Sharon Grant, the indefatigable conservationist who co-founded Friends of Badger Mountain, is the 52nd Tri-Citian of the Year. Grant was honored with the community’s highest civic honor at the annual ...

With the start of spring Tuesday, at least one of Badger Mountain’s rattlesnakes slithered into the sunlight. Jim Powell reported seeing the snake and took a photo of it on the trail near the top of ...

Tri-City hikers could have a new trail spur on Badger Mountain as soon as this fall. The Friends of Badger Mountain will be working first on a short trail addition on Candy Mountain, with work ...

About 5 1/2 miles of trails would be added to the Badger Mountain trail system under a proposed master plan to extend trails across nearby Little Badger Mountain. The city of Richland is looking for ...

If you enjoy skiing, you probably know it takes more than just some skis, boots and poles to slide down a hill. It also takes money. Sometimes a lot of it. Tickets at Washington’s big ski resorts run ...

A project to connect the Badger Mountain hiking trails to the summit of Little Badger Mountain is $25,000 closer to its goal, thanks to the foundation of Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland. It ...

WATERVILLE, Wash. – The setting: 1938, winter, central Washington farm country. The snow-covered wheat fields are fallow. A group of locals has picked up the skiing craze – ski jumpers have been ...

A family group begins an evening hike on Badger Mountain in Richland, Wash. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) Tri-Cities isn't exactly primo Washington hiking country. That's why every inch of trail is so ...

Weeks have elapsed since the last embers of the Badger Fire — which turned decades-old forest growth to ash — were extinguished. Recent storms have washed small amounts of soot and sand down streams, ...

A year ago, Prescott residents awoke on June 30 to find an addition to the familiar white letter "P" on Badger Mountain east of downtown: a blocky number "19" that someone had installed overnight. No ...