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Youth Mountain Bike Racing Is Here
New Spokane-Area Program Launched for Middle and High School Kids Mountain biking is fun. It promotes a healthy lifestyle. It’s a sport you can do ...
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Dishman Hills Natural Area (Spokane)
The Dishman Hills Natural Area is a fantastic close-in hike at any time of year, but it is never more beautiful than in the early ...
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Time for a Challenge
Running alone at night through North Idaho neighborhoods and farm fields, I finally understood what I’ve been missing by avoiding organized races ever since my ...
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Why I Learned to Ski
Mount Shasta is one of those irresistible peaks that beckon from highways and airplanes, and I finally had the chance to climb it last May. ...
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Reimagining Winter
December reminded us just how good winter can be here in the Inland Northwest: knee-deep resort days; cross-country skiing and sledding in city parks; urban ...
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Caution to the New You
It’s that time of year. The time when we apply deprivation and restraint to our plates with the fervor of a dedicated monk. Because we ...
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Keeping Kids Active Outside All Winter Long
Everyone knows this essential truth: children enjoy playing outside. “A standard recommendation for well-child visits with my patients is the ‘9-5-3-2-1-zero’ guideline,” says Spokane-based pediatrician ...
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Mosaic Community Bike Shop Opens Downtown Spokane
This past summer, the Mosaic Community Bike Shop opened at 611 W. Second Avenue in downtown Spokane. According to manager Doug Porter, the shop picks ...
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The Velvet Foot
There aren’t many wild foods to collect in the dead of winter and virtually none that are fresh. The velvet foot, flammulina velutipes, is a ...
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