GET YOUR MOUNTAIN CULTURE FIX IN ROSSLAND, B.C. Just north of the border, about three hours from Spokane, Rossland, B.C. is a laid back mountain town with an amazing stream of cultural events and offerings. Sure, many who visit Rossland tend to come for the renowned mountain biking trails or the legendary powder dumps up […]
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GET YOUR MOUNTAIN CULTURE FIX IN ROSSLAND, B.C. Just north of the border, about three hours from Spokane, Rossland, B.C. is a laid back mountain town with an amazing stream of cultural events and offerings. Sure, many who visit Rossland tend to come for the renowned mountain biking trails or the legendary powder dumps up
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PEDESTRIAN ADVOCATE Mark Fenton is coming to Spokane to present a free community meeting “Walking to the Future,” on Tuesday, September 29, 6:30PM, at the Lincoln Center, 1613 N. Lincoln St. An expert in “healthy community design”—the convergence of public health and city planning — Fenton is a renowned public speaker and hosts the PBS
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Grant Wencel, the City of Spokane’s first Bike/Ped Coordinator, worked as a landscape architect for 20 years before pursuing a master’s degree in city planning. He comes to Spokane from Bend, Oregon, having worked for the past two years as a City of Redmond city planner. He sat down for an interview with OTM after
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On Saturday Out There Monthly was awarded two Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards from Region 10 Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalism. OTM won 3rd Place for Consumer/Environmental Affairs for Alternative Weeklies for the Virginia de Leon’s piece “What Killed Wilcox Organic Milk?” In addition Out There Monthly won 1st place for Opinion Writing
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Image courtesy of ROW Adventures. Congratulations to Coeur d’Alene’s ROW Adventures. Here’s the details in a press release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho- On March 30th, President Obama signed the Public Lands Omnibus Bill into law, protecting 517,000 acres and 315 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers on the Owyhee River and canyons. With this news, Outside
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According to Dr. Bob Lutz, head the Bicycle Advisory Board, the next stage in the hiring process for the City of Spokane’s new Bike/Ped Coordinator will occur on April 17, when three candidates will travel to Spokane for in-person interview. Lutz says the hope is that the selection committee would make a final decision the
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Sweaty and completely spent, the North Central High School Cross Country team gathered together near the podium awaiting the official results of the Nike National Championship race. Every runner had raced with a chip, not unlike the ones at Bloomsday, and the real time results had been beamed into a giant reader board each time
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How about some good news about protecting rivers? This news comes from American Rivers, the group responsible for the annual Endangered Rivers list: 1,000 miles of rivers in seven states to be protected as Wild and Scenic Thursday, January 15, 2009 Senate passes public lands legislation protecting over 270,000 acres along 82 rivers Washington, DC
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GRIZZLY WARS: THE PUBLIC FIGHT OVER THE GREAT BEAR David Knibb Eastern Washington University Press, 2008, 284 pages CLEARLY, NATIONWIDE, THE PUBLIC has strong feelings about species management. Grizzly Wars focuses on grizzlies, but the bear’s recovery parallels and intertwines with dozens of other species. Sadly, the very network of bureaucracy dedicated to resolving, managing,
