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June 12, 2026

Free Outdoor Skills Programs from Spokane County Library District 

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Cover photo courtesy of Charlie Bouck The Spokane County Library District is hosting a series of free outdoor skills programs and classes this summer. On June 3, 10, 17, and 24, WSU Extension Master Gardener Kurt Madison will present “Lewisia & Clarkia: Plants of Lewis & Clark,” covering botanical discoveries from the Lewis and Clark expedition, at the North Spokane, Moran Prairie, […]

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A Search for Buoyancy 

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By Lisa Laughlin Cover photo courtesy of Kort Laughlin My best summer self is unlocked when I’m on a paddleboard. As soon as I leave the shore, I unwind and embrace a time and place where my only ambition is to reach a cluster of lily pads. Just a light internet search on the neuroscience behind Blue Mind Theory—a reference to how being on or near water ups our happy chemicals and lowers our stress hormones, blood pressure and heart rate—will confirm what many of

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