Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Study targets Lake Roosevelt private cabins

  March 22, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 In the 1950s, the government sold rights to build private vacation cabins in the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area to help build public support for the new recreation area behind …

• Stehekin resort contract up for grabs

  December 7, 2010 in Business, Outdoors, Region Anyone interested in running a wilderness resort needs to look no further than Washington’s rugged North Cascades, where the National Park Service is seeking bidders to manage a 21-room lodge, …

• Climbing permit fee may go up

  September 13, 2010 in Outdoors, City on Page A6 ASHFORD, Wash. – Mountain climbers aren’t happy about a National Park Service proposal to boost the cost of a permit to climb Mount Rainier by two-thirds and for Alaska’s Mount …

• Spokane man drowns near Coulee Dam

  July 29, 2010 in City, Region A Spokane man drowned Sunday afternoon in Lake Roosevelt near Grand Coulee, the National Park Service said today.

• $1.2 million in upgrades set around Mount St. Helens

  July 17, 2009 in Region Two years ago, chronic budget shortfalls prompted the Gifford Pinchot National Forest to permanently close the Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center after just 14 years.