New Wahluke football coach excited to begin the season this spring

Wahluke head coach Anfernee Cortez has had some extra time this fall to prepare for his first season as head coach of the Warriors football program after the fall athletic season was postponed due to COVID-19. After a couple of seasons as an assistant coach with the Warriors, Cortez said it is nice having a little extra time to get settled as he takes over the reins this year.

WIAA released revised sports season calendar for 2020-21

RENTON — The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Executive Board released its modified sports calendar for 2020-21 as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The new schedule will feature four seasons with moderate- to high-risk fall sports moving to the new Season 3.

Youth turkey season next weekend

Crane Festival begins today, goes through Sunday

The 14th Annual Othello Sandhill Crane Festival begins today,

As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff

PARIS (AP) — In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking app prominently displays the intensive care capacity taken up by COVID-19 patients: 92.5% and rising. In the ICU in Barcelona, there is no end in sight for the doctors and nurses who endured this once already.

Spring turkey in sights of youth

Spring turkey season begins two weeks from tomorrow for youth under 16 years of age and runs for two days, April 2 and 3. The youth season is open in all game management units. Standard hunting methods (shotgun or bow and arrow only) and all other turkey hunting regulations apply to the youth season.

The Latest: Tulane looking for new foe for home opener

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Spring training: time for pitchers, catchers and cheaters

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Baseball returns to the field next week when pitchers, catchers and cheaters report to spring training.

New faces aplenty as spring training begins

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The crack of the bat at spring training camps replaced the sound of trash can lids banging in homemade YouTube videos as baseball emerged from its winter of cheating scandals and salary dumps to bask in the Florida and Arizona sun.

Spring training: time for pitchers, catchers and cheaters

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Baseball returns to the field next week when pitchers, catchers and cheaters report to spring training.

New faces aplenty as spring training begins

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The crack of the bat at spring training camps replaced the sound of trash can lids banging in homemade YouTube videos as baseball emerged from its winter of cheating scandals and salary dumps to bask in the Florida and Arizona sun.

Spring training: time for pitchers, catchers and cheaters

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Baseball returns to the field next week when pitchers, catchers and cheaters report to spring training.

Gourd spring meeting could lead to festival

MOSES LAKE - A spring meeting held by the state's fledgling gourd society just might lead to a new annual festival in Moses Lake.

Spring camping on the agenda

This is the first of a two-part series about preparing a travel trailer for spring camping.

The Latest: WCC postpones conference fall competition

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Florida coronavirus cases jump and now exceed 130

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Sunday that a drive-thru testing facility will soon open at a hospital in Broward County, the hardest-hit county from the new coronavirus, as the state seeks to boost testing capacity.

Florida coronavirus cases jump and now exceed 130

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Sunday that a drive-thru testing facility will soon open at a hospital in Broward County, the hardest-hit county from the new coronavirus, as the state seeks to boost testing capacity.

Amid uncertainty, college football trying to plan for season

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Spring football was shelved because of the coronavirus. There is still plenty of work going on in college football.

Amid uncertainty, college football trying to plan for season

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Spring football was shelved because of the coronavirus. There is still plenty of work going on in college football.

Coronavirus rekindles oil spill memories along Gulf Coast

The spring of the