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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 3 weeks, 1 day ago

FISHING REPORT: Largemouth fishing excellent, smallmouth good at Potholes

MARDON — Largemouth bass fishing has been excellent this week. Fish top water baits early and late and have a Senk…

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Fresh news from MarDon Resort

On Potholes Reservoir the buzz is about catching fish, not just going fishing.

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician

If you are looking for a place to catch a bunch of fish, Banks Lake would be a good choice right now.

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
50 years, it's been 50 years

The Moses Lake High School Great Class of 1965 will hold a class reunion this weekend. This is the big one, the big five zero.

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician

Fishing for summer-run salmon on the upper Columbia is the best that it has been in years. The forecast for the return of summer salmon was first updated from …

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Fresh News from MarDon Resort

Now is the time for a good family fishing trip to Potholes Reservoir. People are catching lots of fish also in the Lind Coulee arm of the reservoir.

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
Wildfires always frightening, but now deadly, too

Wildfires have always been a frightening concern, but now the several fires in Washington State have turned deadly as well. We think of the heartbreak involved…

Updated 10 years, 11 months ago
With weight reached, now what?

The weight-loss journey was not an easy one. A plateau was realized around May 18 when it was difficult to bust through the 210-pound level.

Updated 10 years, 12 months ago
Upcoming hunting seasons cause excitement

The night before the opening day of a hunting season is reminiscent of the night before Christmas during my youth. There is excitement in the air at my house.

Updated 10 years, 12 months ago
The Fishin' Magician

I just got some disappointing news. The sockeye fishery on Lake Wenatchee is closing on Sunday, August 16.

Updated 10 years, 12 months ago
Fresh News from MarDon

Walleye catching continues to amaze all of us at MarDon Resort. We are witnessing this at our fish cleaning station with daily walleye limits brought in by res…

Updated 11 years ago
In shape for the Great Class reunion

This is the first of a two-part series about reaching the goal of a weight-loss diet.

Updated 11 years ago
Fresh news from MarDon

Returning to normal July/August temperatures has made fishing all day a very enjoyable experience, but the water sports enthusiasts love boarding and water ski…

Updated 11 years ago
Dave Graybill: The Fishin' Magician

Good news for fans of sockeye fishing at Lake Wenatchee. It appears that at least 40,000 fish have made it over Tumwater Dam and the season is going to be much…

Updated 11 years ago
First fish for Becca

It is always fun to report a person's first fish, no matter their age. Becca Mortensen, Spokane, and her boyfriend, Nate Jolls, headed for West Medical Lake on…

Updated 11 years ago
David Grant Medical Center impressive

This is the last of a three-part series about an honorary commander visit to Travis Air Force Base.