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Columbia River

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Three Cheap Ways To Celebrate Washington Wine Month

    Hey fellow lushes! I'm on Day 2 of a month-long Washington wine bender, feeling the swell of home state pride at all the terrific fermented grape juice flowing from the gazillion vintners here. OK, so I exaggerate. That's what a couple tumblers of Tempranillo will do. Dead serious, though, there ar ... More >>

  • Food

    January 18, 2012

    Yes You Can . . . Tuna

    Only hard-core canners will seal the oily fish.

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Take That, Charlie: Slow Food Seattle Members Can Their Own Tuna

    When Bellingham fisherman Jeremy Brown started offering tuna canning classes in his kitchen, he could pick up the pressure cookers he needed to safely process fish at garage sales for about $5 apiece. Ten years later, he says, "you better be there bright and early, and be ready to bid it up." Sales ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    D.B. Cooper Snoops to Gather in Portland for 40th Anniversary Sleuth-Off

    ​Nothing wards off the dozing effects of tryptophan better than a little detective work on America's most famous unsolved heist. Proving this fact, detectives, journalists and fans from all over the country will be spending their Thanksgiving weekend in Portland, celebrating the 40th anniversa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Who Gets Hurt If Hanford Explodes (or Leaks)

    ​Editor's Note: This post was written by The Nation Institute's Joshua Frank. What would a nuclear explosion at the Hanford site in Eastern Washington actually look like and whom would it impact? This seems to be an important concern brought to attention following my Seattle Weekly cover stor ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 10, 2011

    Beauty & Bounty

    ​Editor's Note: This post was written by The Nation Institute's Joshua Frank. What would a nuclear explosion at the Hanford site in Eastern Washington actually look like and whom would it impact? This seems to be an important concern brought to attention following my Seattle Weekly cover stor ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Gateway to the Orient

    Southwest Washington will be China's source for dirty coal.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Federal Judge Forces Hawaiian Garbage To Stay On the Island

    ​If you fly into Honolulu and smell something a little rancid in the air, this is why. Bales of garbage from Hawaii were supposed to be arriving in Washington state, bound for a landfill near the Columbia River, Nina Shapiro reported earlier this week. But yesterday a federal judge in Spokane ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    Aloha, Garbage!

    The Yakama Nation isn't happy about a Washington company's plans to import Hawaii waste.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Hawaii Garbage Faces New Obstacle En Route to Washington State Landfill After Yakama Tribe Objects

    ​Over the weekend, Hawaii news outlets were reporting that the first shipment of Honolulu garbage was likely only weeks away from coming to a Washington state landfill near the Columbia River. Hawaiian Waste Systems, the Seattle-based company that has a contract to ship 150,000 tons of waste f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Colton Harris-Moore Is In Oregon?

    ​Elusive boy bandit Colton Harris-Moore was last spotted by security tape on Lopez Island on May 15, milling around on a marina right before a boat was stolen. But now a string of crimes in a sleepy coastal Oregon town has some authorities thinking that the Barefoot Burglar is slowly making hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2010

    Sasquatch! Saturday: Your View at the Gorge Is Now Obstructed By a Huge Black Garbage Bag

    Renee McMahonThe new look from the front of the stage.​A person used to be able to look directly at mainstage artists and see straight through to the Columbia River and the surrounding hills. It was the most picturesque view in rock and roll. Today you look out on a big black garbage bag. Sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Sasquatch! Tip #81: Take Advantage of Vantage: Blustery's Will Cure What Ails You

    Cheeseburgers served under this sign. You don't need directions, just look for this sign as you approach the Columbia River from I-90.​For those of you heading to Sasquatch! from Seattle, Vantage--the smaller than small town tucked up against the Columbia River--is the last metropolis you'll d ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2009

    Jack Nisbet

    Cheeseburgers served under this sign. You don't need directions, just look for this sign as you approach the Columbia River from I-90.​For those of you heading to Sasquatch! from Seattle, Vantage--the smaller than small town tucked up against the Columbia River--is the last metropolis you'll d ... More >>

  • Film

    August 26, 2009

    Arid Lands: Ecological Havoc in Eastern Washington

    Cheeseburgers served under this sign. You don't need directions, just look for this sign as you approach the Columbia River from I-90.​For those of you heading to Sasquatch! from Seattle, Vantage--the smaller than small town tucked up against the Columbia River--is the last metropolis you'll d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    PNBA Awards Announced

    The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has announced its 2008 honors, to be bestowed down in Portland in late March. (PNBA basically includes Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, plus sometimes Alaska and Montana.) And the envelope, please: Guernica by Dave Boling A novel about the Spanish Civil ... More >>

  • Film

    October 1, 2008

    Inside the Fence

    A regional festival sticks within its boundaries.

