A stormy, wind-whipped week is on tap for the Pacific Northwest, with a warm start that favors heavier, wetter snow at lower elevations before a powerful midweek cold front drops snow levels to the passes and kicks off the deepest mountain totals, followed by a warmer late-week pulse that turns snow dense again before cooler, showery snow closes out the period.
McLoughlin, the Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company's fort in Vancouver, Wash., receives more attention than any other figure. Long does a good job in revealing McLoughlin's personality, his reactions to crimes, and his advocation of crime penalties. Parts of this information will be new to many readers. Similarly, the author's treatment of the murders of the Whitmans and the later hanging of five American Indians for that crime also includes material fresh to most readers.
It's been 20 years since Twilight first graced bookstores across the country-17 since the first film-but the vampire series's fame has yet to wane, and many curl up with the story annually in the fall and winter months. Famously set in Forks, Washington, a small town in the Olympic Peninsula with an average rainfall of 10-12 feet a year, the beauty of the Pacific Northwest is well depicted in the pages and on screen.
A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles, as travel writer Tim Cahill said. As a Pacific Northwest writer who frequently travels to Canada, I couldn't agree more. Living barely an hour south of the Canadian border, I've had the pleasure of hopping the 49th parallel countless times. The real magic of crossing that line is not just the immediate sense of spaciousness, but the feeling of a familiar, open-hearted welcome.
Her exhibition, the result of a summer residency at ILY2, represents another investment in her research into the realms of energy harvesting, toxicology, and biomaterials. This research took Fishman to the Bonneville Lock and Dam and hatcheries of the Yakama Nation in order to investigate the de-population of lamprey and sturgeon as well as restoration and education efforts made by humans on their behalf.
The Old Farmer's Almanac has issued its 2025-2026 Winter Forecast, calling for a season that's "mostly mild-with pockets of wild." Editor Carol Connare says that "most areas will experience near-normal to slightly milder temperatures," though certain regions could still see sudden cold snaps. For Washington homeowners, that translates to a relatively calm winter-milder than average, with less snow than usual.
Then one day, Caroline discovered a map which documented the amount of arsenic in the soil in the Tacoma region. The map was the first of many clues she used to try to make sense of what plagued the Pacific Northwest of her childhood. What Caroline found was this: the 70s and 80s were the heyday of the mining and smelting of heavy metals in America-metals like copper, lead, and zinc, which all released huge amounts of toxic fumes like lead, arsenic, and asbestos into the air.
Their trunks were as tall and straight as ship masts. Who knows how old they were, but I'm guessing they were planted when the house was built in the 1920s. By the time I was a boy, their tops towered high above the roof. We played endlessly beneath the cover of these pines, twirling madly on a single rope swing attached to one especially formidable branch.
Founded in 1978 in the town of Hermiston, Oregon, Shari's is a diner-style restaurant that once boasted of being the largest casual dining chain in the Northwest. Also called Shari's Cafe & Pies, it was known for 24-hour service, and its wide variety of different pie recipes. At its peak, Shari's had 95 locations across six states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Wyoming, and Nebraska.
Alaska Airlines will launch seven new routes across the Pacific Northwest and California starting in October, including daily flights from Burbank to Eugene and Redmond.
The Columbia River Gorge is a National Scenic Area stretching over 80 miles, defined by its unique geology and lush landscapes that attract travel enthusiasts looking for quieter experiences.
Salmon and steelhead trout are quite similar, so much so that you may not even spot the difference just by appearance. There are different varieties of salmon, with varying levels of fat content and flavors, but steelhead trout is a little different. At a glance, they're both an orange-pink hue, but salmon is a saltwater fish, whereas trout comes from fresh water.
The Atticus Hotel in McMinnville, collaborating with Linfield University, launched a successful artist-in-residency program for Pacific Northwest writers.
