WHILE SCOUTING OUT the perfect getaway property, the Sands family searched high and low — throughout a particularly picturesque region beloved for both — before spotting the ultimate indicator near ...

Abnormally heavy rains — some 6 inches in just two days last week — overwhelmed Little Boulder Creek near Mazama, sweeping ...

Last week’s storm, which weather blogger and University of Washington professor Cliff Mass called “the most impactful atmospheric river event of the past few decades,” dumped more than 10 inches of ...

When Vic Lease took over at Mazama High School, the perennial state championship aspirations it had shortly into his tenure were unfamiliar to the Vikings’ football community. Truth is, Lease kind of ...

Mazama is a tiny Washington community about 4.5 hours northeast of Seattle. It's improbably small, home to just a few hundred full-time residents, yet this speck on the map manages to host around 0.5 ...

Jake Stern is a digital editor at Outside, reporting on the latest adventure and culture news. He lives, climbs, bikes, and skis in the Eastern Sierra. A recent story about a search-and-rescue mission ...

Thurston County has a big problem caused by one small critter: the Mazama Pocket Gopher. Unlike in other areas of the country where the rodent is considered a nuisance, Thurston County’s frustrations ...

EUGENE — Sydney Baker didn’t get much of a chance to warm up for her first race Saturday afternoon at the OSAA track and field state championships. The Mazama freshman was competing in the Class 4A ...

This is one of the most spectacular gems of the Cascades — an extraordinary blue mountain lake at an altitude of 6,000 feet that is also the deepest lake in North America. Many natural wonders are the ...

The only thing missing Saturday evening at Herald White Stadium in Cottage Grove was the OSAA logo giving its imprimatur that the Marist Catholic-Mazama showdown was the Class 4A state championship ...

The Mazama 2 is Brooks’s lightest trail shoe, geared for runners who aren’t afraid to take their speed workouts off-road. A lightweight mesh upper combined with minimal, targeted cushioning keeps the ...