Ferry County’s Rail Corridor Committee has been awarded a second year to its National Parks Service Assistance Program Grant, announced Michael Linde, program manager from the National Park Service Rivers and Trails Assistance Program (RTCA), at last Thursday’s RCC meeting. Over the last year the RCC have completed its vision statement and collected and condensed […]
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The Faith and Environment Network & The Center for Environmental Law and Policy (CELP) present SOURCE TO THE SEA: THE COLUMBIA RIVER SWIM Wednesday, August 17 ~ 6:30 start time The Commons (home of Indaba Coffe and The Book Parlor) 1425 W Broadway Avenue (2.5 blocks west of the County Courthouse) On July 1,
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Outdoor experiences make life worth living, and our area is rich with lakes and mountains to enjoy. While the challenges or the motivations vary, there is no shortage of inspirational landscapes to appreciate. Whether you’re a biker, hiker or paddler, you probably bring along your camera to document your outings. Outdoor photography connects people in
Interested in promoting a 100-mile combined trail that connects 11 communities in the Northeast Washington/B.C. boundary area? Join the Kettle Falls to Colville Trail Committee, Ferry County Rail Trail Partners, Grand Forks Community Trail Society and the Kettle River Rail Trail Council for a Combined Trail Meeting on Monday, March 1st at 6:30 p.m. The
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Old-growth forest stands provide destinations for hiking and camping to better appreciation the grandeur of old, big trees.
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SPOKANE WAS NOT UNLIKE hundreds of other cities and towns at the time that discovered the rivers that ran through them were a tremendous source of waterpower. Now, despite the efforts to harness the river-which Avista Utilities and its predecessor Washington Water Power did a thorough job of by placing a half-dozen dams along its
The North Cedar, the last drive-in theater in Spokane closed in 1993. At one point, Spokane was home to seven drive-ins-more than any other city in Washington State (Seattle can boast only having had two). Now, movie watchers itching to recreate the drive-in movie experience of their youth must travel north of Spokane to the
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Most of us only dream about spending an entire season chasing our favorite outdoor pursuit, leaving it to a few hearty souls to make a life out of the sport they love. You’ve seen them before, the unshaven guy sleeping in the back of his truck up at the resort parking lot, the young woman
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“Nordic skiing is a sport you can do as long as you’re active, because it’s not hard on your body. I see nordic skiers in their 60’s to 80’s, which you don’t see on downhill runs,” says Robin DuRuwe, owner of Fitness Fanatics in Spokane and an 18-year veteran of the sport that’s also known
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Climbing the Inland Northwest from inside out By JP Vallières Cover photo courtesy of Angus Meredith In my 20s, I’d drive a full hour on a gridlocked Long Island Expressway to rock climb. In a gym. On the long, rude drive (full of honking and middle fingers) I’d dream of someday living in distant cities
