Misty Qsyk: A better performing arts center with real acoustics for musicals and other stage shows. Jolene Delyea Baldwin: Make the heart of downtown a walking area only. Have parking in the outer lying areas. Shannon Fell Boniface: More bike friendly. Scott Piepel: Incentivize builders to build affordable starter houses instead of >$600,000 McMansions. Erin Maggart: I would like to see the houseless humanized and housed. Ryan Oelrich: Zoning changes partnered with incentives to build creative, fun and affordable housing options with community in mind. Holly Robertson: Affordable housing, affordable parking that s not a sprawl. Invest in infrastructure as well as art. We need to invest in our
hat s your favorite movie? I m asked often, usually a few drinks into a discursive barroom conversation, and I ve always had a tough time answering. But the older I get, the more confident I ve become in my choice: Joel and Ethan Coen s
Fargo, a 1996 black comedy about a string of increasingly bizarre crimes that leaves a trail of dead bodies scattered between Minnesota and North Dakota. The film was released 25 years ago this week, and it hasn t aged a day. It was a critical smash upon its release, with both Siskel and Ebert naming it the best film of 96, and it eventually won two Oscars (for its screenplay and for Frances McDormand s lead performance), was preserved by the Library of Congress and inspired a beloved TV spinoff.
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t s a testament to Kate Lebo s curiosity, knowledge and sheer writing chops that she can spend a chapter describing something as tasting like peaches laced with onions and garbage and smelling a little like turpentine and you ll want to merrily try some for yourself laughing all the way. Of course, you probably won t get the 38-year-old Lebo to join for another round of the spikey fruit called a durian, grown primarily in Southeast Asia and only found through some digging through Spokane s Asian grocery stores. The author of
The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (With Recipes), arriving in stores April 6, readily admits she threw out most of hers, having tried just five bites before she started to feel ill. Some people
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hose who know me are well aware I m a coffee fiend. And by coffee fiend, I mean my pour-over set is one of my closest companions. It wasn t always this way, however, and mastering the perfect cup of at-home coffee took plenty of trial and error. In fall 2019, I made my first adult kitchen appliance purchase. My new Nespresso machine made me quickly grow accustomed to pampering myself with coffee, both for luxury and functional purposes. Last March, the first task on my spring break bucket list was getting pour-over coffee from one of my favorite coffee shops back home in Fullerton, California: Philz Coffee. But then COVID-19 hit, and pandemic life became my new reality. I resorted by day to my family s tried-and-true Keurig to survive my 8 am Zoom classes. By night, I dreamt of the luxurious Nespresso that was oh-so-lonely back in my college dorm. My lavish latte lifestyle was put on temporary delay.
A video recorded by Terry Horne shows water pools in front of brand new construction near the newest West Terrace homes in January. Flooding in the area has prompted in-depth stormwater studies to find solutions as the West Plains continues to grow. E
arly this year, amid the increasingly competitive Inland Northwest housing market, Sanoma Buckman thought she d finally found a great place to buy. Recent additions to the West Terrace area near Cheney have made new homes available. She and her partner put $3,000 in earnest money down on one of the newest homes and made an offer. But while walking through the neighborhood, Buckman says they ran into neighbors from up the street who said flooding issues have been rampant in the area.