Interest in landscaping with native plants is growing. More and more people understand the importance of helping to improve biodiversity on their property, and the right groups of plants provide food and habitat for a range of vital pollinators and other wildlife. Some people appreciate the unique beauty of the region in which they live […]
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Spring Dash (April 23): This is a great race to kick off the running season and raise funds for United Way of North Idaho. The beautiful course passes through downtown Coeur D’Alene and starts and finishes at McEuen Park. Priest Lake Spring Run (May 28): Choose from half Marathon, 10k, 5k or 1k Kids Dash
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I absolutely love living in a place with four distinct seasons, and I have a variety of sports to keep me active at any point in the year. But spring holds a special place in my heart, as it’s the time of the year when even the air seems softer and sweeter than usual. Temperatures
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Do you enjoy picking huckleberries each summer? Splashing in Lake Coeur d’Alene at City Beach? How about hiking Tubbs Hill and taking the leap from one of its cliffs into the rippling water below? Well, you owe a big thanks to Art Manley and Scott Reed for being able to enjoy these North Idaho outdoor
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For many kids who run, Bloomsday suffices. At nearly 7.5 miles, it’s long enough to require training if they want to take the race seriously, but short enough that many of them can show up on race day and just pound out (or run-walk) the distance. Far fewer kids are interested in racing longer distances,
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I stood at the starting line for the C-Pack of the Baddlands Twilight Series race, and scanned the competition. Taking stock, my bike stacked up. My fitness: I had hopes. My goal: don’t finish last. Moments later, I was racing for the first time in decades and my 59-year-old heart was pounding through my chest;
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This Arbor Day (April 28) a volunteer crew will be working on designated trails and plantings in People’s Park, located just west of downtown Spokane. According to Lunell Haught, president of the Inland NW Trails Coalition, this project is a part of the Hangman Creek Corridor multi-year project to connect a nine mile land and
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Each year, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife teams up with local organizations to host a kids’ fishing day at Clear Lake west of Spokane. This year’s event will be held May 6. The $10 registration fee gets young anglers a rod and reel, bait, and a t-shirt. Each participant can catch up to
What if they don’t catch a fish? I started to worry, but as the truck doors swung open and the boys filed out, I could see their bright smiles and it clicked: I knew we had already given these children in foster care something they could take with them. It’s an adventure, a chance to
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