1. This isn't the South. 2. It's 2011. 3. People like to be hot here. 4. Not casual enough or not dressy enough. 5. "I knew Atticus Finch. Atticus Finch was a friend of mine. And you, sir, are no Atticus Finch." Here's Atticus, in…
Pro: Quite possibly the most fun-to-eat food there is. Con: Lingering suspicions about just what's in them besides high-protein snouts and cartilage. Pro: A summer without hot dogs would be like a season without mystery meat. Con: See above. Pro: It's fun and tasty to…
Coeur d'Alene's Debbie Miller has noticed a driving behavior seemingly popular with those behind the wheel of vehicles sporting license plates from a certain Canadian province. And this prompts her to pose a question. "Is rolling through stop signs to make a right-hand turn considered…
Many here recall the B-52 crash in the summer of 1994. But the 1950s saw much more devastating (in terms of the loss of life) Air Force crashes at both Fairchild AFB and now defunct Larson AFB in Moses Lake. Which ones do you remember?…
But is it possible to visit Grand Coulee Dam without imagining what it would be like to fall into the water behind the mammoth structure and get sucked into the power-generating station? That would be bad. Going through one of those colossal turbines would have…
"My No. 1 garden nemesis is the mole (or vole, I don't know which)," wrote Angela Roth. "All I know is this pesky little sucker has dug holes all over my flower beds, eaten any bulbs that I planted and made my yard look like…
"I most like it when people ask me for hints about walking or bicycling across the U.S., coast-to-coast," wrote Glen Hanket, who lives in Pullman. "Unfortunately, it does not happen very often." Hanket walked across America with his wife shortly after they were married in…