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The Smokes return to Spokane for their first hometown show since moving to Minneapolis

It was a little over a year and a half ago when guitar-and-drums rock duo the Smokes left their hometown of Spokane for Minneapolis, the birthplace of Prince, Bob Dylan and the Replacements. Cousins ... read more

The education of Gonzaga's Rui Hachimura

SPOKANE ... their off-campus apartment last summer, he reacted like any college kid would. "He was practicing by himself," said Hachimura, a projected NBA lottery pick and preseason All-American from ... read more

(Updated May 2019) How To Pass A Drug Test: Drug Testing 101

The first thing to understand ... a general idea as to what might show up in a drug screening, they are not incredibly accurate, but some of our readers have used them as a way to test at home to see ... read more

Sherman Alexie revisits ‘Smoke Signals’ for One Heart festival

“Smoke Signals” was advertised as the first movie to be written, produced and directed by Native Americans, and few films since have been able to make the same claim. The film, shot in Spokane ... ... read more

Paradise residents recall horrifying escape from the Camp Fire

A fast-moving wildfire that would ... Friday marks three months since the devastating fire broke out. Dozens of Paradise residents remain displaced from their burned properties after being allowed to ... read more

The Amazing Highlights From The 2017 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

The ladies were led by Candice Swanepoel, who made a return to the Victoria’s Secret runway for the first time since ... show was marred when model Ming Xi slipped and fell on her way down the runway. ... read more

No losers as 3 NFL teams struggle to move to L.A.

According to advisory firm Conventions, Sports & Leisure International, 20 new National Football League stadiums have opened since 1997, helped by $4.7 billion in taxpayer money. Atlanta and ... read more

Iceland Airwaves 2012: Report Card

Sunday’s lineup downsized in anticipation for the biggest show of the festival. It has been four years since Sigur Rós last played in their hometown ... ne sais quoi that made me want to return next ... read more

Their baste for the week: Turkeys that will be pardoned by Trump check in to their luxury hotel

The two turkeys are currently called Bow and Tie, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune ... Sasha and Malia participate for the first seven years he was in office. Last year however, the girls, ... read more

Father’s Day, 2019

On this date 11 years ago, which was Father’s Day in 2008, I posted a tribute to my own father, who was then in the final months of his extraordinary life. I’m mentioning it again this weekend, after ... read more

Chad White: Before, during and after Bravo’s ‘Top Chef’

Ceviche in Spokane ... six months after moving back from San Diego, where he had made a name for himself in the restaurant scene. His season on the popular culinary competition show had started airing ... read more