The Sound of Black History Echoes Through Portland’s Albina Neighborhood.
When Norman Sylvester was 12 years old, long before he earned the nickname "The Boogie Cat" or shared stages with musical legends like B.B. King, he boarded a train in…
When Norman Sylvester was 12 years old, long before he earned the nickname "The Boogie Cat" or shared stages with musical legends like B.B. King, he boarded a train in…
Backcountry skiing, once a niche pursuit for dedicated alpinists and enthusiasts of vintage ski techniques, has surged into the mainstream, with trails once frequented by only a few now seeing…
Fifty miles east of Reno, Nevada, on the outskirts of Fallon, a small agricultural and military community, John King stood near a noisy highway, gazing across at the ranch where…
The stark beauty and profound loneliness of the early 20th-century American West, as captured in Denis Johnson’s acclaimed novella Train Dreams, have been translated to the screen in a visually…
Filmmaker Beth Harrington’s serendipitous encounter with the works of Edward S. Curtis and his contemporaries at Washington State’s History Museum in 2002 ignited a passion that would span decades. Among…
The narrative unfolds with the boy walking the fencerow alongside seasoned men, a "blaze-orange vest draped like a gown," a symbolic garment of the hunting world that signifies both belonging…
Floyd Dominy, who led the federal Bureau of Reclamation in the 1960s, was instrumental in the construction of Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River, a monumental engineering feat completed…
The delicate trails of California’s Los Padres National Forest, etched into sandstone and winding along coastal ridgelines, are succumbing to an accelerating threat amplified by a changing climate. Many of…
Two Washington residents initiated legal action last November, alleging that petroleum corporations deliberately misled the public for decades regarding the detrimental effects of fossil fuels on climate change and the…
Thirty years ago, in the summer of 1992, Jess Walter, then a staff writer for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, found himself reporting on a tense armed standoff unfolding at…