The Clarion River Trading

Art & Antiques: Top 10 collectibles for value

My expertise and education allows me to spot valuable objects overlooked by most appraisers. In many homes, I have found $25,000 worth of valuables already overlooked.

Finding Treasure: A Quick Guide to Antique Appraisal

Could that old vase in your attic be valuable? We talked to a local appraiser to find out.

How to Clean Coins to Make Them More Valuable

You come across a rare 1909 Indian Head Cent, generally worth over $400. But wait it’s very dirty and tarnished. What do you do?

Trading an Expectant Father? We’ve Seen Stranger

Someone was actually once traded for a bucket of baseballs.

A Trading Post Favorite!

If you haven’t heard of FrogLube, you’re missing out. This is one product our Glock Armorers here stand by 100%. Every trigger job that is done here has a courtesy cleaning and coat of the F...

War-Ready to River-Ready: A Vet’s New Life on the River

Suzy Matsubara learned that whitewater is what she needs

Where Am I: Name That River

Why the Tonle Sap River is Unlike Any Other River in the World

In this week's Maphead column, Ken Jennings explains how one river in Cambodia ends up changing direction a few times every year.

Trading Pliés for Popping, Locking and Breaking

What street styles can do for concert dancers Popping and locking can help you learn to relax your upper body. Here: Val “Ms. Vee” Ho’s class at Broadway Dance Center. Photo by Sandy Shelton, courtesy Broadway Dance Center.Marquisa Gardner spent the first 17 years of her life training in ballet, j...

I scored a free home by trading up from a bobby pin

A California woman is now a happy homeowner after trading up increasingly more expensive items over the past year and a half — starting with just a hairpin.

Why Skiers Are Trading Hot Tubs for Cryotherapy

Serious skiers say fighting the cold with more cold actually works.

What Does the River (or a Fish) Owe You?

This year anglers are staring down the barrel of sacrifice. The worst run of summer steelhead headed up the Columbia River and its tributaries in generations is hereThe numbers paint a bleak portrait. Using the 5-year average, we typically see around 215,00 steelhead cross over Bonneville Dam, and of that number more than 100,000 are bound for the Snake River and its tributaries. This year only 95,000 hatchery and wild fish have entered the system. And less than 46,000 steelhead have crossed…

Could water quality trading help solve Ohio's nutrient issues?

A group of Ohio county commissioners is considering the potential of voluntary water quality trading.

The Schuylkill River you don't know

Litter floating in the Schuylkill documented over seven-day trek.

5 things I'll miss about the Clarion Ledger

The Clarion Ledger has been extremely good to me for the past three years. Here's what I'll miss the most.

How to Make a Low-Season European River Cruise Awesome

European river cruises have grown so popular that often the only time you can get a cabin is low season. But is a low-season cruise worth doing?

Theocards! Theologian Trading Cards Coming Soon

I’m pretty pumped about these theological/philosophical trading cards my friend Tripp and I have been collaborating on. They’ll probably be for sale sometime soon at Homebrewed Christia…