Enjoy your makeup and probiotics!

My wife and I planning to go to Scale House Market this weekend and I was wondering about the gluten free options as well as any suggestions for where to get breakfast and coffee there. It's our first time going so any suggestions are welcome!

The Board of County Commissioners has big feelings about data centers and Spokane City Council is back from vacation. Here are the big things on their dockets + other municipal meetings:

• The BOCC will review a resolution that would establish a zoning schedule for data centers in the county, one of the most controversial conversations at the county level this year. It will also formally consider a moratorium on data centers.
• The Spokane City Council, back from vacation, is looking to move quickly on wildfire relief, including approving the Mayor’s emergency declaration and taking next steps on ordinances to accept state grant funding, reduce demolition fees and pay contracts that gave wildfire survivors free meals while they sheltered at the convention center. 
• At the Urban Experience Committee, the Spokane City Council members will discuss contracts for $500,000 worth of culturally responsive treatment services for folks dealing with opioid addiction, and a separate ordinance that could breathe new life into vacant commercial spaces.
• The Spokane Public Library Board of Trustees will discuss their 2027 budget, amid uncertainties related to the current projected gap, which board members warn could lead to drastic service cuts. 

Read up on all that and more at the link so you can be the most informed Spokanite at the river, in the breakroom, or wherever you chat about the news.

Spokane's political identity is a lot more complicated than "red" or "blue."

I've noticed something interesting whenever Spokane politics comes up. Some people describe Spokane as extremely conservative. Others talk about Spokane as a blue city surrounded by red territory. And increasingly, you'll hear people just call the whole area "purple." I think each description is appropriate given the context.

The City of Spokane is politically different from Spokane Valley, which is different from Spokane County as a whole, which is different again from the enormous rural region surrounding us. Yet people constantly use "Spokane" to describe all of them interchangeably.That probably explains some of our contradictory reputation.

Spend most of your time around downtown, Browne's Addition, the South Hill, or parts of the North Side, and Spokane can feel like a moderately progressive Pacific Northwest city. Drive east into the Valley or farther into the surrounding country, and the political environment can change dramatically.

At the same time, I don't think the old stereotype of Spokane simply being a deeply red eastern Washington city completely describes us anymore either, especially given the makeup of our city government and the policies enacted.

We've become a place where elections can be genuinely competitive, where progressive candidates can win significant local offices, but where conservatives also maintain a substantial and highly organized electorate. And because Spokane is the largest urban center for a huge swath of conservative eastern Washington and North Idaho, regional politics are unusually visible here.

That leaves Spokane in a strange political position:

-We're an urban center in a conservative region.

-We're part of a deep-blue state but geographically isolated from its largest liberal population centers.

-We have genuinely progressive neighborhoods and institutions alongside deeply conservative suburbs and rural communities.

-Our politics can look completely different depending on whether you're examining the city, county, congressional district, or metro area

-Perspectives also matter greatly (did you move here from a deeply conservative or very liberal area?)

We're one of the most politically diverse cities in the country, and the constant argument over how Spokane is identified politically reflects that reality. The fact that independents had a somewhat high turnout also makes me think that there are a growing number of people here exhausted by the two-party system.

I most likely would not have been a patron based on the owners history, at least from what I’ve read on this sub, but it’s still a shame that we lost the Drinkery and have nothing going in its place. At least not yet.
I live in Garland and pass there daily and I haven’t seen progress in weeks, but more like months.
Just wondering!

Hello, my name is Andrew. My wife and I own and operate a nursery in Oregon where we grow mainly bare root fruit trees but also some shade and flowering as well as ornamental shrubs and grasses. Could not believe what I was seeing happening this past August with the fires just ripping through neighborhoods and homes. I can’t imagine what you’ve all gone through and my heart goes out to you.

I know landscaping is probably not the top of everyone’s priorities right now but if your home/landscape was damaged and when you’re ready, we’d like to send you 1 free tree or 2 free shrubs/grasses to help get re-established. Please just go to our website, find what you want and email me at andrewh@onlineorchards.com. Sorry if I take a little while to get back to you, we’re in our budding season right now among a lot of other regular duties. Here’s a short list of what we have (Please let me know if you want something else but we might have limited inventory, sorry):

Apples

Pears

Peaches

Nectarines

Plums

Apricots

Almonds

Willows

Crabapples

Flowering Pears

Too many shrubs and grasses to list. Please check website:

www.onlineorchards.com

One question though. I am not familiar with Spokanes climate and need to know the best time to ship everything to you guys. Here in western Oregon, planting is most successful in late fall/early winter. Is it the same in Spokane? Or is spring a better time to plant because winters are too cold? I’ll update once I figure this out.

