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Outdoors

What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago

Hunting group files suit against WA wildlife commissioner

OLYMPIA - A nationwide hunting advocacy group is attempting to give the boot to a Washington wildlife commission...

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
'You gotta protect your noggin.'

MOSES LAKE - With warm weather getting closer, it’s about that time of year to break out outdoor toys and enjoy the sunshine. It is also important to remembe...

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
Banks Lake drawdown brings warnings to stay away

COULEE CITY — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is warning people to stay off Banks Lake, according to a GCSO statement...

Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Riparian bill moves out of House Ag Committee

OLYMPIA – Four legislators have come together, in a bipartisan effort, to protect and restore Washington’s riparian areas – land located adjacent to rivers –...

Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Not spring yet

COLUMBIA BASIN — Spring is coming, isn’t it? After all, temperatures crept north of 50 degrees over the weekend - in fact they got close to 60 degrees. Febru...

Updated 1 month ago
Reclamation readies for 2023 irrigation

GRAND COULEE — The Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees and operated much of the Columbia Basin Project, announced on Thursday that it will begin operation ...

Updated 1 month ago
Warnick introduces state cactus bill in response to students' request

OLYMPIA - Washington’s nickname, “the Evergreen State,” doesn’t only apply to the green of the pine trees but also applies to the green of the shrub-steppe t...

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Hunting for the past

COLUMBIA BASIN — The curiosity Mark Danielson had as a child has never gone away. Instead, he has turned that curiosity into a years-long passion that has br...

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Wash. seeking proposals to help wildlife impacted by wildfires

OLYMPIA - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington State Conservation Commission and Washington State Department of Natural Resources are s...

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Three Grant Co. cities receive recreation grants

OLYMPIA - Three Grant County cities received grant money for recreation planning from the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office...

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sandhill Crane Festival registration opens Friday

OTHELLO — Registration opens Feb. 6 for the 25th Othello Sandhill Crane Festival, scheduled for March 24 to 26. “Silver Anniversary, Celebrating our Annua...

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Weather for Monday, January 23, 2023.

Weather report for Monday, January 23, 2023.

Updated 2 months ago
WDFW examines fishing on Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — Anglers on Moses Lake in 2020 spent around 77,000 hours casting their lines for fish, both from their boats and from onshore, according to Washi...

Updated 2 months ago
BLM, Forest Service offer outdoor safety tips

PORTLAND, Ore. - A joint press release by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management advises the public to be prepared during winter months, espec...

Updated 2 months ago
The Links at Moses Pointe hopes to open driving range this week

MOSES LAKE – As snow and ice continues to melt off the course, The Links at Moses Pointe said in a release that they hope to have the driving range open by January 17 or 18. “The snow is almost off the fairways...