Mike Prager

Members of the public are being asked if they can help solve a mystery surrounding windows and skylight in the historic Alger-Bristol Hotel building at the northwest corner of Sprague Avenue and Browne Street in downtown Spokane. A preservation consultant believes the 1904 building originally had a two-story wall of windows on the east side and a long glass skylight across the central portion of the ceiling. The light arrangement was commonly used in working-class hotels with small single-occupancy rooms.

Bright golden foliage glowing against a shady spot in the garden can make the landscape pop. With the onset of autumn, gardeners should consider the merits of using perennials and shrubs with leaves that change with the season.

Mike and Ellena Conway of Latah Creek Winery and Gift Shop should be considered Spokane pioneers. After all, they established the oldest winery in the Spokane area in 1982, and are now celebrating the 25th anniversary of their first crush.

Mike and Ellena Conway of Latah Creek Winery and Gift Shop should be considered Spokane pioneers. After all, they established the oldest winery in the Spokane area in 1982, and are now celebrating the 25th anniversary of their first crush.

Four individual leaders in Spokane's arts community and three organizations were recognized Monday night at the 16th annual arts awards from the Spokane Arts Commission. In presentations before the City Council, the recipients said that their work was the result of their relationships with and help from other people.

Six homes on East Mission, all part of the Mission Avenue National Historic District, are being placed on the local Spokane Register of Historic Places as a way to create additional protection for the neighborhood's century-old legacy. One home at 429 E. Mission Ave. has already been placed on the local register and five more are eligible for listing under nominations written by the city's Historic Preservation Office.

Spokane's 100-year-old legacy of natural parks and open spaces is being recognized this weekend by a group of national experts who know something about great parks. The board of the National Association of Olmsted Parks is meeting in Spokane today and Saturday, and getting a close-up look at how the city made good on recommendations in 1908 by the nationally renowned Olmsted Bros. Landscape Architects firm, of Brookline, Mass.

Rick Singer's first photography show at the Chase Gallery in 1981 came at the start of what's become a long and productive career capturing portraits of the people and places of Spokane. More than a quarter-century later, Singer has returned to the Chase Gallery with a remarkable series of portraits of the people who make Spokane's visual arts shine.

How can you not like a club that has good wine at its "yappy hours?" Join the Dog Lovers Wine Club and you and your pet dog can attend.

World War II Marine Corps fighter ace Gregory "Pappy" Boyington got his due on Saturday when the Coeur d'Alene Airport was officially dedicated as Coeur d'Alene Airport/Pappy Boyington Field. Hundreds of people, including a strong contingent of military veterans, gathered along the tarmac at the western edge of the Kootenai County-owned airport for an afternoon ceremony that paid homage to the late Boyington, a North Idaho native, and all veterans.

Organized mountain bike riders in Spokane are getting off their pedals and digging in to develop safe biking trails at one of the Spokane region's most popular mountain bike destinations – Camp Sekani, about a mile upstream from Upriver Dam. Last week, they held a training session at the 181-acre forest preserve to teach about 30 riders and land managers how to build bike trails that are sensitive to the environment and safe for riders of various skill levels. They used the term "sustainable" in describing their work.