Soap Lake council accepts Walmart grant, tables cleanups

SOAP LAKE – During their regular meeting Wednesday, the Soap Lake City Council voted unanimously to accept a $1,250 grant from Walmart and tabled decisions on spring and fall cleanups for the city...

Yanks' Cole strikes out 2 in hitless inning of spring debut

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Gerrit Cole struck out two and walked one over a hitless inning in his spring training debut for the New York Yankees against Pittsburgh on Monday night.

Bobby Bowden to speak at Marshall awards dinner

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hall of Fame coach Bobby Bowden will speak at an awards dinner at Marshall University this spring.

2024 college baseball roundup

Conference tournaments, stats and all-conference awards

MOSES LAKE — While a handful of baseball teams around the country are still competing, the 2024 baseball season has come to a close for regional colleges. Read along for a look at where Big Bend, Central Washington, Gonzaga and Washington State finished this spring.

Phillies: 5 players test positive for virus at Florida camp

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Five players for the Philadelphia Phillies have tested positive for COVID-19 at the team's spring camp in Florida, prompting the club to indefinitely close the complex.

Oregon tops 15,000 coronavirus cases, new Walmart outbreak

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Health Authority has reported 299 additional confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases in the state, bringing the state’s total number of cases since the pandemic began to more than 15,000.

Oregon tops 15,000 coronavirus cases, new Walmart outbreak

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Health Authority has reported 299 additional confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases in the state, bringing the state’s total number of cases since the pandemic began to more than 15,000.

Heavy rain hits scenic central Japan, more damage in south

TOKYO (AP) — Flooding and mudslides have stranded hundreds of people in scenic hot springs and hiking areas in central Japan, while rescue workers searched Thursday for more people missing in rain-related disasters that have already killed more than 60 people.

Fresh News from MarDon

Central-Eastern Washington is enjoying the signs of an earlier spring than the last two years. Ice off was three weeks earlier this year compared to 2012. This past week bank fishing anglers were reporting quality rainbow trout from the southern shores of Potholes Reservoir. Six limits of rainbow's were also reported from the public access known as Blythe Point Boat Launch. One lunker trout 28 inches long was reported from these limits. Frenchman's Waste-way, where it enters Potholes Reservoir has been producing good trout as well. Bank fishers at MarDon Resort are having good action on rainbow up to 4lbs fishing from the shore and off the dock. Canal, Heart, and Windmill Lakes are also producing Trout. The bank fishing trout ammunition has been Berkley power-bait with a night crawler. Larger Rainbows are being caught using cocktail shrimp with a power-bait marshmallow or a brand name "Coon-Shrimp" (Larger Bait Shrimp) with Smelly Jelly.

US home sales spike an unprecedented 24.7% in July

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. home sales rose an unprecedented 24.7% in July, extending a rebound in June after the coronavirus pandemic all but froze the housing market this spring.

Five Quincy football players selected to Caribou Trail All League teams

Five Quincy High School football players were selected by coaches to the Caribou Trail League All League team for the spring season.

Kansas is dropping parents of crash victims from lawsuit

Kansas has dropped the parents of two sisters killed in a crash from a lawsuit seeking to recoup $116,832 for repairs to a highway barrier damaged in the wreck.

To dodge sanctions Venezuela turns to Asia asphalt giant

MIAMI (AP) — Back in January, a yearlong campaign of U.S. sanctions was taking its toll at Venezuela’s state-run oil company. Many of PDVSA’s overseas bank accounts had been frozen or closed, hampering its ability to pay vendors on whom it relies to keep the nation’s crude flowing.

To dodge sanctions Venezuela turns to Asia asphalt giant

MIAMI (AP) — Back in January, a yearlong campaign of U.S. sanctions was taking its toll at Venezuela’s state-run oil company. Many of PDVSA’s overseas bank accounts had been frozen or closed, hampering its ability to pay vendors on whom it relies to keep the nation’s crude flowing.

Letter: Freedom Fest was outstanding

Thank you, Moses Lake Spring Festival committee, for the Freedom Fest and all the beautiful things in the park.

Like magic: Multiply your trees, shrubs by using cuttings

How magical: Stick a piece of wood in the ground and next year it becomes a plant.

Like magic: Multiply your trees, shrubs by using cuttings

How magical: Stick a piece of wood in the ground and next year it becomes a plant.

Like magic: Multiply your trees, shrubs by using cuttings

How magical: Stick a piece of wood in the ground and next year it becomes a plant.

Like magic: Multiply your trees, shrubs by using cuttings

How magical: Stick a piece of wood in the ground and next year it becomes a plant.

Small profits forecast for most growers in 2017

SPOKANE — Potato and onion farmers, apple and cherry growers, ranchers and hay growers may make money in 2017 – not a lot, but a little. That’s the conclusion of a quarterly market update issued by the Farm Credit Services office in Spokane.