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Near Western Washington’s Canadian border, there is a “granola”-esque, fairly large college town called Bellingham. In addition to a Wal-Mart that draws loads of economical Canadians ...

For those of you who don’t know, it’s Winter. I’m not sure if grammar has us capitalizing seasons, but Winter deserves honor. If it weren’t for Winter, I would be outside; if ...

Heading into town from Eastern Washington on I-90 (the longest Interstate Highway in the US, ending in Seattle), there is a mountain that looms over North Bend. It is Mount Si. Standing at 3,900ft, ...

Washington had a hot summer and many wildfires. In fact, we almost broke a record for consecutive days without rainfall. That is why today when I read about Australia’s addition of pink and purple ...

I live in Washington, in Sammamish, yet, I have never been to Issaquah’s Poo Poo Point. Issaquah is about 10 minutes down the road. I have been hiking for a while, yet it wasn’t until a ...

The Seattle Mariners and their general manager, Jack Zduriencik, are making leaps and bounds in progress over this 2012-13 offseason.  For starts, the Mariners picked up additional middle ...

I was listening to Sports Radio on 710 AM in Seattle today. My dad likes the show. They were talking about the Mariners—specifically, our ace pitcher, Felix Hernandez. What does everyone ...

The name of the game is to kill time. I don’t know why that came to me, but when I was little, it was something I always typed, along with a phrase my mom taught me: Now is the time for all good ...

The pitchers and catchers of the Seattle Mariners reported to sunny Arizona yesterday. Felix Hernandez was tweeting pictures of himself in cars and planes on his way to the 70 degree weather, and fans ...

This hike starts at an elevation of 1,230ft. It is a mild, flat mile before you reach the fork in the road, where you can turn to the right and continue on a narrower path through the woods. The streams ...

Evan’s Creek Preserve is about a square mile in size, and is easily traversed within the span of an hour or so. It is close to city life, yet located in a pastoral area of King County, off SR ...

Despite losing the opening charity game, the Seattle Mariners are playing well, sporting an 11-4 record. Still, the best news to report from Mariners camp at Spring Training in Peoria, Arizona, was ...

The Seattle Mariners continue to play in Peoria, Arizona, yet the tune sounds a bit different as of late. The Mariners have lost 6 of their last 7, which comes after winning 10 straight. Young and old ...

Can there be a red sky and a starry night? Welcome to Peoria, Arizona—the “Valley of the Sun,” where the Seattle Mariners are currently 17-7, which is already better than last year’s ...

“We live at the edge of the miraculous.” ~Henry Miller Baseball season is just around the corner, and there is lots to look forward to—pies in the face, soaring home runs (that ...

Well, yesterday was Opening Day, and since the Mariners got a new jumbotron (the largest in MLB), the big kahunas upstairs thought it a good idea to open up the parking lots, and invite the whole ...

The Seattle Mariners started out strong and now they are dwindling fast. Please help us! Why in the world are we benching players in clutch situations? Get Franklin Gutierrez out of the picture! Nah, ...

So, the good thing is that the Seattle Mariners are doing worse this year than they did last year. You ask, how is that a good thing? Well, the thing is, us fans don’t want to get high hopes. ...

With a 12-17 record, the Seattle Mariners have had a sordid start, but there are still optimistic hopes that these all-stars will band together and create something magical. While the Mariners lost ...