May 2016

Spokane County Water Resource Center Walking Tour & Open House (June 11)

Come experience the Spokane County Water Resource Center and state-of-the-art Water Reclamation Facility during an Open House on Saturday, June 11, 12-4 p.m. This is a free, family-friendly event that makes learning fun. Water Reclamation Facility Walking Tours @ 12, 1:30, & 3 p.m. Closed-toe shoes required for walking tour. 40 people per tour. First […]

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Stolen, Pawned, but Not Forgotten

Biking, Columns, Get Out There, Last Page / By Erika Prins Simonds

I locked my bike to a lamppost one sunny afternoon in May 2012, and it was gone an hour later when I returned. I know exactly where it is — I even occasionally call to check up on it — but I haven’t seen it since that day four years ago. My bike was stolen

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Pedaling With a Purpose: Real Training From People Who Know What They’re Talking About

Biking, Get Out There, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle / By Ammi Midstokke

Every year, sometime around when I realize I’ve gained 10 pounds of pumpkin pie, I start signing up for races. I’ll be sitting on the sofa in November thinking, “That might have been excessive whipped cream. I know, I’ll negate it by signing up for a race!” Nothing motivates us to stay healthy and train

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Running the Selway River: What to Leave Behind

Get Out There / By John Eliason

In early June 1993, Karl Mueggler slipped out of an eddy and committed himself to the main surge. He edged his kayak into the trough of a beastly wave, and then his boat sliced river-left to river-center. Navigating in this way allowed Mueggler to set a paddle rudder and surf the wave’s sweet spot. He

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Return of the Salmon

Columns, River Rambles / By Out There Outdoors

I admit that in my rambles up and down our river I get a little dreamy – about salmon. In my defence, it’s not hard to day dream about these great fish considering our river was home to them since before the last Ice age. These ocean going critters and their cousins the steelhead

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Reflekt Polarized Floating Sunglasses

Gear Reviews, Gear Room, Lifestyle / By Derrick Knowles

When I pulled my Reflekt sunglasses out of the box, a little card fell out while I was tearing it open like a maniac. Normally, company propaganda like that would be destined for a one-way trip to the recycling bin, but three little words on the front of the card caught my attention before my

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Organic Honey Stinger Cinnamon Waffle

Gear Reviews, Gear Room, Lifestyle / By Shallan Knowles

There are very few things I miss on a gluten free diet. I eat great bread, pizza, burgers and, with the opening of Coles Café in north Spokane, onion rings are now off the list of foods I miss. But there is one thing I do miss. Those waffle cookies that you can sit on

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When Our Bellies Become Bottomless Pits

Columns, Eatology, Health & Fitness, Lifestyle / By Ammi Midstokke

Let’s just get something straight from the beginning: Our bodies were not designed to consume 5,800 calories a day. But come training season, I sure as hell try my damnedest. I happily pull up Strava after a long ride and fantasize about the pizza, the blueberry smoothie, the four apples, the sausage, the peanut butter,

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Film Review: Strongwater

Book/Video Reviews, Get Out There, Lifestyle / By S. Michal Bennett

Many people would say that “learning to surf” is somewhere on their bucket list. It’s definitely on mine. Yet, the majority of people in the U.S. who live two hours or more from a coastline will rarely even visit the ocean, much less get on a surf board. In this exquisitely-shot short film, Coeur d’Alene

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