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A&E >  Entertainment

Restaurant columnists never took the finer points for granted

When the restaurateur’s daughter flew in for a special occasion recently, the pair decided to stop at one of our favorite spots, Anthony’s patio, to catch up while enjoying a glass of wine and an appetizer. Had they arrived an hour earlier they would have witnessed the story they instead heard when the manager on duty stopped by their table to say hi.
A&E >  Entertainment

Make your own list of Inland NW dining gems

Time to paraphrase The Slice, which annually, when you might expect to encounter visitors from out of town, wonders how you would describe Spokane – in various ways – to those visitors. Our entry to the discussion: If a visitor stopped you to ask for a great local place to eat, how would you answer?
News >  Features

For game lovers, GW Hunters a pleasant surprise

It’s not every day you can go into an everyday restaurant and find something unique. GW Hunters Steakhouse in Post Falls certainly qualifies as an everyday restaurant, serving up mostly traditional meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner in a building that obviously housed a chain long ago.
Sports

GSL girls basketball: Bullpups top LC, reach 12-0

When facing Gonzaga Prep’s girls basketball team, opponents have to pick their poison. Usually that means trying to take away Otiona Gildon inside or Laura Stockton outside and try to keep Oona Harrington in check.
Sports

Gray rich in other ways

If Ryan Gray were just a cowboy he could write off 2014 as a waste. For just the second in 10 seasons he will miss the National Finals Rodeo. In fact, his meager winnings left him outside the top 50 in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association bareback standings, his worst showing since 2003. 
Sports >  Outdoors

Couple’s key to bike safety is preparation

After a strong ride with a weekly group, Janet and David Merriman pedaled home, with a detour to check on a friend’s house they were watching. As dusk gathered, they turned left on 16th, east of Sullivan in the Valley, taking it easy after the 25-mile run out of Wheel Sport East. They saw deer grazing off to the right as a car approached. Suddenly a fawn darted from the left into the path of the car.
Sports >  Outdoors

Older cyclists find ways to compensate

Try as I might, and I admit to not trying too hard, I can’t remember anything from the time my butt lifted off my bicycle seat and I knew the inevitable was about to happen, until I was sitting on my rear on the side of a Spokane Valley street. That was last September and the only other thing I fail to remember was a few days later when I was knocked out in the operating room so Dr. Jonathan Keeve could insert a plate to stabilize my left collarbone.
Sports

Bullpups top Mt. Spokane, remain in lead of GSL

The marquee matchup in the Greater Spokane League baseball showdown never materialized, but there was no shortage of heroes. Evan Weaver’s two-run single in the top of the sixth inning finally erased a five-run deficit as Gonzaga Prep, behind stellar relief pitching wrapped up by Cael McKeirnan’s two-inning save, rallied to beat Mt. Spokane 7-6 on a chilly Tuesday afternoon.
Sports

Colton girls win 6th-straight title

It’s hard to imagine that Colton, in winning 43 straight games, struggled as mightily on offense as it did Saturday night. But they don’t give championship trophies based on style points and with five straight 1B titles on their resume, the Wildcats kept plugging away.
Sports

Tekoa-Oakesdale gets another shot at Colton

Tekoa-Oakesdale coach Dan Brown couldn’t be happier to face Colton again despite the fact his Nighthawks absorbed 49-, 40- and 34-point losses at the hands of the Wildcats this season. “If we play Colton again, the third day at state is the place to do it,” he said after his team pulled out a thrilling 61-59 win over Mount Vernon Christian in Friday’s first semifinal of the State 1B girls basketball tournament at the Arena.
Sports

G-Prep girls advance to 4A regionals

For playing barely half of a basketball game, Laura Stockton had good numbers – seven points, five assists, four rebounds and a steal. It’s what Gonzaga Prep did in the other half of Friday night’s game against Chiawana that really mattered in running its winning streak to 20.
Sports

Cunningham, Bears eliminate Panthers in OT

Yes it was cold, windy and wet Tuesday night but it wasn’t the fear of track practice that propelled Mariah Cunningham to have her best game. After scoring 28 points and grabbing 13 rebounds that propelled Central Valley to a 65-61 win in overtime over visiting Mead in a winner-to-regional, loser-out game, Cunningham said, “You’ve got to get to regional to get to state. This was just a game you have to fight. I owed it to my teammates to help out this time.
Sports

GSL boys: Bullpups turn tables on Mead

Gonzaga Prep had a point to prove and the Bullpups made it emphatically. Still smarting from a disappointing loss to Mead in the first matchup, the Bullpups rolled to a 65-49 win in a Greater Spokane League boys basketball Tuesday night at Prep.
A&E >  Entertainment

Wine prices set certain menus apart

When did this area become a mecca for good – even great – Italian food? We thought we had covered enough when we trumpeted Tony’s on the Lake (Sept. 6) and discovered Sundance Bistro (Feb. 6) in the first year of our culinary adventure.
Sports

Las Vegas gears up for National Finals Rodeo

It’s not just a news flash that the National Finals Rodeo gets underway tonight in Las Vegas. Shane Proctor, the Grand Coulee native and 2011 bull riding champion, has drawn News Flash for the first of 10 performances at the Tomas and Mack Center.
Sports

Cheney’s Ryan Gray heads to rodeo finals

Ryan Gray and Tyson Durfey made returning to the upper echelon of pro rodeo sound easy. Both used the word focus after they officially qualified for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. It was a trip they both missed last year, ending long appearances at the lucrative season ending Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association championship.