Packed competitions in Louisiana's US Senate, House races

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An open U.S. House seat representing northeastern and central Louisiana attracted strong interest from candidates, with seven contenders signed up for the race Thursday as the state closed the second day of its election registration period.

Packed competitions in Louisiana's US Senate, House races

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An open U.S. House seat representing northeastern and central Louisiana attracted strong interest from candidates, with seven contenders signed up for the race Thursday as the state closed the second day of its election registration period.

Powerful earthquake shakes southern Mexico, at least 5 dead

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A powerful earthquake centered near the southern Mexico resort of Huatulco on Tuesday killed at least five people, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the streets.

Knights roll Warriors

Cougars ground Golden Eagles

ROYAL CITY — The Knights of Royal High School received a pin from Justin Kincaid at 215 pounds to start Thursday night’s South Central Athletic Conference dual meet with Wahluke and the Knight never looked back on their way to a 61-9 victory.

Relay for Life is today, Saturday

Event raises money for cancer research, programs

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Relay for Life is set to begin at 6 p.m. tonight and end on noon Saturday at the Moses Lake High School track.

Asian shares climb after S&P 500 record, despite virus woes

Shares started out the week on a strong footing after the Standard & Poors 500 hit a fresh high on Friday, with robust data from Japan and China fueling optimism over economic recoveries even as coronavirus caseloads surpass earlier records.

Spring camping on the agenda

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

Outdoor terms provide alternative meaning, experiences

MOSES LAKE - There are many terms used to describe the various parts of the outdoors experience. Although these terms seem to be exclusive to the outdoors, they sometimes bleed into other parts of our everyday life.

European bees are at their best health level in years

European bees are much healthier than many recent media publications appear to suggest. New field data from nearly 400,000 bee colonies from 21 countries in Europe and the Mediterranean show that overwintering losses of honey bee colonies – an important indicator of general bee health – were at their lowest level in years in 2013/2014.

Confusing words clarified by Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Earlier this year I asked for clarification about the use of deer and elk tags during the master hunter special permit hunts, along with the master hunter 3911 and 3912 hunts. After weeks or months of working on the matter, Fish and Wildlife has offered the following explanation.

Sophomore Richardson, freshman Bailey help Moses Lake complete sweep of Ike

ML Softball

MOSES LAKE — Entering this season, Moses Lake head coach Dave Gregory didn’t think his lineup would pack as much power as it did last year.

Mae Higashiyama marks 30 years in Quincy

Othello Jamboree gives local softball teams a chance to dust the rust and get ready

OTHELLO — For Cle Elum-Roslyn it was a chance to see grass for the first time this season, and for Othello and Warden, Tuesday's jamboree at Othello was a chance to dust the rust and kick start the competitive juices, because it all gets rolling this week

Ephrata's Justin DeHoog makes River Dogs history with fourth World Series appearance

World Series regular

Typically, there are two kinds of leaders in athletics: the orator that can give an impassioned speech or those who lead by example, letting their play speak volumes.

Zillah girl steals show at Vanderholm track meet

ROYAL CITY - Royal High School's Ron Vanderholm Invitational Track Meet last Friday may as well have been called the Alexis Redfield Show.

Huskies defeat Wenatchee 10-0

OTHELLO – A five-run bottom of the third inning surged the Othello Huskies in their non-league matchup against Wenatchee on Wednesday, defeating the Panthers 10-0 in five innings.

Eight locals arrested: Joint investigations with city, federal, state agencies land Moses Lake residents in jail

MOSES LAKE – According to the office of U.S. Attorney Vanessa Waldref, based in Spokane, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Marshals Service, Moses Lake Police Department, Border Patrol and the Washington Department of Corrections have arrested eight people in the Moses Lake area. Those arrested are facing charges related to narcotics and illegal firearms.

River Dogs to host River Dog Memorial Tournament this weekend

MOSES LAKE – Local baseball fans can make the trip to Big Bend Community College to watch the River Dog Memorial 19U Tournament this weekend, featuring the AAA 18U Columbia Basin River Dogs and four other teams from across the state and into Canada.

Washington’s H-2A bill aims to enhance data collection, faces fiscal concerns

OLYMPIA - Washington Subsitute House Bill 2226, aims to address wage suppression in the H-2A guest worker program. The bill advances to the Senate with a 54-42 vote. A companion bill, Senate Bill 5996 awaits movement from rules to the Senate floor.

GCFD4 Chief on admin leave, under investigation for malfeasance

WARDEN – Grant County Fire District 4 Fire Chief Kevin Whitaker has been placed on unpaid administrative leave. Grant County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Kyle Foreman confirmed there is an ongoing investigation for malfeasance through GCSO which began in late November.