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• Wallowa-Whitman backs off big road closure

  April 22, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C9 GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Forest officials on Tuesday stopped a plan to close thousands of miles of roads in Wallowa-Whitman National Forest after a public uproar over the proposed move …

• Spin Control: Off-road-vehicle bill a shining example of compromise

  February 26, 2012 in Outdoors, City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – With all the examples of disharmony in the Legislature, it’s nice to tell a tale of folks with different agendas finding common ground and working together. Although it … 1

• Plan gives OHV riders legal access to more routes

  November 27, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 Off-highway vehicle riders have more routes for legally riding their ATVs and motorcycles on the Colville National Forest, according to a plan approved this month. Forest Supervisor Laura Jo West … 1

• Mica Peak timber lands closed to motorized vehicles

  March 27, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C14 A small but steady parade of vandals has prompted the Inland Empire Paper Company to ban motorize vehicle use on about 3,600 acres of timberland around Mica Peak south of … 2

• Man arrested after towed sled hits police car

  December 31, 2010 in City on Page A6 A Spokane father is in jail after two children he was towing on a sled behind an ATV slammed into a parked police car, sending the kids to the hospital. …

• Sled crash that hurt 2 kids lands Spokane dad in jail

  December 30, 2010 in City A Spokane man is in jail after two children he was towing on a sled behind an ATV slammed into a parked police car, sending the kids to the hospital. 28

• Hunter dies in ATV crash in north Spokane County

  October 18, 2010 in City A North Bend, Wash., man who has been visiting north Spokane County with a hunting party for 35 years died Friday after he crashed his ATV near Reflection Lake. 1

• Great Burn Wilderness remains subject of debate

  August 21, 2010 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A1 The 1910 fires – and significant wildfires that followed into the 1930s – had a devastating hand in bestowing rugged portions of the Bitterroot Mountains with new life.

• Coeur d’Alene man died in ATV crash

  June 30, 2010 in Idaho A 74-year-old man killed Tuesday in an all-terrain vehicle crash near the Fourth of July Pass parking lot in Kootenai County was identified this morning as Cleo B. “Bud” Dodge, …

• ATV crash kills driver in Kootenai County

  June 30, 2010 in City on Page A5 A 74-year-old man died Tuesday in an all-terrain vehicle crash near the Fourth of July Pass parking lot in Kootenai County.

• Man, 74, dies in ATV crash in North Idaho

  June 29, 2010 in Idaho A 74-year-old man died today in an ATV accident near the Fourth of July Pass parking lot in Kootenai County.

• ATVs lose ground in Blues

  May 9, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C9 POMEROY, Wash. – The Umatilla National Forest has closed some main roads in the Blue Mountains to all-terrain vehicle traffic for safety reasons. The change has riled ATV riders, who …

• Resort employee rescued after day on Silver Mountain

  October 5, 2009 in Idaho A Silver Mountain Ski Resort employee was rescued after spending Sunday lost on the mountain.