Outdoors

I saw a cougar on my property. Its presence would explain the many deer carcasses I found in the woods this spring. An adult cougar, I’ve been told, will kill a deer every two weeks, and a female with kittens as many as one every three days. I have no doubt the one in my woods has been busy upholding his or her reputation as an efficient predator here, just a few miles north of Spokane.

Bluewood, a ski area near Dayton, Washington, announced Tuesday it will replace its aging Skyline Express chairlift with a new high-speed, detachable quad lift and add a snowmaking system to its base area.