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6 spectacular WA hikes off Highway 101 on the Olympic Peninsula
U.S. Highway 101 is one of the most iconic roadways in America. Running over 1,500 miles along the Pacific Coast from Los Angeles to its northern end in Tumwater, Thurston County, it’s the westernmost stretch of asphalt in the U.S. numbered highway system and perhaps the most beautiful.
A$AP Rocky’s Seattle concert at Climate Pledge Arena brings high-octane energy Original
“Welcome to the greatest tour on planet Earth!” A$AP Rocky bellowed to a packed house at Climate Pledge Arena on Tuesday night. It was the New York rapper’s first live appearance in the Seattle area in more than seven years, and he seemed determined to make up for lost time, delivering a two-hour-long set that leaned heavy on hits, heat and several helicopters.
A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg Will Lend Their Voices to a New HBO Animated Series (UPDATE)
UPDATE 1/24/16 7:21 PM: You can now watch the official trailer for Animals, above. See below for original story. Next month, HBO will premiere its new animated series titled Animals about a group of talking, anthropomorphic creatures like rats, pigeons, cats, and dogs who inhabit the city of New York. To help voice the characters, the series creators cast a wide net to pull in a number of celebrities from different entertainment industries.
Near the Gorge Amphitheatre? See Yakima River and more on 5 central WA hikes
The Gorge Amphitheatre is one of the most jaw-dropping live music venues in the country. Perched high on a bluff overlooking the vast Columbia River, the Gorge draws artists and concertgoers from across the globe with its promise of great music amid indescribable natural beauty. This year is no exception.
Erik Weihenmayer, first blind climber on Mount Everest, gets honored in Seattle
Erik Weihenmayer is one of the most accomplished and inspirational figures in modern mountaineering. On May 25, 2001, he became the first blind person to reach the “roof of the world” by climbing Mount Everest. Seven years later, he completed the “seven summit” circuit, becoming one of the rare few hundred climbers to plant their boots at the highest points on each of Earth’s continents. “Adventure is addicting,” he said.
The Baby on the Cover of Nirvana's 'Nevermind' Recreated ...
Spencer Elden, who was just a baby when he was photographed for the cover of Nirvana's 'Nevermind,' recently recreated the iconic shot. Image via Complex Original Complex Original 25 years ago today, the Seattle-based rock band Nirvana released its seminal album Nevermind to the masses.
Soundgarden reflect on 'bittersweet' Rock Hall induction and final recordings with Chris Cornell Original
Members of Soundgarden (L-R) Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Hiro Yamamoto attending the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Peacock Theater on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times) Soundgarden, the seminal Seattle grunge rock group, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a star-studded ceremony at the Peacock Theater on Saturday night.
Jimmy Page vor Led Zeppelin: 20 großartige Songs aus den 1960er Jahren
Die wichtigsten Metal-Neuerscheinungen der Woche vom 22.08. in der Übersicht – diesmal mit unter anderem Deftones, Signs Of The Swarm und Mob …
Near Vancouver Island town, two scenic paths offer quality bear views
Campbell River, B.C., is an ecological wonderland. Tucked into the upper east side of Vancouver Island, this quaint Canadian town bills itself as the “Salmon Capital of the World.” Its annual spawning runs are renowned, and the intricate local tidal waterways make it a superb habitat for salmon and deepwater fish like hake and cod. As a result, the area is a magnet for all kinds of diverse wildlife: bald eagles, humpback whales, orcas and — particularly at this time of year — grizzly bears.
Sub Pop all-stars show THING festival’s new format potential Original
“Beautiful night. Not a drone in the sky,” Father John Misty observed 20 minutes into his headlining set at THING festival Saturday night. Indeed, it was a picturesque summer evening at Carnation’s Remlinger Farms, where THING returned for another iteration after relocating from Port Townsend last year. The enigmatic crooner was about to resume, when he looked out again toward the yellowing half-moon hanging above the tree line and stopped. “Oh,” he pointed.
Whidbey Island: A day-tripper’s outdoor guide to WA’s largest island
Whidbey Island is an outdoor-lover’s paradise. As the fourth longest island in the contiguous United States — and the largest in Washington — Whidbey stands out for its remarkable array of state and federal parks, which rank among some of the best in the country. Between old-growth forests and grassland prairies, sandy beaches and rugged coastlines, there’s a little bit of something for everyone to enjoy.
