May 2025

“Along the Little Spokane River: A Sense of Place” by Ty A. Brown  

(Nonfiction, 2024)  Ty Brown’s “Along the Little Spokane River: A Sense of Place” is his third book examining Inland Northwest history. “Along the Little Spokane” tells the stories of the families, farms, mills, camps, and resorts that populated the waterway.  The book is broken into three sections: The Headwaters, the Heart of the River, and

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Mountain biker along a singletrack in in Echo, Oregon., along a brown dirt, rugged desert landcape, with sunset in the distance.

The RITUAL Mountain Bike Film Tour  

The 2nd year tour makes a Spokane stop April 8 at the Bing Crosby Theater  This year, Inland NW riders join the ranks of 22 other mountain bike destinations playing host to Outside Magazine’s RITUAL Mountain Bike Film Tour. The films will showcase epic adventures, legendary lines, stellar storytelling and interstellar athletes in its second

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A Northeast Washington Rail-Biking Adventure  

Cover photo courtesy of Bri Loveall One brisk fall morning, my husband and I (along with two teenagers) headed north to Ione, Wash., to experience rail-biking. Also known as rail riding, this unique form of adventure travel gets guests out on a pedal-powered, open-air quad bike on deactivated railways. I’d seen advertisements for rail-biking tours

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“You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World” edited by Ada Limón  

(Poetry Anthology, 2024)  By Claire Thomspon For the anthology “You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World,” current U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón commissioned 52 poets to write original pieces that engage in some way with nature. The diverse voices in this collection blow the genre wide open, writing of rabbitbrush and a “rain veil

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BioLite Dash 450 Headlamp 

Cover photo courtesy of Biolite This update to BioLite’s popular HeadLamp 425, the new Dash 450 is designed to work even better for runners, after-dark urban hikers, and cyclists. This no-bounce, low-profile, light-weight headlamp also sports improved beam optics, reflective graphics, and a rear red light that has a strobe mode. The rear red light

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