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The Yakima Family YMCA has provided youngsters the opportunity to experience independence and the great outdoors for nearly three quarters of a century at Camp Dudley - located just a few miles outside of Yakima on the shores of beautiful Clear Lake near White Pass.

My brother-in-law lives on the west side so I tend to get out to Seattle two to three times per year. Not too long ago my nephew traveled up from California to visit, so I met him out there and of course he wanted to do the typical tourist stuff such as visit Pike Place Market...

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. –P.J. O’Rourke

If you're ever said to yourself, "I want to find a good book to read, but want to finish it quickly" -- maybe if you have a school project or something -- this is the tool for you. It can tell you how long it'll take to read that book.

From champion beaglers to real-life James Bonds, the stories behind these authors are equally as fascinating the books they wrote.

Remember that time that #BooksWithALetterMissing was trending on Twitter, and it was hilarious? No, because your life consists of more than clicking around the internet all day searching for meaning in your life that you're never going to find? Well, let us tell you -- it was indeed hilarious.

Now that school is here in sight, make sure you turn in your library books or the Book Reaper will find you! Which reminds me that I have some overdue public library books at the one downtown!! YIKES!

Mt. Adams Lodge #227 and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves have joined forces to reward young readers in the Yakima School District.

Sometimes, it's all too easy for an illustrator or a cover artist who has hit a huge creative block to use a picture of a celebrity as their guide for young adult novels. Plus, the celebrity lookalikes will help sales too, especially if it's a popular actress such as 'Game of Thrones' star Emilia Clarke...

Today's reading experience is nothing like the literal "page-turners" of yesteryear. But even with the e-Book, the Kindle and the iPad at our fingertips, we can still spot a wacky romance novel cover from a mile off.

J.K. Rowling has a new website entitled Pottermore.com and fans of Harry Potter are curious ...