Recent stories by Rick

• Spotlight: Radio Men vanish from KKZX; Arnold takes over afternoons

  Nov. 17, 2013 in Features on Page D7 For more than 20 years, thousands of people across the Spokane area tuned in to KKZX-FM on weekday mornings to listen to the Radio Men. But just after Halloween, the … 3

• Vet’s brewery up and running

  Nov. 15, 2013 in Features on Page C15 When you walk into Mad Bomber Brewing, be prepared to share a stool, spiritually speaking. If you order a St. Nicholas Pale, you’re drinking with Staff Sgt. Nick Reid, who … 2

• More local bottles, cans filling grocers’ shelves

  Oct. 25, 2013 in Features, Seven on Page C15 It’s not quite Christmastime yet, but area brewers are putting good things in small packages. Laughing Dog and Orlison last week became the first Inland Northwest breweries to can their …

• Avett Brothers see fan base grow as sound evolves

  Oct. 18, 2013 in Features, Seven on Page C3 The Avett Brothers played the Bing Crosby Theater the last time they came to Spokane in 2010, following their major-label debut, “I and Love and You.” On Saturday, they stop …

• Moody Blues revel in musical journey

  Oct. 18, 2013 in Features, Seven on Page C4 John Lodge doesn’t hesitate when asked about his favorite part of performing live. “As soon as we get announced and we go on stage. As soon as they say ‘Moody …

• Girls’ Pint Out unites Idaho women with a taste for craft beer

  Oct. 11, 2013 in Features, Seven on Page C15 Grabbing a beer with the girls has a whole new dimension these days. There’s now a North Idaho chapter of Girls’ Pint Out, a national organization that brings together women …

• Find a brew – or a few – for every palate

  Sept. 27, 2013 in Features, Seven on Page C15 If you’re one of those folks who has a hard time choosing among 31 ice cream flavors, your head just might explode at this weekend’s Inland NW Craft Beer Festival. … 2

• Road brings Earle closer to message

  Sept. 20, 2013 in Features on Page C3 Steve Earle spoke from his Greenwich Village apartment on a rare recent day off from the road. The raspy-voiced folk-rocker has been on tour for the past six months promoting …

• Celebrating their craft

  Sept. 13, 2013 in Features on Page C15 Spokane’s fall beer festival has a new name to match its new energy. The former Spokane Oktoberfest is now the Inland NW Craft Beer Festival, returning to Riverfront Park on … 1

• Raise a glass to summer’s end

  Aug. 23, 2013 in Features on Page C15 With summer winding down, the calendar is filling up with outdoor beer events: • Laughing Dog celebrates its eighth anniversary with its annual barbecue, Saturday from noon-7 p.m. at the …

• Hoppy trails

  Aug. 9, 2013 in Features, Seven on Page C15 It’s been getting so you can’t keep all the local craft brewers straight without a program. Now, there is one. Today marks the official launch of the Inland Northwest Ale …

• Veteran infuses beers with military identity

  July 26, 2013 in Features, Seven on Page C15 The name of North Idaho’s next brewery may sound a bit wacky, but its inspiration is deadly serious. Mad Bomber Brewing is a project of Tom Applegate, a recently discharged …

• Leading with lagers

  July 12, 2013 in Features, Seven on Page C15 In Germany, beer purity laws stipulate that lagers contain only water, malted barley, hops and yeast. But when it comes to running a brewery, as Bernie Duenwald discovered, a fifth …

• A suds and spirits sampler

  June 28, 2013 in Features on Page C15 Beers from several area breweries will be poured at a pair of tasting events Saturday: • Budge Brothers, Iron Goat, No-Li, Orlison and River City, along with Alaskan and Budweiser, …

• Hopped Up gets tapped in

  June 14, 2013 in Features on Page C15 You might think Steve Ewan named his new Spokane Valley brewery Hopped Up for his love of hoppy beers. Or you might suspect it has something to do with his …

• Dinner’s brewing

  June 12, 2013 in Food on Page C1 Don’t just hand Dad a beer with dinner this Father’s Day – serve him some suds in his food, too. While still not quite so familiar as cooking with wine, …

• Local beers get cask treatment

  May 10, 2013 in Features, Seven on Page C15 When it comes to craft beer these days, “roll out the barrels” has a whole new meaning. Aging beer in barrels that previously held wine, whiskey or other spirits to …

• Boomers haven’t strayed from music that helped define generation

  April 29, 2013 in Features on Page C1 Almost 40 years ago, in one of its biggest hits, Fleetwood Mac sang: “Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow. … Yesterday’s gone, yesterday’s gone.” Today, fans of the band – which … 4

• Waddell’s Noble has a handle on craft beer industry

  April 10, 2013 in Food on Page C1 The beer business just keeps getting bigger and better for Michael Noble. Since Noble opened Waddell’s Neighborhood Pub & Grille in south Spokane with his partners in 2008, the number …

• Brothers bring outdoors theme to new brewery

  March 13, 2013 in Food on Page C1 From fishing to hunting, hiking to snowboarding, Jason and Ryan Wing are all about adventure. Now the Coeur d’Alene brothers are embarking on a new one: launching their own brewery. … 3

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