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2008

    Hanford's Oil Strike

    A regional festival sticks within its boundaries.

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    T. Boone No Longer Aiding MSFT

    A regional festival sticks within its boundaries.

  • News

    May 21, 2008

    More Info on Salmon

    And on Rainier Valley development and afternoon tea.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2007

    I Heard This

    And on Rainier Valley development and afternoon tea.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2007

    I Ate This: Vietnamese Soul Food Wine Dinner

    And on Rainier Valley development and afternoon tea.

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    The Gorge: A Survival Guide

    What to pack, where to watch, how to sleep.

  • Arts

    October 18, 2006

    Cheap Date

    Some theater tickets are free this week. Plus: Artist Trust grants and bad band names.

  • Music

    May 31, 2006

    Squatched

    Thoughts on this year's festival.

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    Bones and Blonds

    Kennewick Man serves as a reminder to separate fantasy and science.

  • News

    February 22, 2006

    Tons of Trouble

    Saving Puget Sound's endangered orcas won't be easy. Beyond toxins, harassment, and global warming, they face developer lawsuits and possibly those infamous Snake River dams.

  • Arts

    January 25, 2006

    Maya Lin

    Saving Puget Sound's endangered orcas won't be easy. Beyond toxins, harassment, and global warming, they face developer lawsuits and possibly those infamous Snake River dams.

  • Arts

    March 31, 2004

    Visual Arts Picks

    Saving Puget Sound's endangered orcas won't be easy. Beyond toxins, harassment, and global warming, they face developer lawsuits and possibly those infamous Snake River dams.

  • Food

    November 19, 2003

    Food Event Around Town

    Saving Puget Sound's endangered orcas won't be easy. Beyond toxins, harassment, and global warming, they face developer lawsuits and possibly those infamous Snake River dams.

  • Food

    January 29, 2003

    Dining Calendar

    Saving Puget Sound's endangered orcas won't be easy. Beyond toxins, harassment, and global warming, they face developer lawsuits and possibly those infamous Snake River dams.

  • Food

    January 22, 2003

    Dining Calendar

    Saving Puget Sound's endangered orcas won't be easy. Beyond toxins, harassment, and global warming, they face developer lawsuits and possibly those infamous Snake River dams.

  • News

    October 30, 2002

    Kudzu to You

    The invasive vine has landed in Washington.

  • Food

    October 23, 2002

    Bye Bye, Birdie

    The invasive vine has landed in Washington.

  • Arts

    October 16, 2002

    Talk of Sea-Town

    What a literary magazine can do that a novel can't.

  • Diversions

    July 10, 2002

    Outdoorsman

    Burning Fuel

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Bright future?

    Seattle City Light's controversial new plan to lower rates and save the environment.

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    Dam water

    Seattle City Light's controversial new plan to lower rates and save the environment.

  • Food

    April 10, 2002

    The Hot Sheet

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • News

    January 9, 2002

    Where's the power?

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • Food

    October 17, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    Kennewick Man in court

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    News Clips— Dem bones

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • Food

    April 25, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • Food

    March 28, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • Diversions

    December 6, 2000

    Memo to myself

    Slade ponders his post-election future.

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    The Stick Man cometh

    Kennewick Man's flack is poised to unveil his latest "discovery."

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    "Let's face it. Whether we Seattle residents like it or not, many other people are going to want to live here in coming years for the very reasons we love it today: beautiful surroundings, a thriving cultural life, and robust economic opportunity."

    Kennewick Man's flack is poised to unveil his latest "discovery."

  • News

    November 4, 1998

    Vikings, then and now

    Kennewick Man's flack is poised to unveil his latest "discovery."

  • News

    July 29, 1998

    Gnawing on the bones

    Now the scientists turn intransigent in the battle over Kennewick man.

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