In the news, Thursday, June 22, 2023

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from Inlander

As the Northwest prepares for a bad wildfire season, new technology and response techniques could impact how many large blazes we get

By Samantha Wohlfeil

Chef Philip Stanton exchanges fine dining for burgers and beer to launch BRGR House in Kendall Yards

By Eliza Billingham

Shelby's Burgers fires up a retro smash burger diner in southwest Spokane's Latah Valley

By Eliza Billingham

Just reading these team names might make you want to grab a snack

By Eliza Billingham

This year's Hoopfest brackets are full of food-inspired teams. If you search "meat" on the Hoopfest team tracker, eight teams come up — including names that do not make me want to play basketball, like Meatloaf All Day and Meat Sweats. Curry has nine results (though some are probably tributes to Steph), while cheese has 10 results, like Swish Cheese, Kareem Cheesers, Cheese Ballers and Cheese Ballerz. Chicken has a grand total of 13 results, including Chicken Noodle Hoop and Chicken Nuggets, perhaps an unexpected and lucky reference to the new NBA champions. A completely scientific search, not biased at all by my favorite foods, revealed some other delicious team names, like Fruit Hoops, Basket Robbins, Nacho Basketball, Shawarma Sweatin, and Green Eggs and Slam.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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