Mike Wright

Post Falls man dies in Grand Canyon rafting accident Aaron Benjamin always loved the water.

Aaron Benjamin, a 30-year-old from Post Falls, was ejected from his raft at Hance Rapid in the Grand Canyon last Thursday.

His mother and family friends will remember him as a strong boater, a great campfire presence and a guy who could juggle torches.

Eviction notice: How Washington wildlife officials moved a black bear they found under an abandoned house A few days before Christmas, Jared Keeling crawled into a bear’s den.

A black bear moved into an abandoned home in northeast Washington this winter. Then it got kicked out.

Olympic adventure: How Sandpoint's Rebecca Dussault masterfully navigated the 2006 Winter Games in Italy Rebecca Dussault doesn’t dwell on the races she skied at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy.

The Winter Olympics were last in Italy in 2006. Sandpoint’s Rebecca Dussault was there, with the U.S. Women’s Cross Country Ski Team.

The real MVP of last night? The guy who scraped the mud off Will Klein’s cleats.

My other pet peeve is that I’m having fun watching it.

No one cares about what I think about the show about a newspaper but I gotta get my biggest pet peeve out here: I’ve never heard anyone in a newsroom use the word “article.”

Michael Wright: Riding the (former) rails on the Route of the Hiawatha TAFT, Mont. – For most of the ride through the Taft Tunnel, there’s no light at the end.

Riding a bike downhill through 15 miles of railroad history is a good time.

Central casting: Local guide takes people fishing in Spokane's Riverfront Park It was about 5:30 p.m. on a Friday in Riverfront Park. A food truck served diners on the orange bridge over the Spokane River. People cruised by on bikes and scooters. The cowboy boots and denim crowd...

Fishing in downtown Spokane?

Yep, it’s a thing.

Michael Wright: How long is 5,000 miles? When I was in high school, I changed my own oil. Five quarts of conventional 5W-30, every 3,000 miles. Knowing where the oil and air filter were on the Ford Ranger made me feel handy, and oil disposal...

On oil change intervals and all the stuff that happens in 5,000 miles.

Walleye run: Chasing Long Lake's toothy and tasty predators Your first walleye shouldn’t be huge.

This week in "my job is cool": I wrote about catching a big walleye in a lake north of Spokane.

Along the 46th parallel: How the Washington constitution swung a hunting case near the Washington-Oregon border Shawn Humphrey had always wanted to kill a big bull elk in the Wenaha unit in northeastern Oregon.

A story about maps, latitude and one large bull elk near the OR/WA state border.

Season on the peaks: Spokane native climbs, paraglides through New Zealand 100 Peaks Challenge Until last month, only one climber had stood atop all 100 of the peaks on the list, and had done so across three decades.

Nathan Longhurst climbed and flew his way through 100 peaks in New Zealand in 103 days this winter. Then he talked to me about it.

Stray thought from watching basketball for two days: are we sure that we need the word “physicality”?

Michael Wright: A bird dog's rookie season The final hunt of the season went about as well as most of the others. I followed the dog with optimism, punching through sagebrush and cattails and willows, thinking there would eventually be a bird ...

Me and the dog had a good fall.

Michael Wright: Bonefish, spoonbills and tuna-on-wheat in Mexico The first time Angel told me to cast it was off to my left, into a patch of bright blue water. It was the second day of 2025, and we were standing on the front of a panga in Ascension Bay, a pocket of...

Went fishing in Mexico, wrote about it.

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Junior Bergen has 8 career punt return touchdowns

5 have come in the playoffs

What did I say

To be clear, I am an extremely casual griz fan. But God it’s fun to watch Bergen.

It feels appropriate that my first non-reply post on this social network is to emphasize to the world that Junior Bergen is a great joy to watch.

Or. Definitely or.