the seven planets in the solar system (minus Earth) and each planet's astrological character…

As the 40th anniversary of Expo ’74 approaches, we’ve been poring through over old photos, memorabelia and news coverage from the time. We’ll have more in print in the coming weeks, but print just can’t capture one amazing part of Expo — the music…

Politics has long had whisper campaigns, with negative rumors — racial, sexual, criminal — spread secretly by campaigns. Of course, with the advent of the automated robocall, you don't need to be subtle about it anymore.

So it is with a recent robocall against Sandpoint mayoral candidate Shelby Rognstad…

When City Council President Ben Stuckart told Attorney Laura McAloon he would not be willing to support her for city attorney this week, he cited two reasons: The first was her interactions with the independent investigator looking into the city's police chief scandal, which partly led to the investigator watering down key findings from her report. But the second was a "nasty" voicemail that McAloon sent to Stuckart's personal cellphone, where she allegedly called him a liar. 

In other words, a single voicemail had become a crucial part of the story.

On August 2, the Inlander made a records request intending to obtain that voicemail, and other recent voicemails from or to McAloon from city leaders during that period…

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