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.…

By Patricia Cohen and Tiffany Hsu The New York Times Company…

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.…

Every spring, audiences in Moscow are typically congregating for the Kino Short Film Festival, an evening of shorts made by the University of Idaho's senior film students. Things being as they are, the Kenworthy Theater won't be open for this year's event, but the U of I will be streaming a virtual version this Friday, May 8, at 6 pm.…

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, our city, our state, our country and our world are coping with the spread of a virus that's deadly to some, and not even noticed by others who have no symptoms but may spread it.…

"Are you curious?"…

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.…

Never before has an issue of Health & Home been produced and delivered in such a strange and scary time.…

Miang Goong Miang is the Thai version of lettuce wraps, in this case featuring goong, or shrimp.…

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.…

If you've ever taken a stroll around downtown Spokane's west side, you may have come across Barrister Winery, tucked into a historic brick and timber building alongside the railroad tracks at 1213 Railroad Ave.…

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.…

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

Growing up, Luke Parker played sports.…

POMPEII, THE IMMORTAL CITY is on exhibit at the MAC. But galleries that should be thronged with visitors are empty, at least for a while.…

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.

Best Bank WASHINGTON TRUST BANK "What's your awesome?" runs Washington Trust's latest advertising tagline.…

[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] The days of Post Falls being merely an exit you point out to your restless kids to assure them you're almost to Coeur d'Alene are over. In the next 20 years, the little town is projected to explode to 100,000 people.…

[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.…

[IMAGE-1] Visiting Spokane Valley is a little like when a child visits their grandparents' place: At first you don't understand why you're there, but after you leave with new toys, clothes and a full stomach, you can't wait to go back. And the Spokane Valley Mall has all of that.…

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