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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, 5 days ago

Ephrata Youth Fishing Derby Saturday

EPHRATA — The Ephrata Lions Club will host its annual Youth Fishing Derby from 6 to 8 a.m. this Saturday at Ping P…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

If you have tried fishing for fall kings and think you could improve your success, or if you haven't ever tried it and want to, plan on attending the free semi…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fresh news from MarDon

As weather cools we have had good reports of nice rainbow trout fishing with spinners and worms, diving plugs in size 5 & 7. The Potholes State Park and the ea…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Youth hunting seasons tomorrow and Sunday

Tomorrow and Sunday, Sept. 21 and 22, is the youth hunting season for several bird species, including ducks, coot, geese, pheasant, California quail along with…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Calling all volunteers

The program has been alive for nine or could it be 10 years now? No matter the exact age, it is alive and well and serving the purpose for which it was hatched…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
It is a goose hunting weekend

Tomorrow and Sunday, Sept. 14 and 15 are the days of the 2013 September goose hunting season in Goose Management Areas 4 and 5. The limit is thee per day and s…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

The Wenatchee River was high and running mud most of last weekend, but when it settles down there is even more water to fish for Chinook salmon.  The upper bou…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
My daily bread

So there I was, minding my own business, when ...my wife, Garnet, walked through the front door. She was returning from a two-hour shopping trip to town.

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Angler comments requested

Now is your chance to comment on proposed angling rule changes. Read on.

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fresh News from MarDon

As Potholes Reservoir cools with incoming fall weather the fishing for all species will only get better. The bass guys are having a ball with largemouth bass a…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

This weekend is the Chelan County Fair, and I am going to be at the Youth Outdoor Expo on Saturday afternoon, where kids get to learn a few things about the ou…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Essential items on a hunting trip

My backpack is essentially a storage unit for many hunting tools. Several hunting knives are stored in the pack, as are flashlights, headlamps, knife sharpener…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Basin Meats donates to cause

Doug Horn, the new owner of Basin Meats, donated 500 ground meat bags to the Moses Lake Food Bank to use when salvaging wild game. Volunteers respond to Fish a…

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fresh news from MarDon

The Yearly MarDon Resort Yard Sale is coming up!

Updated 12 years, 7 months ago
Fishin' Magician: Dave Graybill

One of the newspapers I write for, the Columbia Basin Herald, is a Hagadone newspaper, and they provide me with a couple of night lodging at the Coeur d' Alene…

Updated 12 years, 8 months ago
A clean backpack advised before hunting season

This is the second of a two-part series about exploring the hunting backpack.