MOUNTAINEERING – In honor of a new Whitworth Library collection, Spokane Mountaineer John Roskelley will present a free program, “From Annapurna to Seven Summits: Literature’s Influence on Me and on the Sport of Mountaineering,” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, in Weyerhaeuser Hall’s Robinson...
PUBLIC LANDS -- The Colville National Forest has a new supervisor hired from within the forest's ranks. Rodney Smoldon, currently the district ranger on the Colville's Three Rivers Ranger District, has been appointed by Jim Peña, the Pacific Northwest Region’s top Forester based in Portland.…
THREATENED SPECIES -- It's a long story, but the Associated Press has made this attempt at a summary: By MEAD GRUVERAssociated Press LinkedIn Google+ Pinterest Reddit Print Order Reprint of this Story CHEYENNE, Wyo. The Interior Department said Tuesday it won't propose federal protections for...
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