This Bellingham waterfront festival has mountain biking fun, live music
For an entire weekend in July, a festival will transform downtown Bellingham into a paradise for outdoor riders and live music fans. Launched in 2022, Northwest Tune-Up (July 11-13) highlights Bellingham’s passionate mountain biking community while bringing big-name artists to the city.
Ken Burns to visit Seattle to promote ‘American Revolution’ documentary Original
The American Revolution of 1775 is a seminal moment in human history. “I think it’s the most important event since the birth of Christ,” documentarian Ken Burns said in a recent phone chat. For eight years, British colonial subjects in the New World debated, fought and died over concepts like freedom, liberty and representation. Out of that crucible, a new nation was born. The reverberations are still being felt today.
Review: Wu-Tang Clan's final tour makes triumphant stop in Seattle
Everything about Wu-Tang Clan is larger than life. As one of the most influential, entertaining and lyrically virtuosic groups in the history of hip-hop, Wu-Tang has remained consistently relevant for over 30 years by pushing the envelope and exploring new frontiers. So, it makes sense that for the Seattle stop of its farewell tour, the group would go all out.
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge is a go-to spot to see WA’s wild moose
On July 30, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 7681. With the swipe of a pen, he ushered the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, a 23,000-acre tract of scabland just outside of Spokane, into existence. The goal was to return a collection of privately owned farms back into natural wetland for threatened, migratory waterfowl. Since then, a much, much larger animal has moved into the region and claimed Turnbull for their own: the Shiras moose.
A wolf sanctuary near Olympia wants to keep animals from going extinct
The hair on the back of my neck bolted straight up. Goosebumps crept up and down my arms. As I stood among a cluster of visiting Thurston County commissioners, more than a dozen wolves joined together in a chorus of ghostly wailing from behind a wall of chain-link fence. Their canine cries echoed through the trees at Wolf Haven International near Olympia, mingling in the air with the incessant squawk of passing ravens. The mission at this wolf sanctuary is a critical one.
How a Mukilteo band's song ended up in a billion-dollar hit video game
In the summer of 2005, an emerging rock trio from Mukilteo named The Fall of Troy dropped their second full-length album “Doppelgänger.” It was a new era for rock music in the Pacific Northwest, with local groups like Death Cab for Cutie and Modest Mouse breaking into the mainstream and supplanting the grunge-era heroes of old. Meanwhile, a whole new generation of musicians was beginning to emerge from the simmering underground. Fall of Troy was hoping to ride the wave.
Nine Inch Nails, Morgan Wallen, Murs, more: 8 new concert announcements Original
The 2025 Seattle concert calendar just keeps filling up. From arena rock bands to indie acts, there’s something to keep every music lover dancing and singing this year. (And that’s not even to mention local music festivals, which will unveil lineups and dates in the coming months.) Here are seven recently announced shows that we’re particularly excited about, from classic rockers to indie acts and a country superstar, listed in order of concert date.
8 Seattle concerts of note in 2025
Phish have lined up a spring 2025 West Coast tour. The brief string of dates kicks off on April 18th with a two-night stand in Seattle and also …
Concert encores: What's the point of the faux theatrics? Original
Few things are more exciting than a live rock show. A ticket is an invitation to a sensory-decimating experience that can linger in the mind for years after the final notes have echoed away and disappeared. The electricity in the crowd, the volume of the music, the vibrancy of the lights; there’s hardly anything better. The postpandemic demand for live music continued to balloon throughout 2024, with artists and audiences setting new marks for both revenue and attendance.
6 places to see wild elk in Western WA this winter
Washington is home to some of the largest wild elk herds in North America. According to estimates from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, there are anywhere between 45,000 and 50,000 elk roaming the Evergreen State throughout the year. For local wildlife enthusiasts, there isn’t a better time to get a glimpse of them than right now through the end of February. Elk are migratory creatures.
Experience bald eagle utopia along the banks of the Skagit River
The bald eagle is one of North America’s largest predatory raptors and among the continent’s most recognizable birds. If you’d like to see one of these majestic creatures in their natural habitat this winter, there’s no better place than the banks of the Skagit River. Tucked into Howard Miller Steelhead Park, the Bald Eagle Interpretive Center near Rockport is a prime outpost to witness one of the coolest winter migrations in Washington.
