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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 2 days, 23 hours ago

High winds forecast Tuesday and Wednesday

MOSES LAKE — While the heavy rain, heavy snow and flooding is expected to stay north of the Columbia Basin, the Ba…

Updated 14 years, 1 month ago
Fishing Season Extended

We knew that there was a bumper crop of fall Chinook headed for the Hanford Reach area on the Columbia River this year, and they did show up. So many have arri…

Updated 14 years, 1 month ago
Upcoming Bird Season

MARDON RESORT - As November approaches Pintail, Green-Winged Teal, Goldeneye, Redheads and Large Western Mallards are showing the beginning of the migration of…

Updated 14 years, 1 month ago
Success great, depending upon location

From local biologists about the opening weekend, Oct. 15 and 16

Updated 14 years, 1 month ago
Weather brings Northern Birds to Central Washington.

MARDON RESORT - Our opening of Waterfowl Season was the weakest production of ducks in recent memory. The Feds have been counting waterfowl for 56 years and th…

Updated 14 years, 1 month ago
Coho salmon fishery continues

The coho salmon fisheries, which opened Oct. 5, continue on the Wenatchee, Methow and Icicle rivers through a scheduled closure of Oct. 31.

Updated 14 years, 1 month ago
Annual deer camp as beautiful, magical as ever

This is the first of a two-part series about deer hunting in 2011.

Updated 14 years, 2 months ago
Fishing Magician Report: Steelhead, Coho and Kings

If you're an angler, what better place is there to live than Central Washington? Just take a look at what's happening at the mouth of the Wenatchee River right…

Updated 14 years, 2 months ago
Several hunting seasons open on Saturday

This is it, the opening of several hunting seasons, such as:

Updated 14 years, 2 months ago
Lunch with the Troops; second to the last event

The next Lunch with the Troops event will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 18 from 11:30 to 1 p.m. The luncheon will take place at the Porterhouse Steakhouse in Mos…

Updated 14 years, 2 months ago
Fishing Magician Report: Bass at Banks Lake

I finally made a trip up to Banks Lake to check out the low water conditions. I wanted to see how much water was left in this big pond. There's plenty. I launc…

Updated 14 years, 2 months ago
The excitement of preparing for the hunt

MOSES LAKE - The modern firearm deer hunting season begins this Saturday in most of Washington State. Hunters may use a modern firearm, archery equipment or a …

Updated 14 years, 2 months ago
Fishing Magician Report: Fishing At Wanapum, Wells

Anglers fishing for fall run Kings below Wanapum Dam, and at Vernita are catching very good numbers of fish, and some big ones, too. There are even more fall r…

Updated 14 years, 2 months ago
Fishing Magician Report: Salmon and Steelhead season open

The Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced the opening of coho salmon fisheries on three rivers here in Central Washington. The rivers include the Wenat…

Updated 14 years, 2 months ago
Fresh News From MarDon: Walleye and low temps at Potholes

Our Indian Summer was beautiful but now it is over. Our surface water temperatures on Potholes Reservoir have been hovering around 60 degrees. Every fall for m…

Updated 14 years, 2 months ago
8-pound Wild Steelhead

My wife celebrated her birthday this past week so she got to