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This year’s Zags’ clear strengths are countered by clear weaknesses, making it one of the hardest-to-pin-down squads in Mark Few’s tenure

If you’re the type of person who only tunes into college basketball in March, you might think Gonzaga is just having another typical season: “The Bulldogs are a 3-seed with ...
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Gonzaga’s head coach Lisa Fortier and her star player Lauren Whittaker have battled through adversity to get Gonzaga back to the NCAA Tournament

Everything doesn’t happen for a reason. That’s fairydust nonsense. Plenty of horrendous things happen to wonderful and innocent people with no rationale. But the adversities we face in life give ...
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The Spokane Symphony celebrates two legendary film composers in an epic sonic battle

Some of the most iconic moments in cinema are punctuated by the work of two legends of film scoring. Darth Vader’s first appearance. A pirate ship approaching the shore. The ...
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Ballet Hispánico New York brings one of its signature performances to the Myrtle Woldson stage

The last time Eduardo Vilaro visited the Inland Northwest he was a young dancer for one of the nation’s leading Latine dance companies, Ballet Hispánico New York. Though he says ...
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After extremely long droughts, both Idaho basketball teams are headed the NCAA Tournament

As the age of Name, Image, Likeness rules in the NCAA dawned, pundits and fans across the country bemoaned how openly compensating players would only give the smaller schools less of a chance of being ...
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NEWS BRIEFS: Spokane family shelter bids on the Seahawks

As the ownership of the Seahawks is currently looking to sell the team to carry out the philanthropic wishes of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, one of the most unusual ...
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Each year, the Coeur d’Alene Symphony showcases rising talent from across the country at its Young Artist concert

In the classical music sphere, competitions remain an important way for up-and-coming musicians to make a name for themselves ...
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Alysa Liu comes to Spokane, semi-pro pickleballers; plus, new music!

There’s no debate who had the biggest star-making performance at the recent Winter Games: everybody’s favorite racoon-haired ...
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One writer’s earnest plea for the silly cuteness One Piece’s timeskip stole from us

If I had a nickel for every time I wrote about One Piece in the Inlander, I’d have two nickels. That’s not a lot, but it’s ...
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Spokane City Council passes ordinances to curb private detention facilities and warrantless immigration enforcement on city-owned properties

With the Trump administration moving quickly to make mass detention and deportation of immigrants its core domestic policy — in ways that many critics and legal scholars say violate constitutional ...
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Previewing Academy Awards favorites (and shouting out some snubs) before Hollywood’s biggest night

Filmmakers don’t make movies with the primary intent being to win awards, but it’s still fun for film fans to champion their favorite flicks every time Oscars season rolls around. This year’s batch of ...
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I Saw You, Cheers and Jeers: “Silence is complicity, please register and vote.”

BUGS BUNNY: I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but someone quietly admires the girl who flies down ski runs like winter was made just for her, then unwinds with crosswords and a cat curled up nearby.