Outdoors
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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…
FRESH NEWS: Fishing – with occasional catfish surprises – continues to be excellent
MARDON – The current water level on the Potholes Reservoir is 1028.55 feet – rising 0.35 feet this past week. We are currently 2.05 feet above low pool. The wa…
Herrera Beutler and Upthegrove face-off in WA lands commissioner debate
(The Center Square) – After a race for second place that was too close to call until a mandatory hand recount, partisanship came back into the race for Commiss…
Weather for the week of Sept. 23, 2024
Weather for the week of Sept. 23, 2024
Sand Scorpions to play dirty at the Dunes Saturday
MOSES LAKE — The Sand Scorpions Off-Road Vehicle Group will hold its bounty hole and freestyle competition this Saturday at the Moses Lake Sand Dunes. The ev…
New Washington litter initiative launched
OLYMPIA – Each year, approximately 38 million pounds of litter are discarded on Washington’s highways, roads, and public areas—a statistic reflecting about fiv…
Blue-green algae blooms in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE – The Grant County Health District released a water quality warning on Saturday. There is a new bloom present in both north and middle Moses Lake. T…
FRESH NEWS: Walleye fishing on the upswing
MARDON – The current water level on the Potholes Reservoir is 1028.20 feet – rising 1.70 feet this past week. We are currently 1.70 feet above low pool. The wa…
Rascal Rodeo Roundup
OTHELLO — The Othello Rodeo grounds were filled Friday morning with people riding horses, tin cattle for rocking and riding, cardboard cows for milking, tin ro…
Weather for the week of Sept. 16, 2024
Weather for the week of Sept. 16, 2024
FIRE REPORT: Two fires contained Wednesday
MOSES LAKE – The various fires listed below are active Washington. The largest fire reported is the Retreat Fire at 45,601 acres and the smallest is the Blewet…
FIRE REPORT: Fire season continues throughout state
MOSES LAKE – The various fires listed below are all ablaze in Washington. The largest fire reported is the Retreat Fire at 45,601 acres and the smallest is the…
‘The friendliest fair’
OTHELLO — The Othello Fair kicks off Wednesday at the Adams County Fairgrounds, and there’s a lot that’s new. That’s by design, said Fair Board President Becky…
Sun Lakes proposed fishing rule change hearing tonight
EPHRATA — An online public hearing is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. today for a proposed Washington Fish and Wildlife rule change that would extend the fishing sea…
FIRE REPORT: Residential fire quenched in George Monday
GEORGE — A residential fire broke out Monday morning in the 100 block of Montmorency Boulevard in George, according to a statement from the Grant County Sheri…
Fish and Wildlife to receive Quincy-area land in transfer
OLYMPIA — A 1,235-acre parcel near Quincy would be transferred from the Washington Department of Natural Resources to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife under the terms of a request to the Washington Le…