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Doug Clark

Doug Clark is a columnist for The Spokesman-Review in the Local news department. He writes a column three times each week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday).

How to contact Doug

Email: dougc@spokesman.com
Phone: 509-459-5432
Fax: 509-459-5482

Recent stories by Doug

Pursuing hot stories, newscasters just all wet

July 29, 2010 in City on Page A5 Today we will examine the disturbing question … Why do so many members of the broadcast news profession want to be my mommy? 1
Doug Clark: Make fashion, political statement at same time

July 27, 2010 in City on Page A5 Like an outbreak of the pox, another political season is upon us. In a day or so, primary ballots will be mailed to every registered voter. 1
Doug Clark: Ozzie knows catbird seat is a hot one

July 25, 2010 in City on Page B1 Read it and weep, county prosecutor candidates. The Clark column has been officially endorsed by Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich. 14
Border crossings open up bounty of low-tax living

July 22, 2010 in City on Page A5 On Tuesday afternoon I drove to Post Falls, where I bought enough booze for Lindsay Lohan’s hoosegow release party. I hobbled out of the Idaho liquor store lugging a half-gallon … 3
Doug Clark: Questioning the change? Don’t ask Y

July 20, 2010 in City on Page A5 News was breaking out like the before examples in a Proactiv acne commercial while I was off vacating. So let’s revisit a few of the biggest bombshells that erupted during … 2
Doug Clark: I’ve grown very attuned to mosquitoes

July 4, 2010 in City on Page B1 There are two kinds of people populating this mosquito-infested planet. There are lucky stiffs like my lovely wife, Sherry. She could spend a week in Skeeter Hollow wearing only shorts …
Raceway dealings may be more than meets the eye

July 1, 2010 in City on Page A5 They’ve gone too far this time. Spokane County Commissioners Todd Mielke and Mark Richard, that is. 2
Mielke, Richard flush with raceway money

June 29, 2010 in City on Page A5 I see county commissioners voted last week to feed more of our money into the Spokane County Raceway near Airway Heights. This time, as outlined in reporter John Craig’s revealing … 7
Pain? Let me tell hoopsters about pain

June 27, 2010 in City on Page B1 A lot of people (my 87-year-old mother, for one) keep telling me that men of my enhanced age and waistline have no business playing competitive sports. And to this I …
Media hype draws tons of help to bring recycling couple to altar

June 24, 2010 in City on Page A5 Took a drive Tuesday to gaze upon the North Side’s largest unnatural landmark. Mount Spo-Can, you could call it. 4
‘Rising Sun’ promised to all who brave the rain

June 17, 2010 in City on Page A7 What? Let a little drizzle fizzle the sizzle? Not on your rusty glockenspiel.
Doug Clark: Playing for others’ suppers

June 15, 2010 in City on Page A1 The eighth annual Spokane Street Music Week kicked off Monday on the sidewalks of downtown Spokane with some 60 performers donating their talents to raise money for the Second Harvest … 1
Doug Clark: Lead sled unsuccessful as a float

June 13, 2010 in City on Page B1 REPUBLIC, Wash. – The sun shone gloriously Saturday, turning this quaint and historic Ferry County mining town into a dazzling prelude of summer. Or Hell’s Waiting Room – if you …
Gas guzzler, guitar and guidelessness

June 10, 2010 in City on Page A5 (Today’s column is the first of a two-part* road trip adventure.) (*Presuming I survive the adventure, that is.)
Otto’s much-delayed day in court on hold, again

June 8, 2010 in City on Page A5 Wouldn’t it be great if the judicial system moved as efficiently as it does in the movies? Take that great, old film “The Verdict,” for example. That was a highly … 5
Spokane department’s calendar idea drips with futility

June 6, 2010 in City on Page B1 What have they been drinking over at the Spokane Water Department? At least that would explain why these wet brains blew some $40,000 to put out their annual Water Quality …
Beard contest jogs memories of follicle foibles

June 3, 2010 in City on Page A5 When I read the press release announcing that a Spokane man will compete for a $1,000 prize Saturday at the 2010 National Beard and Moustache Championships in Bend, Ore., my …
Clark Collection will enliven family fun at funeral home

May 27, 2010 in City on Page A5 The big Memorial Day weekend blowouts at Spokane’s Heritage Funeral Home have paid homage over the years to deceased icons like Abraham Lincoln, Bing Crosby, Amelia Earhart, Elvis and even …
Ombudsman can’t polish police image

May 25, 2010 in City on Page A5 For the record, I am all in favor of elevating our police ombudsman into something more than a Spokane Police Guild sock puppet. But do I think giving Tim Burns … 6
Doug Clark: Little under LaHood in that car

May 23, 2010 in City on Page B1 I’ve been in the news biz since the grimy days of Nixon, which means it takes a lot to turn my stomach. But despite my hardened sensibilities, a photograph we … 1