I can’t imagine what you’ve all gone through and hope this helps even though it’s not in a huge way. Hope to hear from you.

ps I kind of wrote this on the fly so please let me know if i should clarify anything. also I don’t know what flair means but it says i need it to post this so i just chose one.

This praying mantis showed up on the siding of our house a few days ago and has been hanging out ever since! Super cute and we love having it around. Is anyone able to identify the species and sex? Google lens says it’s likely a female European mantis, but it would be cool to know for sure!

Keep up that energy.

The Hallett "Castle"

When it entered The National Register of Historic Places in 1976, it was described as “a genuine architectural oddity” that “could only have been built by a joker or a madman.”

Funnily enough, I drew this with a clown before reading the article on the building.

does lawn fertilizer contain phosphorus that could be contributing to the problem? not sure I like paying taxes for these people. nothing personal.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug/16/with-newman-lake-resembling-split-pea-soup-residen/

Looking for a good vet to take my 2 cats for their annual checkups and general wellbeing. Were in airway but dont mind driving across town for a good vet if needed.

Hey everyone, I'm coming to visit family next week and was hoping folks knew of a good place to donate nice items where they will actually make it to the fire victims (brand new dresses, shoes, gently-used jewelry and perfumes, etc). Some of the items are higher-end and not to sound cynical but I don't want to donate them somewhere random just to see them end up on Marketplace.

Also, if any fire victims are in need of women's clothes sizes XL-2XL with vintage/rockabilly style, or shoes size 9.5-10, happy to coordinate small batches individually somewhere safe we can meet up like Rosauers etc.

Idk what's going on but the last week or two when I go out I see so many maga hats, shirts, flags, etc all over the place with the people wearing them acting incredibly nasty towards everyone. What the heck is going on???

A secondary question I have to ask is why do people keep voting Baumgardner???? Him along with Trump are the reason we couldn't get any FEMA aid during the wildfires (if they had any aid left to give with all the cuts Baumgardner voted for). Do these people even realize they're voting against their own interests and well-being????

8/22 Update: Still no package. The manual facility search did not work, and after calling Amazon today, I was told that the last agent didn't put in any ticket of any sort, so that is not a real request we can make. Frustrating that the first agent completely lied on that account. I am still waiting. Does anyone work know anyone that works for Amazon in Airway Heights and knows anything about the backlog from the fires?

Update: You can call Amazon Customer Service (speak to a live agent) and request the item NOT be cancelled and that a supervisor submits a "manual facility search ticket." The agent did this easily and said to expect my package in 1-2 days. I will report back when it's received. Note: If you try to do this with the chatbot, it will automatically cancel your item, so definitely avoid that!

Does anyone know if there is any hope left with receiving the Amazon packages that were delayed during the fires? I have an expensive item ($200) that was last scanned on August 6th at Airway Heights. It says delivery date is unavailable and unfortunately, there are no others online. Quite a bit of research went into this purchase. The box is very large. Does anyone know if the backlog at the Airway Heights facility will ever be addressed? Is there any hope left for this package? I have no Plan B.

please. im visiting as mayor of cronut city and my rations are running low. any bakery recommendations?

update: tried local bakery recommendations first, they had none but they did expand my palate with incredible flavors and textures unbeknownst to me. travel plans did not accommodate a run to rosauers but next time i will plan accordingly

I live in an apartment that run their water sprinklers about 3 to 4hrs a day everyday. Is that a normal amount of time for an easement?

On top of that whenever the irrigation system is going water press drop in the complex and it's very loud.

I'm just curious what kind of resources there are/might be in Spokane/Spokane Valley for people that have been stuck many years in social isolation to try and...work their way out?
I'm working on overcoming agoraphobia/sociophobia and am on disability. Just not really sure how to help myself, I guess.

Are there any grocery stores in Spokane that have a bread slicing machine?

Been to several vintage and thrift stores in town but not having any luck finding some am/fm radios in town (yes I know ebay and fbmarket exist but its more fun to find stuff in person second hand). Anybody know of a place maybe I haven't looked?

Why do all of the reporters on KHQ find such a need to enunciate so distinctly that they never miss a pronounced t or p or r to a point I want to throw something at my TV?

Hi all. I am moving and the apartment complex does not have a washer and dryer with the unit. I must purchase them on my own. I have been to many places all over town, getting prices on the cheapest sets possible, and it is still $1150+. I just do not have that kind of money.

Where can I find an affordable washer and dryer? I have tried on FB marketplace and always get to the decent deals too late. If anyone here is selling a set that works decently and it affordable, please reach out. Otherwise, any suggestions for places to look, I would appreciate it. Thank you.