Browse: Lukens @ Large

Thanksgiving is a week from Thursday and many of us are planning a special meal. KXLY4’s Rick Lukens shows how one potential menu item can bring back some troubling childhood memories.

How well do you know Spokane? KXLY4's Rick Lukens finds out.

KXLY4's Rick Lukens wonders why a highway in north Spokane doesn't get used as much as it should.

You may have seen Moe Smith on TV as the unofficial face of boxing in the Inland Northwest, but as we see in this edition of Lukens at Large there's a fascinating story that goes with that face.

There are signs and signals to tell us when to stop and when to go, when to yield and when to slow down. But only at crosswalks do we have control over those signals, or do we? KXLY4's Rick Lukens finds out.

A dream job of tasting all the pies, cakes, and cookies people bring you and picking those that get blue ribbons, is more challenging than it sounds. Rick Lukens reports from the Spokane Interstate Fair.

If you've ever driven by the DSHS office in North Spokane you probably saw something a bit unusual: A car in a cage. The caged car got Rick Lukens' attention so he tracked down what the story behind that car is in this edition of Lukens @ Large.

If someone was going to make a movie about your life, wouldn't you like to have a say in which actor plays you in the move? The City of Spokane is feeling that pain.

A key ingredient for a memorable summer is sunshine and heat, but according to Rick Lukens there's one more crucial ingredient - water.

Every summer on New York's Coney Island, there is a very famous hot dog-eating contest that gets all kinds of national attention. KXLY4's Rick Lukens has a problem with that.

Over the weekend, America celebrated her 233rd birthday. A lot of fireworks were shot off, but how many of us really know the basics about the history of our country? KXLY4's Rick Lukens reports.

Seems everything is getting mini these days... KXLY4's Rick Luckens takes a look at just how many items in our daily life are getting the mini-treatment.

It would be like the French government banning wine or the Japanese saying ‘soy sauce is out...' But, unbelievably, for the past few years there has been quite a movement in Italy to ban the use of garlic in cooking. KXLY4's Rick Lukens reports.

Over the year's Rick Lukens has used his Lukens @ Large feature to embarrass his daughters. Now that his oldest daughter is graduating he has one last shot before she enters adulthood.

A lot of people used the nice weather and holiday weekend to take care of some outdoor chores. But Rick Lukens was indoors, cleaning out a little closet space.

A legendary football coach once said, "winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." But Rick Lukens shows us how second place is not so bad.

Every once in a while a hot-button issue pops up in Spokane. Most recently, it's bus benches. The Spokane City Council heard public comment on the issue and in this edition of Lukens at Large, Rick wonders if that was time well-spent.

When Rick Lukens pitched in to scoop ice cream for a cause - he also used the occasion for a kind of "social experiment."

KXLY4's Rick Lukens sets out to understand why women need so many pairs of shoes.

It's golf season, and there's one particular golf hole that Rick Lukens and others have loved - and hated - for years.