There’s treasure in Washington’s mountains, beaches and creeks. It comes in the form of crystals and agates, fossils and petrified wood. The state is rock hounding paradise, say those who pursue the ...

Rock hounding is known as the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, and rock hounds have been out in full force lately in several locations of Lewis County, Washington, known for a variety ...

The 13-song album is a departure from the band’s previous releases as Clockwork. “To me the album represents a change,” explained Slone. Serving as the album’s producers, Hounds were afforded the ...

Deloris Lindsay, owner of the Lindsay Ranch, in Mason, remembers the days when rock hounds wandered her family’s Hill Country property. They would show up, week after week, hoping to dig up specimens ...

Rock hound Mark Woods packed his gear and backpacked into the far reaches of the Black Mountains this summer looking for a type of rock called pegmatite. “I hiked in. It was 4½ miles uphill. I camped ...

Visit the Roanoke Valley Mineral and Gem Society at rvmgs.com Meetings take place at 7 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month at the Center in the Square in Roanoke on the fifth floor.