Royal rout of Warden

ROYAL CITY — The Royal High School Knights outgunned a powerful Warden Cougars football team 42-7 and moved to 7-0 after Friday night's homecoming game victory at David Nielsen Memorial Field.

A gift

SGL groundbreaking benefits more than just the Basin

Still plenty of time to shop for outdoor-minded people

This is the third of a four-part series about Christmas gifts for outdoors-minded people.

Global shares mostly rise on virus vaccines, Yellen hopes

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly higher Tuesday, encouraged by news on the development of

Barber nets first goal in narrow Wild loss

WENATCHEE - Recently acquired forward Jacob Barber (Dardenne Prairie, Mo.) scored his first goal in a Wenatchee Wild sweater, but Matt Friese's marker, which was scored with three seconds left in regulation, led the Alaska Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over the Wild Saturday night at the Town Toyota Center.

Foundation for good salmon plan

GUEST EDITORIAL

Fresh News From MarDon: Fishing without waiting

MARDON RESORT - Why wait for the April 1 opener when limits are being caught right now. As recently as yesterday limits of nice rainbows have been coming out of the Seep Lakes. The weather in late February & early March always seems to be irregular but the trout fishing this time of year can be excellent. This spring a number of the year-round Seep Lakes have been kicking out quality trout, most notably Upper Goose, Blythe and Corral Lakes. Goose has been the hands-down best producer with relatively quick limits in the 14- to 16-inch range. Blythe and Corral have been producing occasional limits with some really nice 18-inch fish mixed in, some running in the 5- and 6-pound range. All three of these bodies of water have easy access and adequate boat ramps. The best technique has been still fishing with bait.

GUEST EDITORIAL: New taxes put carbon reductions at risk

OLYMPIA - Everyone wants to help the environment, but blindly following trendy environmental fads can often do more harm than good. Eco-fads squander precious resources and waste the opportunity to adopt more beneficial strategies.

Vantage Data Centers to build in Quincy

QUINCY - The Santa Clara, Calif.-based Vantage Data Centers selected Quincy as its first data center in Washington state because of Grant County's affordable hydropower.

Area farmers playing a waiting game

(MCT) PULLMAN - It's business as usual for local farmers, at least for the time being, as they wait for the other Washington to figure out what the recently passed farm bill actually means for them.

Approve the Keystone Pipeline

Submitted by Don C. Brunell

The Seattle Times headline said it all: "Obama running out of reasons to reject Keystone XL."

STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

The State of Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has received application to construct a new air pollution source. Vantage Data Centers Management Company, LLC, 2625 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051, has proposed to build Vantage Data Centers located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Road 11 NW and Road O NW, Quincy in Grant County.

Fresh News from MarDon

Why wait for the April 1 opener when limits are being caught right now. As recent as yesterday limits of nice rainbows have been coming out of the Seep Lakes. The weather in early March always seems to be irregular but the trout fishing this time of year can be excellent. This spring a number of the year round Seep Lakes have been kicking out quality trout, most notably Upper Goose, Blythe and Corral Lakes. Goose has been the hands down best producer with relatively quick limits in the 14 to 16 inch range. Blythe and Corral have been producing occasional limits with some really nice 18" + fish mixed in, some running in the 5 and 6 pound range. All three of these bodies of water have easy access and adequate boat ramps. The best technique has been still fishing with bait.

Taliban political team in Pakistan to talk Afghan peace push

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban political team arrived in Pakistan on Monday as efforts appear to be ramping up to get negotiations underway between the Afghan government and the insurgents.

14 killed, 75 wounded in bomb attacks in south Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Muslim militants allied with the Islamic State group set off a powerful motorcycle explosive followed by a suicide bombing that together killed 14 people on Monday, many of them soldiers, in the worst extremist attack in the Philippines this year, military officials said.

Mali junta insists president did not resign under duress

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The military junta now in charge of Mali insisted Monday that former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had resigned of his own free will and was not overthrown, as the officers now running the country try to prolong their rule until 2023.

Top West Africa envoys meet in Mali with junta after coup

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Top West African officials met with the junta leaders and Mali’s deposed president Saturday in the capital trying to negotiate a return to civilian rule after a coup this week.

TS Marco in Gulf aiming at Louisiana, TS Laura also on way

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Tropical Storm Marco swirled over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday heading for a possible hit on the Louisiana coast as a hurricane. Tropical Storm Laura battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti and headed to the same part of the U.S. coast, also as a potential hurricane.

Top West Africa envoys meet in Mali with junta after coup

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Top West African officials met with the junta leaders and Mali’s deposed president Saturday in the capital trying to negotiate a return to civilian rule after a coup this week.

Black Republican seeking swing House seat set for RNC speech

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black conservative running for Congress in Utah is set to speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. Burgess Owens is in a race that could test GOP’s ability to recapture the suburban districts that powered 2018’s blue wave and gave Democrats control of the House.