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If you're looking for solitude and a workout on the trail, try Jefferson Ridge. This hike is short, steep in spots, and not well-maintained but well worth the effort.

Navy Seal Ryan Job took a sniper's bullet through his eye when working a mission in Iraq 3 years ago.

Photo and caption By Reid Wolcott: "Marine push that arrived at 9:10pm at the north tip of Lake Washington.

"That can't still be Rainier. Is it Mount Saint Helens?" I aksed about the snow-covered volcano looming over green hills.

The Carbon River rushes past a foot log crossing that's part of the short trail to Chenius Falls at Mount Rainier National Park.

At the Local Vine in Belltown, assistant wine director Todd Stevens touts the wine he's pouring for, from left, Mikel Re, Christine Foltz and Emily George.

The Thurston Highlands development of 1,200 acres, now in default in Yelm, is a boondoggle and the taxpayers got ripped off while the Yelm city government ignores the situation and the Chamber of Commerce gives Mayor Ron Harding an award for being so great! Kudos to Steve Klein, for his in-depth research from public records.

Seven years after approving a merger of the Grand Mound and Rochester fire districts, voters will decide in August whether to approve further consolidation.

"Unidentified Flying Object." 22 April 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. 24 April 2009. Unidentified Flying Object, or UFO, an object or light that cannot be readily explained as being man-made or of natural origin.

An infusion of $62 million in federal stimulus money will fund 33 national park projects in Washington, including speeding removal of two dams in Olympic National Park and work on nine Mount Rainier projects that otherwise would be idled by a lack of funds.

In some ways, the new webcam and the removal of the analog KVOS radio tower that stood sentry there since 1955, mark the end of an era.

Washington's dreary spring has made it tough to enjoy the outdoors, but Olympic National Park and parks nationwide are celebrating National Parks Week through next Sunday with special events.

Enumclawa TMs agricultural scene and the Black Diamond Historical Depot Museum are featured in 4Culturea TMs launch of Destination Heritage, a program encouraging King County tourism of historic places.

Converse with Romero at coffee hour Thurston County Commissioner Sandra Romero will have an informal coffee hour starting at 2 p.m. at Olympic Crest Coffee Roasters, 4211 Pacific Ave.

Day Trader! Once again, I have said this many times. There are twice as many elevated road structure contractors as there are tunnel contractors.

Trail location: Yelm to Tenino, in Thurston County southeast of Olympia. Length: 14.5 miles, with mileage markers every half-mile. Level of difficulty: Level-to-gentle grade, wide asphalt-paved surface.

The way she handled the recent allegations about her "racist scarf" - well, in my opinion, her response to all that nonsense provided not just a virtuous defense of modest dress and cross-cultural adventurism, but also a shining example of how The Stranger 's otherwise pernicious weblog can be used as a force for good amid the moral wasteland of ...

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On the honey-do list of bad stuff government must fix - unemployment rates, housing market collapse, $9 billion state budget abyss and potholes big enough to swallow a Daffodil float - there's a big one we just learned about.

The boy was no slouch, like him or hate him. He served in the artillery in WWI, in "Black Jack" Pershing's army.