When was the last time a landscape spoke to you? Were you marveling at the fields of balsamroot in Riverside State Park? Holding your breath as you pedaled over a trestle on the Hiawatha Trail? Gazing out over Lake Pend Oreille from the top of Scotchman Peak? Or were you standing in front of a […]
When Roast House Coffee commits to a cause, they go all in. Community involvement and engaging in significant causes sit at the top of Roast House’s to-do list, and they’re never crossed out. Free The Snake coffee benefits Save Our Wild Salmon, and it’s aimed at helping restore the lower Snake River canyons to bring
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In the professional rodeo activities the duty of shielding the bull rider currently comes on the bullfighter as the rodeo clown once again centers around entertaining the crowd. There’s much debate between historians on if the first rodeo basically occurred. Boys of outdated typically competed against each other for boasting rights about who was simply
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The Ferrule mixed media art show presented by The Bike Hub will feature artistic creations made from old bike parts by artist, bike shop manager, and event organizer Zach Hettinger; photo prints by local photographer and mountain bike race organizer Josh Tofsrud; wild nature-themed art by Destiny Jaeger; and work by a local graffiti artist
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In the cool of evening on Saturday night, March 29,2014, six of us, all senior Spokane Mountaineers, left our hotel rooms for a 20-minute walk through the winding resort village of Courmayeur, Italy, to the Cinema Palanoir. Cinema Palanoir is the main theater in the Aosta Valley and a beautiful architectural complement to the hanging
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Avista and the City of Spokane invite you to join us in dedicating the new City Hall Plaza and celebrating the renovation of Huntington Park. Be part of Spokane’s history as we unveil a new, outdoor community gathering space including local artifacts and artwork. You won’t want to miss the spectacular, up-close views of the
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Dee Molenaar, The Mountaineers Books, 4th Edition, 2011, 430 pages The definitive book concerning the mountaineering history and essence of Mount Rainier is Dee Molenaar’s The Challenge of Rainier. Originally published in 1971, a fully revised and highly readable edition was recently published to commemorate the 40th anniversary. For anyone with any level of interest
Artwork of 17 to be featured in 2013 “Spokane Recycles” calendar The introduction this fall of the new single-stream recycling program using big blue carts was the inspiration for 288 children from 26 schools in Spokane County as they created hand-drawn posters for entry in the “America Recycles Day 2012” Spokane poster contest.
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SOME VACATIONS FEEL SO busy and exhausting that once you return home you need another vacation just to rejuvenate. Staying at a resort—and focusing your recreation and other activities around that focal point—is one way to ensure a relaxing getaway. Located outside of Leavenworth along Icicle Creek is Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort, whose namesake peak
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Since I missed out on saying it in January, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I’ve been laboring over the subject of this column for the last few days, feeling the need to give some attention to a big bummer: the closing of Empyrean. BUT, alas, I require BOTH hands to count the number of times I’ve written
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