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From Stocker Farms in Snohomish to Pfaff's Old Time Farm in Auburn, there's no shortage of places to pick out a Christmas tree in Western Washington.

Hiking is often only a city bus pass away. And for city folk looking to hike more sustainably, it's a great option for hitting the trails.

Cities Use Public Transit to Make Nature More Accessible An event for the launch of Trailhead Direct service from the Tukwila light rail station. Photo courtesy of King County Parks Seattle is one of several major cities implementing a “transit to trails” program to help more people access local wilderness. Jul 16, 2021 On a recent spring morning, Kamal Adhikari hopped in his Chrysler 200S and made the 30-minute drive from his home in a Seattle suburb to the Poo Poo Point Trailhead in the...

Skip the parking lot shuffle at Mount Si or Tiger Mountain.

Oak Bluffs, Mass. | $1.695 Million A one-bedroom, one-bathroom, seasonal waterfront cottage with a detached two-bedroom, one-bathroom guesthouse, on a 0.25-acre lot Oak Bluffs is one of six towns on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. This three-season property is in the East Chop area, on a sliver of land between Vineyard Sound and Crystal Lake, on which it has almost 150 feet of frontage. Known as the Doll House because it is tiny, the main house is a converted early-20th-century fishing shack...

by Rich Smith • May 11, 2021 at 4:26 pm Constantine is running for re-election this year, and hed really like you to know what hes been up to lately. Courtesy of the Campaign On Tuesday afternoon King County Executive Dow Constantine used his annual State of the County address to deliver some good news to a region struggling to find housing, pay rent, secure a decent job, escape grinding and isolating work, combat a deadly respiratory virus, and mayb...

Apr 10, 2021 HENDERSON, Nev. – The No. 1-ranked Washington womens rowing team won all four of its races Saturday morning against No. 8 Alabama and No. 20 Oregon State, on the first day of the Lake Las Vegas Pac-12 Invitational.   The Huskies, back in action for the first time since sweeping Washington State at the very same race course four weeks ago, won all four events – the first and second varsity eights, and the first and second varsity fours – by open water.   The Huskies wrapped...

When Mike Yost passes driveways in and around North Bend, he notices that many homes have two vehicles parked outside: a commuter car and something a bit more rugged—a “snow car,” the sales manager at Pro Ski and Mountain Service calls it. The North Bend outdoors shop caters to the city’s many adventurous locals and visitors. Auspiciously situated in the foothills of the Cascades and along I-90, North Bend is home to Rattlesnake Ridge and just a short drive from countless ot...

The feeling of sureness persisted, one that he’d made the right decision in the second go-around in his college recruitment. Clay Millen could hardly believe the words coming out of his mouth as he landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Monday night.  The Mount Si senior quarterback, who de-committed from Arizona last month after the football program underwent a coaching change, left Reno on Monday with his heart set on committing to Nevada over Colorado, the only school that kept...

Cole Norah’s signing day admittedly did not go as he envisioned it growing up.  As a sophomore, Norah was Mount Si’s starting running back and saw time in the secondary for a team that made the 4A state quarterfinals. He saw several teammates go Pac-12, and thought he’d be a shoe-in to one day to join them. Norah couldn’t have anticipated an ACL tear that kept him out half of his junior season. Nor did he factor in the pandemic that would keep him off the field for the fall of his seni...