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Hit the Trail with Soph: New Trail, New Hike

By Gabriel Cruden / July 31, 2026 /

Outdoor trekkers, rejoice. A new trail, all 9.6 miles of it, awaits on the Colville National Forest. The Salmo Passage Trail opened last month in north Pend Oreille County with…

Road Trip

By Gabriel Cruden / May 1, 2026 /

My road trips these days have gotten shorter. Still, come spring, I like to get out and explore this amazing place called Washington state. In this article, I am going…

A Moose Missive: Are They Real?

By Gabriel Cruden / January 30, 2026 /

I was promised a moose. In fact, I was promised a moose once before, so this is nothing new. Are moose promises legal and binding, or are they merely lures…

Hit the Trail with Soph

By Gabriel Cruden / January 30, 2026 /

I stopped making New Year’s resolutions a long time ago when I finally admitted to myself that I like the creating of them more than I enjoy the execution. However,…

Hit the Trail with Soph

By Gabriel Cruden / December 5, 2025 /

It’s been memed to death, but the words of Ned Stark (Game of Thrones) ring true every year in the Inland Northwest: “Winter is coming.” You’d think having lived in…

Let It Snow!

By Gabriel Cruden / December 5, 2025 /

Every year, about mid-November, when you start to see naked trees and feel that certain something in the air, do you say to yourself, “Man, I can’t wait for it…

They Paved Paradise and Put up a Dentist’s Office

By Gabriel Cruden / October 31, 2025 /

There’s a meme going around Facebook that says: “You know you’re old when you drive around and say, ‘I remember when all this was forest.’” As if I needed yet…

Smoke on the Water: The Steamboats of the Pend Oreille

By Gabriel Cruden / October 31, 2025 /

By Robin Milligan If you stepped onto the Newport wharf on a warm July afternoon in 1908, the town would hum with expectation. Men in stiff jackets adjusted their hats,…

Mother’s Day – A Celebration of Love

By Huckleberry Press / May 4, 2016 /

by Bonnie Stichart Are you bothered by the commercialization of Mother’s Day?  If so, you’re not alone.  Anna Jarvis, the “mother” of Mother’s Day, was unhappy with how quickly the…