Former Seattle Times critic who covered music’s biggest stars dies at 79
Patrick MacDonald, the longtime and venerated rock music critic for The Seattle Times, died of a heart attack while dining at his home yesterday, his family has confirmed. He was 79. “He was in such good spirits and looking forward to his 80th birthday in the next few weeks,” his sister Madeline McKenzie said.
Why Yakima River Canyon is more than one of WA’s most scenic drives
As the dark winter gloom sets in around Western Washington, the urge to escape the wind and rain and 4 p.m. sunsets can become oppressive. While places like Hawaii, California and Cabo San Lucas certainly have their appeal, they can also be expensive and logistically complicated. For those craving a change of scenery a little closer to home this winter, there’s a great option if you’re willing to make the two-hour trip over the Cascade Mountains.
What to know about winter crabbing in Puget Sound
A few years ago, just before Thanksgiving, my wife Jenna and I were walking together on the beach in Camano Island State Park. As we watched the waves lap against the rocky shore, dozens of folks launched their kayaks loaded with cages, ropes and buoys into the chilly water. A couple of hours later, those same boaters paddled to shore with pots filled to the brim with one of the Pacific Northwest’s tastiest delicacies: Dungeness crabs, the piece de resistance to any fall harvest feast.
Here’s when Mount Rainier National Park will be open this winter
The first snow flurries of the season have started falling on the Cascade Mountains, which means that winter recreation season is right around the corner. If you’re looking to enjoy the plentiful powder in Mount Rainier National Park this year, however, be aware there are a few changes to the park’s operating schedule. Vehicle access to the Paradise area will only be open four days per week beginning on Nov. 12, the park announced Wednesday.
Why this Austrian folk band made its U.S. debut in Central Washington Original
If you’re going to travel thousands of miles across an ocean to an entirely new continent, you expect things to look a little different when you get there. That was not the case when Austrian volksmusik group Die Jungen Weststeirer performed in Central Washington in mid-October. The five-piece band, which plays a Slovenian form of polka-like alpine folk music called Oberkrainer, made its American debut at one of Leavenworth’s annual Oktoberfest celebrations on Oct. 19.
Why this Austrian folk band made its U.S. debut in Central Washington
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Ice age’s largest waterfall is now one of WA’s best outdoor adventure sites
Fifteen thousand years ago, the Central Washington scablands looked like a vastly different place than it does today. The area was carved into its present appearance by catastrophic glacial flooding that took place over thousands of years near the end of the Pleistocene epoch as the last ice age came to a close. You can still see the evidence for this geologically traumatic era in the carved channels and giant boulders strewn across the desert landscape.
2 Climbers, 1,450 Miles on a Bike, 1 Missing Helmet on Canada’s Mount Waddington
After hours of bushwhacking through dense Canadian alder trees, Langdon Ernest-Beck was catatonic. That was before he lost his helmet in the scrub. Ernest-Beck, 23, and his climbing partner Ben Spiers, also 23, had ridden their bicycles 1450 miles across 9 days north from Seattle, WA, to Tatla Lake, where the road ended. Then they started walking toward their destination: 13,186-foot Mount Waddington in British Columbia.
How Captain George Vancouver Mapped and Shaped the Modern Pacific Northwest Original
The British explorer named dozens of geographical features and sites in the region, ignoring the traditions of the Indigenous peoples who’d lived there for millennia On April 29, 1792, two ships carrying around 150 British sailors lingered off the coast of what is now Washington State. It had taken more than a year for the Discovery and the Chatham to make it here after departing from Falmouth, England, on a grand journey to map the Pacific coast of North America.
Why late summer is the best time to hike around Mount Baker
Standing at nearly 11,000 feet near the Canadian border, Mount Baker (aka Koma Kulshan) can be seen from all over Western Washington on clear days. Not all views of the snowcapped stratovolcano are made equal, though. To get the full effect of this Cascade giant in all its glaciated glory, get up close and personal. Dozens of hiking trails ring the forests, meadows and slopes around the Mount Baker Wilderness and beyond.
Review: Def Leppard and Journey deliver hits at high volume in Seattle Original
Concert review “I don’t care if it takes all night,” Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott warned during his band’s headlining set at T-Mobile Park on Wednesday night. “We’re gonna [expletive] Seattle up!” The massive crowd roared with approval as the English rockers ripped into their 1983 “Pyromania” classic “Rock of Ages.” Seattle was treated to one of the final shows of Def Leppard’s summer stadium tour with Journey and Cheap Trick.
