parks

Chum salmon appear to be having a boom year in the Northwest, thanks to good ocean conditions that benefit fall chum runs and endangered orcas all over the region.

The $200 million project is part of a major overhaul of Seattle's waterfront. It's being touted as the city's largest collection of civic projects since the 1962 World’s Fair.

Seattle has started building a new pedestrian bridge called “Overlook Walk” that will connect Pike Place Market to the downtown waterfront. The bridge, slated to open in 2025, will stretch above Alaskan Way, with one arm descending to a new waterfront promenade and another arm extending onto the roof of a new Seattle Aquarium pavilion. The project is part of a redevelopment of Seattle’s downtown waterfront after the 2019 removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

Plenty of folks around Yelm remember of this patch of land near the Deschutes River.Few have longer memories than 94-year-old Earl Herness. “I got…

A survey of parks in 25 major cities find that they're used mostly by young children and teenage boys. Walking loops and other options that would appeal to women are in short supply.