CPoW annual meeting set for Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE – The Cattle Producers of Washington annual meeting here on Friday, Oct. 26, will include an update on the CPoW Livestock Processors Cooperative Association, which owns and operates a meat processing plant at Odessa.

Tomorrow: big day for area hunters

Three most important words are safety, safety and safety

Oct. 13, 2012 is a big day for Columbia Basin hunters. The modern firearm general deer season opens in most of the state. Also the duck, coot, snipe and Canada goose seasons open.

CPoW annual meeting set for Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE - The Cattle Producers of Washington annual meeting here on Friday, Oct. 26, will include an update on the CPoW Livestock Processors Cooperative Association, which owns and operates a meat processing plant at Odessa.

Margaret "Peggy" Longston

Margaret "Peggy" Longston, 77, a longtime Moses Lake resident passed away Saturday, October 6, 2012 at Samaritan Hospital. Viewing will be held from noon to 7 p.m., Thursday, October 11 at Kayser's Chapel. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 12 at Kayser's Chapel with interment at 2:15 p.m. at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery, 21702 W. Espanola Road, Medical Lake, Washington. Please sign the online guestbook or leave a note for the family at www.kayserschapel.com  Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel & Crematory, Moses Lake.

Wolf attacks rise to 15 in eastern Washington

COULEE CITY – Ranchers in northern Washington, from the Cascades to the Idaho border are suffering an increase in wolf attacks.

Wolf attacks rise to 15 in Eastern Washington

COULEE CITY - Ranchers in northern Washington, from the Cascades to the Idaho border are suffering an increase in wolf attacks.

Reader speaks out in defense of wolves

Dennis Clay is at it again. One week he and his friends are shooing elk herds off of ranchers' fields because they are so plentiful they are becoming almost a pest. The next week, wolves are decimating elk herds to the point of towns losing the economic boost of hunters. This is all just to stir up the angry mob to light the torches. Outdoor writers like Clay have to fall into line or be shunned.

Ralph J. Johnson

Ralph J. Johnson, 76, a lifelong resident of Ephrata, Washington, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, Washington.

Ralph J. Johnson

Ralph J. Johnson, 76, a lifelong resident of Ephrata, Washington, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, Washington. He was born on June 4, 1936 in Ephrata, Wash. to Roy and Emma (Schuh) Johnson. Ralph graduated from Ephrata High School in 1954 and went to work on a road construction crew in Spokane, Wash. In 1957 he enrolled in Central Washington University at Ellensburg, Wash. and would go to school during the day and work the swing shift at Priest Rapids Dam. He graduated from CWU in 1960 with a BA in Education. Following graduation he went to work for the Department of Labor and Industries as the District Manager in Ephrata. Later that year he married Marie Romero. The following year they purchased their first home and 17 acres in Grant Orchards. In 1967 their son, Brian was born. A few years later he and Marie divorced and in 1977 Ralph married Barbara Flint who had two children from a previous marriage, Roger Flint and Julie (Flint) Bryan.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR GRANT COUNTY

IN RE THE PROCEEDINGS OF GRANT COUNTY FOR THE FORECLOSURE OF LIENS FOR DELINQUENT REAL PROPERTY TAXES AND/OR WEED LIENS FOR 2009 THROUGH 2012 AND SOME YEARS PRIOR

Hunting a valuable tool in wildlife management

Chuckwagon exhibition comes to Adams County

OTHELLO - Back in the day, the day being about 1886 or 1902 or so, the most important wagon in a cattle drive was the chuckwagon. Even though the old-fashioned cattle drive is long gone, chuckwagons still have their champions, and a group of them exhibited their wagons and their cooking skills at the Adams County Fair Friday and Saturday.

Cle Elum ag escapes heavy damage in fire

ELLENSBURG - Cattle ranchers northwest of Ellensburg lost pastures for grazing along with fencing and equipment because of the Taylor Bridge Fire.

Ethel Jane Ertel Field

Janie Field, mother of Quincy and George residents Ed Field, Kelly Field and Robbie Field, and Durango Colorado resident Marsha Schuetz died on August 22, 2012. She was 90.

Payoff for hard work comes at stock sale

MOSES LAKE - For 10 months, and for dairy cattle, more than double that, 4-H and FFA livestock participants feed, water and work with their animals, hoping to see the payoff when the Grant County Fair rolls around.

Fish and Wildlife uses lethal force on cattle-killing wolves

The question was, will they really kill a wolf if necessary? Indeed they will and now they have. Fish and Wildlife officers have killed a wolf from a pack in northeast Washington.

Covered wagon still mode of transportation in early 1900s

Although we think of a covered wagon as a mode of transportation during the mid to late 1800s, such as wagon was used to move the Knopps to the Palouse country in 1916. Read on.

Kirchners worked wheat harvest in Eastern Washington

Many hands were once needed for the wheat harvest in Eastern Washington. Besides working the threshing rigs, meals needed to be prepared on the spot and all of the workers needed to be fed. The Kirchners were a part of several harvests while working for various thrashing outfits. Read on.

Wanetah M. Dendy

Wanetah M. Dendy, our beautiful, kind and gracious mother, grandmother and friend, was welcomed into Heaven on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. She was residing in Lufkin, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 516 E. Nelson Road, Moses Lake. Viewing will be held from 1 to 7 p.m., Friday, June 29th at Kayser's Chapel. Interment will be at Pioneer Memorial Gardens. Please sign the online guestbook or leave a note for the family at www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel & Crematory.

Historical Society Museum open house tomorrow

MOSES LAKE - Go back in history.