7 of the best WA hikes for dogs, as told by local pet parents
One of the best parts about outdoor adventuring across Washington is the vast collection of canine-friendly hiking trails carved into our federal lands and state parks. My own dog Harrison and I hit the trails at least once a week and have our own favorites like Mount Pilchuck and Yellow Aster Butte (Northwest Forest Pass required for both) — but we also like to mix things up. To get some inspiration, I asked several other hikers for their (and their pups’) favorite Washington hikes.
How WA’s only natural estuarine research center helps the planet
PADILLA BAY, Skagit County — At 9 o’clock on a brilliant July morning at Padilla Bay, the tide reached its lowest ebb of the day, revealing the largest eelgrass meadow in the contiguous United States. Picture thousands of acres of mud and slick green vegetation. There’s nothing sexy about eelgrass, but this is one of the most diverse and essential biospheres in the state — and the home of Washington’s only natural estuarine research center.
Grizzly Bears Are Returning to My Favorite National Park. Here’s Why I'm Not Afraid.
It’s been nearly 30 years since the last time anyone spotted a grizzly bear in Washington State’s North Cascades National Park. Though grizzlies roamed the region’s forests for thousands of years, they were hunted to the brink of extinction in the lower 48 states throughout the 19th and 20th centuries by mostly white, European settlers. But grizzlies are about to make a comeback.
Want to see the San Juans from a new perspective? Try a sea kayak
The San Juan Islands are the crown jewels of the Salish Sea, a pristine Pacific Northwest archipelago beloved for its natural beauty. The views are spectacular, and there’s hardly anywhere better to spot orcas, dolphins and humpback whales. Perhaps you’ve camped there before. Maybe you’ve taken a whale-watching tour or two. Want to explore the San Juans from a fresh, immersive perspective? For an up-close view of the local sea life, consider a sea kayak.
Meet the first composer in residence for Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier, Washington’s awe-inducing 14,411-foot stratovolcano and the undisputed monarch of the Cascade Range, has inspired countless painters, poets and photographers. This summer, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the founding of Mount Rainier National Park, the National Park Service will celebrate with song. Stephen Lias, a music professor from Stephen F. Austin State University in East Texas, has been named the park’s first-ever composer in residence.
Patterson Hood On The Live Revival Of Drive-By Truckers’ ‘Southern Rock Opera’
As the late summer swelter dragged on without mercy, Drive-By Truckers wiped beads of sweat from their guitars. The uniform shop building in which they were recording in Birmingham, Al., was devoid of air conditioning, and the heat was nearly unbearable. It was September 2000, and though the band had reached one of the lowest moments of their career and was barely hanging on while battling a litany of personal and professional grievances, they were determined to create their masterpiece.
WA dog owners, follow these rules for bringing Fido hiking
Hiking Washington’s beautiful trails is better with a furry, four-legged companion. Along with my enthusiastic hiking partner, Harrison the Goldendoodle, I have explored the Mount Baker Wilderness, the Columbia River Gorge and even the summits of Mount Pilchuck and Mailbox Peak. Washington is among the most dog-friendly states in the country (per a March Forbes story, 61% of Evergreen State respondents have brought their pooch on vacation, the highest figure nationwide).
Buskarama festival to highlight Pike Place Market’s busker scene Original
Pike Place Market wouldn’t be the same without its array of eclectic street performers. On any given day you can see and hear just about anything. Five-string banjo prodigies. Sidewalk piano players. Folks in cat masks ripping on the accordion. It’s all a part of what makes the Market so unique. This year a new festival seeks to highlight the best local talent that the Market has to offer: Buskarama, which kicks off 10 a.m. Saturday, June 15.
Gold Creek Pond may close for years for environmental restoration project
A proposed restoration project spearheaded by the U.S. Forest Service aims to restore Gold Creek Valley at Snoqualmie Pass to its former, biodiverse glory. But the project, which could take as long as a decade, would cut off access to a beloved Cascades snowshoeing destination. Man-made Gold Creek Pond, popular in winter for families and first-time snowshoers, has disrupted the ecosystem in the area.
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