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Run Wild: Why Dogs Are The Ultimate Running Partner

I left for this morning’s run without my dog. She watched, old white paws up on the windowsill. “Bye, Em,” I said with a wave ...
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Ammi Midstokke: Over-complicating Health with Fancy Food

It’s kind of my job to eat weird things. Thankfully, there’s a market for making weird things super trendy by putting them in hipster packaging, ...
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September Family & Kid Events in Spokane

September 9: SpokeFest—includes a family-friendly, 9-mile biking route. September 15: Global Kidical Massive—3-mile family bike ride along the Centennial Trail, starting at Kendall Yards; 1-3 ...
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Local Guidebooks Help Families Get Outside with Their Kids

When exploring the outdoors or hiking with our children, “It’s easy for us to get frustrated,” says Harley McAllister, a father of four boys who ...
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Climate Change in the Northwest: Fires & Smoke-Filled Skies

Remember when it use to rain during the hot summer months? If you have been here a while, then you can recall a wetter era ...
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Hiking The Mollies (Priest Lake, Idaho)

The most difficult part of this hike is getting to the trailhead, as the forest service (FS) road to the beginning of the trail is ...
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Motherhood and the Climber’s Life

Before becoming a mom, I didn’t like to think about the possibility of taking a break from rock climbing goals and pushing my limits, or ...
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Explore Spokane With a Walking or Biking Poetry Tour

A new way to explore Spokane is with a self-guided walking or biking tour of the “I am a Town” poetry art installations. With 13 ...
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The Living Snow Project at Western Washington University

The goal of the Living Snow Project is to better understand the distribution, abundance, and diversity of snow algae (often called “watermelon snow”) in the ...
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