The rescheduled Lilac City Invitational expects to proceed with a few adjustments.

The Rosauers Open Invitational, a fixture on the local golf scene every year since 1988, has been canceled due to uncertainties created by the coronavirus pandemic.

Area grocery chains are taking additional social distancing precautions by implementing one-way aisles and restricting the amount of customers in stores to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The union that represents grocery workers in Spokane and North Idaho announced a deal Wednesday with Kroger, which owns Fred Meyer stores, to increase worker pay by $2 an hour for those employees who continue to work at grocery stores during the pandemic.

The paper products aisles at several Spokane grocery stores on Wednesday afternoon continued to be deserted islands of shelves with placards reminding shoppers to take just one package each. While supply chains are improving at local stores, managers believe it could take suppliers weeks to catch up to the panic-buying onslaught that emptied most supplies of paper products, flour, sugar, eggs, pasta, canned goods and sanitizing wipes.

All Rosauers, Albertsons and Safeway locations will be offering store hours designated only for seniors and vulnerable members of the community. Target stores nationwide have established a similar policy.

Like an 18th century sailor mapping out a series of Caribbean islands on a rum-running escapade, vegans and vegetarians will often ping-pong around a city bouncing from store to store in search of their preferred plant-based fix. A true first world problem.

Scott Erdmann played the par-5 18th at Indian Canyon twice in the pro-am earlier in the week and four times during the Rosauers Open Invitational. His scores: eagle, birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie and birdie. Erdmann’s fina two birdies came Sunday afternoon, the first helping him get into an all-Oregon three-man playoff and the second, roughly 30 minutes later, completing his improbable comeback to win the tournament.

Jared Lambert will tee off Sunday in the final group as the leader in a PGA Pacific Northwest Section major.

Corey Prugh’s pursuit of a fifth Rosauers Open Invitational title is off to a good start but he has a lot of company on the leaderboard.

Indian Canyon has undergone significant changes since hosting the Rosauers Open Invitational last July.

Lilac City Invitational organizers over the years have kicked around options to make an already enjoyable golf tournament more receptive to prospective participants.

Derek Bayley had a few things to tidy up before he turned pro, ending an impressive run in amateur golf.

Under the proposal, customers could purchase paper or reusable plastic bags for a dime each. Cities with a bag ordinance already in place would be required to adopt the state’s bill by January 2020, but could charge a higher bag fee.

The annual charity event doles out more than 10,000 free turkeys – with potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce and all the other fixings – to families in need.

David Brown went low with a 7-under-par 64 to take a one-shot lead over amateur Derek Bayley, who went even lower with a sizzling 62 on Saturday at Indian Canyon, and 2017 Pacific Northwest section player of the year Russell Grove (68).

Justin Wiles of Eagle Point (Oregon) Golf Club shot a 7-under-par 64 Friday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the 31st Rosauers Open Invitational at Indian Canyon Golf Course.

The North Idaho College golf coach walked off the 18th green after making his sixth birdie in seven holes for an apparent two-stroke win. However, minutes later carts took Grove, playing partners Derek Berg and Jason Molner and their caddies back to No. 6, where it was determined Grove had violated a rule by improving his lie, area of intended stance or swing or line of play, apparently by moving a live branch.

Three derelict110-year-old homes are being demolished to make way for a nine-unit complex of “higher-end” apartments on a nationally recognized historic street on Spokane’s South Hill.