Everett man flees in fishing sting at Banks Lake

BANKS LAKE - An Everett man and four other suspects led law enforcement on a 40 mile chase after they were allegedly caught illegally netting whitefish at Banks Lake.

Earthquakes swarm Marlin

Basin center of 29 tiny seismic shakes

FIRE REPORT: Pioneer Fire still growing in North Cascades

MOSES LAKE — The Pioneer Fire burning along the eastern shore of Lake Chelan continued to grow Tuesday, reaching 10,677 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Containment remained at 14%. Eleven crews, 13 helicopters, five engines, 14 water tenders and 13 heavy equipment units were devoted to fighting the blaze, which has been burning since June 8.

Wallace 'Red' Cooper

1928-2015

1928-2015

Moses Lake Carp Classic returns Saturday

MOSES LAKE — Don’t let anyone tell you shooting fish in a lake is easy.

Camping lessons shared,meeting new friends a plus

MOSES LAKE - A week of camping at Potholes State Park passed by in short order. We arrived on Wednesday, May 18. My mother, Enid, and Uncle Vern followed us from MarDon Resort and visited for an hour or so. They wanted to go for a drive and meeting up with us 20 miles from Moses Lake was a good reason for a chance of scenery.

Williams, Washington State rally to beat Eastern Washington

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Noah Williams scored a career-high 19 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and made several big plays down the stretch to help Washington State beat Eastern Washington 71-68 on Saturday night.

Williams, Washington State rally to beat Eastern Washington

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Noah Williams scored a career-high 19 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and made several big plays down the stretch to help Washington State beat Eastern Washington 71-68 on Saturday night.

Tom Kikuchi

Tom Kikuchi, 92 of Moses Lake passed away early Wednesday morning at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, Washington.

Gene Clasen

Gene Clasen, 78, of Moses Lake, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, after an eight-year battle with Parkinson’s.

Fishing for Kokanee at Lake Chelan

Pollution prompts county, cities to hand out masks

MOSES LAKE — It didn’t take a government report to know that the air quality in the Columbia Basin on Friday and Saturday was bad.

Walter Shannon Weaver

1959 — 2010

Walter Shannon Weaver died March 15th at his home in Spokane.

Othello woman sentenced to federal prison in connection with stolen firearms

OTHELLO — An Othello woman was sentenced to almost four years in federal prison Monday after pleading guilty to helping a co-defendant sell stolen firearms. One of the guns was used in the fatal shooting of a child in Othello in February 2021, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington. Alondra Yaniz, 25, was sentenced to 46 months in prison, the release said. She pleaded guilty on Dec. 14 to being a felon in possession of firearms. Yaniz was sentenced in Adams County Superior Court to one year for second-degree theft in connection with the same case. That sentence will be served consecutively. According to U.S. District Court documents, Yaniz advertised guns for sale on social media in late February 2021. The guns had been stolen; Yaniz’s co-defendant, Guillermo Valdez, broke into a Spokane-area home on Feb. 24, 2021, and stole 11 guns. One of the guns was sold to an Othello man who shot and killed his four-year-old child on Feb. 27, 2021...

Legals for October, 8 2021

Support for the Odessa Sub-Area Aquifer also approved

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The state Legislature has passed a historic plan to manage the Columbia River, where competing interests have battled for decades over water for fish, farmers, power and growing communities.

Davison lifts E. Washington past Portland St. 89-81

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jacob Davison had 30 points as Eastern Washington beat Portland State 89-81 on Saturday night.

Davison lifts E. Washington past Portland St. 89-81

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jacob Davison had 30 points as Eastern Washington beat Portland State 89-81 on Saturday night.

High temps expected this week

MOSES LAKE — It’s to be expected, being the height of summer and all that, and it’s here. Temperatures will be flirting with the 100-degree mark for a few days this week, although smoke drifting in from fires to the north may keep them below triple digits. “We do have some fires in Canada - they’ve been going about two months,” said Krista Carrothers, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Spokane which serves much of Eastern Washington...

Vernon Glenn Ellestad

Vernon Glenn Ellestad was born in Backus, MN June 21, 1919 to Arnold Edward and Helen R. (Larreau) Ellestad. His childhood was spent in a tight knit extended family, with numerous cousins, aunts and uncles. The Northern Minnesota environment was harsh, the nation was in a depression and Vern‘s father was ill through much of childhood. He learned to be self-reliant and resilient. His mother was a teacher, and much of his education came at her knee.