hiking

Having recently moved to Yakima from the Seattle-Tacoma area, new resident Lorrie Brown says there is, actually, a LOT to do in the Yakima Valley and that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

If you are new to the area, you are dying for some great suggestions for the best places in the Yakima Valley vicinity for hiking.

EVERETT (AP) — After conducting four rescues in one week, Snohomish County officials are warning the public against hiking on Mount Pilchuck unless they are well trained for steep snow conditions. The sheriff's office Search and Rescue Unit says the conditions are not conducive to an easy day hike...

If you hunt, fish, camp or hike -- or do anything in between -- you'll want to be at the Yakima Valley SunDome this weekend for the 27th annual Central Washington Sportsmen Show. Besides at the activities and equipment, spokesman Rob Phillips says you'll be able to enjoy a new live animal display, “Predators Of The Heart” from Anacortes...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Representative Dave Reichert has introduced a bill that would designate a stretch of scenic landscape from Seattle to Ellensburg as a National Heritage Area. The Mountains to Sound Greenway encompasses about 1...

HOODSPORT, Wash. (AP) — The Forest Service has reopened a popular trail in the Olympic National Forest in Washington after a wildlife biologist spent much of the summer teaching aggressive mountain goats that people are to be avoided. The trail up Mount Ellinor was closed in early July after several groups of hikers reported encountering very assertive goats...