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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Across the Cascades, avalanche dogs come to the rescue

CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN RESORT – “Are you ready to work?” ski patroller Alisha Bator whispers into the ear of Kio, a mountain rescue dog, at the edge of a meadow near the Forest Queen chairlift at Crystal Mountain Resort. Fresh snow blankets the ground, and somewhere underneath, Bator has buried an article of clothing. But the surface is crisscrossed with ski tracks and shovel prints, so it’s not obvious to the naked eye where the hidden garment is tucked.
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Ammi Midstokke: A safety announcement on winter colors

Sometime around mid-November, Mother Nature uses a giant, invisible turkey baster of sorts to siphon all the color out of the world. The fields become a washed out swath of bland. The tree line is defined primarily by contrast. The sky only changes in its proximity and threat of suffocation. Even our wardrobes, in unspoken solidarity, turn a mournful black with the occasional rebellious flair of a holiday red.
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Swan launch

A trumpeter swan takes off from Middle Pine Lake at the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge in this Nov. 21 photo by Jerry Rolwes.
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Time to go

A bald eagle takes off at Higgens Point on Lake Coeur d’Alene in this mid-November photo by Mark Hendrickson.
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Sturgeon in Hells Canyon on the decline

Fisheries managers on the Hells Canyon section of the Snake River are contemplating a future in which they may routinely move sturgeon and possibly boost their numbers through a hatchery program.