Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
WSU Extension tackles climate awareness
Groups of gardening enthusiasts were huddled around lab tables examining preserved insect specimens, learning the …
Weather report for the week of April 22, 2024
Weather report for the week of April 22, 2024
WSU professor warns of fire blight antibiotic resistance
MOSES LAKE – Frank Zhao, a professor of plant pathology at Washington State University, spoke at the April 4 Fire Blight Webinar hosted by Michigan State Unive…
WDFW releases new hunting season and regulation information
OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Monday the latest big game hunting season and regulation information, 2024-2026 hunting seas…
FRESH NEWS: Smallmouth beginning to show at Potholes
MARDON — The current water level on Potholes Reservoir is 1,045.1 feet, coming up 1.05 feet this past week. We are currently 1.4 feet below full pool. The water temperature on the main lake is right around 50 degre…
Author, war veteran Roy Scranton to speak in Ellensburg
ELLENSBURG — The Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series at Central Washington University will continue April 25-26 with a visit from Roy Scranton, an Iraq War veter…
Statewide fishing season opens April 27, redesigned fishing app launched
OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will recognize the opening of fishing season with a statewide trout fishing derby. Lakes throughout th…
Chilly and dusty weather returns to the Basin
MOSES LAKE — The good news is the likelihood of snow in Tuesday’s forecast isn’t all that likely in the Columbia Basin. The bad news is that the warm, tantaliz…
Weather for the week of April 15, 2024
Weather for the week of April 15, 2024
Job Corps opens advanced firefighting center in Grant Co.
MOSES LAKE — The Columbia Basin Job Corps Center officially cut the ribbon on its Advance Training Wildland Fire Fighting facility at 8331 Forbes Street in Mos…
WDFW to monitor sandhill cranes with drones
RIDGEFIELD – Researchers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will conduct drone surveys over known locations of sandhill cranes in Klickitat Co…
Othello nears completion of Iron Horse Playground, accepts award
OTHELLO – Monday’s Othello City Council meeting featured recognition from playground manufacturer and researcher PlayCore for the city’s nearly completed Iron …
News Bites for April 9, 2024
EPHRATA — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office issued a reminder Sunday for residents not to swim or play in irrigation canals, which have begun to fill up for th…
WA's ban on high-capacity magazines ruled unconstitutional
(The Center Square)/OLYMPIA – A judge in Cowlitz County briefly handed a victory to gun rights supporters in Washington before the state's highest court said n…
Weather for the week of April 8, 2024
Weather for the week of April 8, 2024