By Adam Liptak The New York Times Company…

This is what it feels like to live during an historic event.…

Drink Local Life under the COVID-19 pandemic is rough for everyone, individuals and businesses alike.…

Drink Local In tumultuous times, one thing remains true: People still want their spirits.…

[IMAGE-1] The legal cannabis industry has only been around for a handful of years, but one local farm's green thumb goes back generations. Since the 1950s the Lima family has been in the business of growing — their namesake Lima Greenhouses dominate Vinegar Flats, where they still grow bedding plants and vegetables.…

Cops are hackers now, too.…

In times of trouble, escaping into the art that calms you is key to keeping your sanity.…

The Buzz Bin VAMPY VIBES…

Drink Local For the majority of regional craft breweries, most revenue comes from two avenues: direct-to-consumer sales out of a tasting room and selling beer to local bars and restaurants.…

The chafing.…

At every level of America's food system, mandated closures and outbreaks of COVID-19 have interrupted the finely tuned network that normally gets food from farmers and food processors to restaurants, grocery stores and food banks.…

ON INLANDER.COM COVER: While Washington state forges alliances, Idaho battles coronavirus its own way.…

At this point in our locked-down lives, it’s entirely possible many of us have exhausted our Netflix queue, completed every puzzle in our houses and perfected our sourdough loaves. OK, probably not.…

While events around the country have been put on hold, Coeur d’Alene’s Summer Theatre is still slated for a show at the end of the month. But it won’t be in the usual format.…

The puppet's felt hair bounces as she stage-whispers to the other puppets, almost conspiratorially, about their plans.…

ON INLANDER.COM NATION: For workers, there's no sign of what "normal is going to look like" in the pandemic economy.…

By Michael Crowley The New York Times Company…

A coalition of immigrant-focused organizations has created the Spokane Relief Fund for Undocumented Immigrants, in order to help families who are unable to access federal aid during the coronavirus shutdowns. The partners sponsoring the work include the Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition (SIRC), the Hispanic Business and Professional Association, Latinos en Spokane, Mujeres in Action and Raiz.…

If you go to check how many people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Spokane, the Spokane County Regional Health District website will give you an answer. Right now, it lists eight people as currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and that number has been trending downward.…

Two beloved Spokane-based entertainers are teaming up this weekend for a good cause.…

A catastrophic loss in biodiversity, reckless destruction of wildland and warming temperatures have allowed disease to explode. Ignoring the connection between climate change and pandemics would be “dangerous delusion,” one scientist said. The scientists who study how diseases emerge in a changing environment knew this moment was coming.…

As this issue goes to press we are all staying home to battle the coronavirus.…

Designology Interiors' Deanna Goguen has three bathrooms in her South Hill-area home, each with its own personality.…

What do Arabian horses, women veterans, ceramics and the food industry have in common?…

If you've ever been compelled to visit Chewelah, it has likely been related to a trip to 49 Degrees North.…

Sometimes when you're fairly well-known, especially for a particular style or product, it's tempting to stick with that style, especially if it's what pays the bills.…

Loved, or loathed, depending on who you ask, mushrooms come in many forms, including those readily available in the grocery store, and others — like morels — that require more determined sourcing.…

In one sense, SpoKast operates as your typical hang-out show, a shaggy space where a couple of affable friends riff on the news together and share their thoughts.…

Warm summer nights are on the way.…

Q: I recently read that a combination of the drugs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin might be effective against COVID-19. I have diabetes and I am at risk for this viral infection.…

When I first moved to Spokane just over five years ago, I had no idea what kind of literary hotbed I was making my new home.…

For parents of budding artists and creative types, it can often seem like the arts get short shrift in the K-12 curricula, especially at a time when STEM — short for science, technology, engineering and math — is the buzzword in education and the most visible casualties of school budget cuts are librarians and music teachers.…

What's in a name? Which is it — COVID-19 or coronavirus?…

Ever wonder why there are no Thai fast food places?…

Growing up, Luke Parker played sports.…

The Inlander is a community newspaper covering news, politics, events, happy hour, everything that's happening today, things to do on the weekend, in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, the greater Inland Northwest and beyond.

[IMAGE-1] Crystal Bertholic has been a leader in the region's craft cocktail revival since the beginning. Before she got her start shaking, stirring and straining mixed drinks, Bertholic was steaming milk and roasting coffee; then pouring craft beers.…

It's all right there in the name: "Community Pint."…

During the late '80s, Thomas Hammer got a job at the mobile coffee bar outside Nordstrom in downtown Spokane.…

[IMAGE-1] If you think about it, the art of brewing beer is as visually interesting as it is delicious — the way the hops and the yeast and the grain all swirl together to create that sweet amber-colored goodness. Spokane's Genus Brewing has taken full advantage of that, and they've taken their passion for beer to the internet with great results.…

The Showcase celebrity golf tournament attracts big-time athletes and pop stars each year.…

You could say that SpoKast winning Best Podcast was about quality, about personality and charisma, about the chemistry the three hosts have, about the way they capture what's so great about Spokane.…

Best Local Winery ARBOR CREST WINE CELLARS A great wine is as much about context as flavor.…

[IMAGE-1] Anticipation for the show by West Coast rap legend Snoop Dogg was clearly high (pun totally intended), since he sold out his gig at Northern Quest Resort & Casino so quickly that they added a second night. All told, Mr. D-O-Double-G sold darn near 10,000 tickets to his two shows that, combined, had him on stage for roughly two hours.…

[IMAGE-1] Midtown Coeur d'Alene. The pedestrian-friendly strip of restaurants and shops that runs north-south along Fourth Street in between Garden and Harrison avenues.…

[IMAGE-1] Katrin Pardue, as she says it, is "not your average kind of sports person." Pardue's been skiing since she was 2.…

For people who love playing, a day on the worst possible golf course is better than any day not swinging the clubs.…

Best Touring Broadway Musical of 2019-20 LES MISERABLES After being nominated for multiple Tony Awards, the 2014 Broadway revival of Les Mis hit the road three years later, allowing audiences far beyond New York City to get swept up in its gripping, tragic tale of romance and revolution.…

Best Golf Course DOWNRIVER Originally built in 1916, Downriver Golf Course hits that sweet spot where duffers of a wide range of expertise can feel at home on its 18 holes abutting the Spokane River and adjacent to Riverside State Park.…

One great thing about seeing "oldies" acts on tour is the vivid reminder you get that groups in the old days really knew how to serve their fans. Take the Commodores, for example, a group with a 52-year-history that swung by Northern Quest Resort & Casino Thursday night.…