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But being called mean, not one of them.

Looks like the backers of Spokane Valley incorporation got what they wanted - a dysfunctional government.

You know you’re in Idaho when you see white outline figures of guns - from semi-automatic to Glocks and a hand pistol - representing a family of six on the back window of a Chrysler Town & Country minivan driving past your neighborhood McDonalds restaurant.

BOISE – After the Idaho House earlier had earlier rejected the budget for the Idaho Commission on the Arts in an unrelated dispute, it voted 51-17 on Thursday in favor of a new version with just one difference: There’s an extra $200 in the budget for private donations for arts education projects. Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, in an unusual move, announced to the House, “I’m taking up a collection.” She brandished a stack of cash. “Members of JFAC have already been very generous, as well as many members around me,” she told the House.

Discoveries give a picture of life before.

Clip-on neckties are the great divider.

How long do people usually have to know you before learning where you stand on matters of religion?

Navigating by the sound of a 737 or a

Doug Clark makes a bet with his old pal Jeff Kramer on the Zags-Syracuse outcome.

My husband now has the best eyesight of anyone in our family. He used to have the worst. Bruce has worn glasses since he was a very young boy. The big E at the top of the eye chart was not only fuzzy to him, he couldn’t even see the chart because the entire wall was a blur. We don’t actually know what his vision measured out to be. His optometrist explained that they pretty much stop counting at 20/400, so Bruce’s vision was considered 20/400-plus.

It could just take one cyclist to stop the hate.

What a great time for Spokane. The Zags are winning. The weather is warming. And all of a sudden we’re Ground Zero for political wrangling on a national scale.

There’s no way to know exactly how many. But behind the walls of a significant number of Spokane area homes of a certain age are wadded up newspaper pages from long ago.

Q: What do you get when you cross the Spokane City Council with a herd of pachyderms? A: A pack-a-dorks.

In his 30 some years as the Coeur d’Alene parks director, Doug Eastwood used his creative genius to help plan the North Idaho Centennial Trail and expand the city’s park system, despite limited funds. However, Doug’s creativity was limited when it came to naming dogs. One after another of his yellow dogs with Labrador blood shared the same name: Smokey. Or, if it was a female, Smokie.

North Idaho Rep. Eric Redman’s anti-Sharia law bill drew lots of negative comments at a public hearing last week; it’s now awaiting amendments and its fate is uncertain.

Today The Slice presents a transcript of an exclusive interview with the portion of Idaho that’s in the Pacific Time Zone. As always, you would not believe what she had to say.

Here’s the thing. You can have nicknames for your neighbors, even if you really like them. It doesn’t have to be even slightly disparaging.

All the answers for basketball fans and other visitors.