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EXPLORE THE GREAT OUTDOORS INSIDE AT THE SPOKANE GREAT OUTDOORS EXPO  

Happening Feb. 21-22, 2026, at the Spokane Convention Center on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  If you are dreaming of sunnier, warmer days outside, the Spokane Great Outdoors Expo is a shot of summer when we need it most in the dead of winter. It’s […]

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“Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet” by Ben Goldfarb 

By Chris Maccini (Nonfiction, 2023)  Ben Goldfarb writes the kind of books that will fundamentally change the way you see the world. He did it first with 2018’s “Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” which not only challenged my thoughts on beavers (which previously weren’t many), but altered the way

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“The Urban Outdoors” Published August 1, 2006 in Out There Monthly.  

By Jess Walter  Recently I was challenged by a poet in Lycra bike shorts to write an entire column about bicycling without making fun of the way people look in Lycra bike shorts (which, by the way, I believe should be regulated no less strenuously than, say, automatic handguns-with permits, 5-day waiting periods and restrictions

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2024 Spokane Great Outdoors Expo Presentations

Learn About the Inland NW Outdoors from These Experts Spokane Great Outdoors Expo presentations Saturday and Sunday, February 17-18, 2024 at the Spokane Convention Center. (Presentations are free with your Expo ticket. Tickets are available here now and come with free outdoor adventure deals for indoor climbing, paddleboarding, ziplining, and more while they last. Also

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Fall Road Trip: Republic, WA

Photo: Jesse Harding, courtesy of the Ferry County Rail Trail Hikes, Rides, Scenic Drives, and Mountain Town Exploring in Northeast Washington The cool little town of Republic, Wash., near the Canadian border in northeast Washington is a well-rounded, old-West outpost. The community has weathered various mining and logging booms and busts over the years and

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The Triumphant Return of 24-Hour Mountain Bike Racing

After a two-year hiatus, 24-hour mountain bike racing returns to Riverside State Park in Spokane. The original organizers of the legendary 24 Hours Round the Clock event, Wendy Zupan and Gino Lisiecki, ran that race from 1999 to 2019. Then, quite magically, they called it quits right before the whole world ground to a halt

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