I drove down to Meadow Lake today. It’s a small irrigation reservoir surrounded by orchards near Malaga. The lake was frozen over and from the footprints left in the snow I could see two …

Staci Lehman, a spokesperson for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in Eastern Washington, shared reports from the Winter Trout Opener that occurred on Black Friday, November 25, at …

TROUT FISHING  In recent years, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has urged anglers to celebrate “Black Friday” after Thanksgiving not in the stores, but out on the …

SEDRO WOOLLEY –The National Park Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recently announced the initiation of a new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process to evaluate options for …

When it comes to catching bass between Thanksgiving and the end of February in the Pacific Northwest it would be fair to say, “The struggle is real”. As a matter of fact, my chances of …

Elsa Swart’s passion and dedication to swimming has paid off because she qualified for the fifty-meter freestyle to compete at the State Championship in Federal Way on November 12th. Swart, a …

Cascade High School cross country runners battled the smoke for weeks and still triumphed definitively at League, earning state berths for both girls’ and boys’ teams. This is their …

Boys CTL Champions : Cascade Girls CTL Champions : Cascade Boys Runner of the Year : Aiden Tuttle (Cascade, 12) Girls Runner of the Year : Caroline Menna (Cascade, 10) Boys 1st …

Sportsmanship Award : Cashmere Bulldogs 1st Team : Faith Kert, (Cashmere 11); Maddie Hammond, (Cashmere 12); Emma Sunitsch, (Cascade 12) 2nd Team : Lily-Ann Geren, (Cashmere 12); Livvy …

1st Team : Ava Courtney, Forward, (Cashmere 12); Edie Walker Forward, (Cascade 12); Mya Herrera, Forward, (Cascade 11); Kaitlyn Bjorklund, Midfielder, (Cashmere 12); Isabella Hansch, Midfielder, …

Defensive Player of the Year : Kaston Dillon, DL 81, (Cascade 12) 1st Kicker : Genaro Reyna, Kicker 20, (Cashmere 12) Defensive Backs : Trae Smith, 1st DB 7, (Cashmere 11); Aidan Theiss, …

WATERFOWL : The first wave of northern birds has arrived in the Columbia Basin. Checking out Stratford Lake this past week I saw an estimated 10,000 lesser Canada geese and approximately 1500 snow …

If you are a duck hunter, it’s hard to beat November. The local ducks are joined this month by northern migrants who show up in big numbers. Usually the green-winged teal arrive first, followed …

Cascade High School’s cross country team had a dominating day at the Caribou Trail League Championship meet at Walla Walla Point Park on Tuesday. Cascade’s girls’ varsity team won …

It’s a wonderful time of year for a leisurely drive to take in the fall colors but fall is also the time of year you have the greatest chance of colliding with a big game animal on a road or …

THE DEER OPENER The modern firearm deer season opened on the October 15 and lots of hunters were in the woods hoping to tag out on a buck. In Northeast and Southeast Washington, a number of …

After securing the Pear Bowl trophy last year, the Kodiaks endured a tough loss in this year’s annual rivalry game against Cashmere. Cashmere took an early first quarter lead with the …

Sports Schedule Girls’ Soccer Oct. 20: Cascade vs. Chelan, Home at 6:00 p.m. Volleyball Last game Oct: 18 vs. Quincy Football: Oct. 21: Cascade vs. Omak, Home 7:00 …

When you think of places in America where you can see big wild animals up close, you tend to think of Yellowstone, Grand Teton or Glacier National Park but there is a place much closer than that for …

It’s all fun and games in September and October as the foliage turns scarlet and gold. The fish put on the feed bag, biting readily. Then November and December arrive, the leaves turn brown, …