Column

Doug Clark goes from being a Powerball nonbeliever to a disciple in four easy steps.

It was just a few weeks ago that I first cracked open some fresh-from-the-hen eggs for Sunday morning breakfast. They were medium-sized eggs from Miss Chicken’s 2015 group of babies, who were just beginning to lay.

Of course he did. Our very own Bundy, Matt Shea, met last week with the armed doofuses at the Oregon bird preserve. So did North Idaho’s Heather Scott and Sage Dixon, proud defenders of the Confederate flag and all the Gem State heritage it represents, as well Graham Hunt of Orting.

Much was not accomplished in 2015 for local Marmots.

Come to think of it, maybe letting Ozzie lead our cop shop isn’t so nutty after all.

It’s tempting to think of dogs and mail carriers as natural enemies. But that’s not always the case. Consider the story of Valleyford’s Helen Pestana and her elderly beagle, Daisy.

Paul Baker is feeding the ducks at Cannon Hill Park. It’s against the rules, but Baker thinks they’re hungry.

Eye on Boise column for Sunday

There's a reason why the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee refuses to circulate resolutions prior to regular or special meetings -- Huckleberries Online. Local Republican leaders don't want the goofier ones analyzed and criticized by blog commenters prior to the meetings.

Barbara Greer was waiting for her luggage at the airport when she saw something unexpected on the conveyor belt. “All of a sudden there is a pair of black lace panties for all to see. Someone forgot to zip their bag.”

Your attitude about the parking meters in downtown Spokane can reveal something about your personality.

The Marmot Lodge has to meet somewhere.

A year ago, as Washington’s new background check law had barely taken effect, the organizer of a Spokane gun show committed an unpardonable sin. He said the law had worked.

Here’s my guess about why you have trouble cleaning out your basement.

It’s a Puyallup-sized ripple effect. As Obamacare enters its third full year – with new penalties looming and the repeal arguments still sputtering along – it has had an unmistakably major impact in Spokane County. Around 37,000 more people had health insurance in 2014 than in 2013.

Back when Christmas songs were being played on radio last month, I discovered, not for the first time, that I could sound eerily like Elvis Presley.

I’m guessing that, for some of us, 2015 won’t ever really end. I am thinking especially of little kids who will carry with them memories of the November windstorm and power outages.

Another year has come and gone. And still there’s no romantic movie making high-profile use of Spokane’s Empire State Building.

What if we in the Inland Northwest truly embraced lentils as the good luck food for New Year’s Day? It could be great, that’s what.