You may recognize her artwork around Spokane even if you don’t know who she is. Tiffany Patterson has a strange style that takes you underwater to swim with impossible creatures. Her work is on the walls of local businesses and parks, but now it’s on a fair-trade coffee bag.

Doma Coffee, based out of Post Falls, releases a series of Valentine’s Day coffee every year. This is the fourth year and now Patterson’s art will be printed on the bag with soy-based ink. This year, the coffee is called: “Sea of Love”.

“The ocean plays a big role in my work and the creatures and happiness and humor are the main themes of my work,” Patterson said.

You can find her murals featured on the walls of Neato Burrito, a downtown burrito shop along 1st. If you go into the bathroom there, you can see more of her art on the dozens of event posters pasted on the wall.

If you boarded a plane at Spokane International Airport in 2011, you may have noticed you had a little more elbow room.  According to Todd Woodard with the SIA,  air travel was down by 2.91 percent from 2010.  In 2010, 2.9 million passengers traveled through the Spokane.  In 2011, the airport reports 2.8 million passengers boarded and unloaded planes.  However, in November air travel was up from the year before with .64 percent more people flying the friendly skies.

"While our community has experienced the results of a nationwide daily capacity re-balancing by scheduled passenger airlines, we were optimistic based on observations that would trend in a positive manner," said Lawrence Krauter CEO of the Spokane Air Board.

The airport also reports a 25 percent increase in freight and mail in 2011, with 4,772 tons traveling  down the runways.

Finding a job listing or advertisitng a position in North Idaho should now be even easier, thanks to North Idaho College’s Career Services. NIC recently unveiled its updated online job listing, internship and volunteer opportunities program.

“Since the program serves both students and the community, the online listing program will be a valuable service to both those who seek opportunities and to employers,” said NIC Career Services Assistant Director Gail Laferriere.

Employers can post job listings, internships and volunteer opportunities directly to the website. Employers must also accept the liability statement, before choosing to post opportunities to the site.