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Photo of Spokane Bike to Work Week kickoff party.

Bike Everywhere in May with Friends

May has long been nationally recognized as “Bike Month” thanks to the League of American Bicyclists. This includes Bike to Work Week, Bike to School ...

Erika Prins Simonds May 16, 2017

Deep Creek Loop in Riverside State Park

For many people in the Inland Northwest, finishing Bloomsday is a rite of passage. As a former road runner with several Bloomsday finishes, I understand ...

Holly Weiler May 15, 2017

Young boy sitting in a big inflatable blue and yellow tube and floating the Spokane River during summer.

Easy Thrills: Tubing the Spokane River

Parents like to feel in control, but you can’t control a river. Which is why I was a little nervous to take my young son, ...

Amy McCaffree May 14, 2017

Photo of paddler on the Spokane River by Aaron Theisen.

What the River Says

The night after celebrating my son’s second birthday along the swift, milky-emerald current of the Spokane River, a bout of insomnia had me phone surfing ...

Derrick Knowles May 12, 2017

Photo of grizzly bear courtesy of Conservation Northwest.

North Cascade Grizzly Bears Could Get a Boost

A century of commercial trapping, habitat loss, and unregulated hunting eradicated grizzlies from 98% of their original range in the contiguous U.S. Here in the ...

Crystal Atamian May 10, 2017