05/10/11 It's been two months since an earthquake and tsunami caused a partial melt down at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor in Japan, calling into question the safety of nuclear energy both abroad as well as closer to home in the Tri-Cities.
05/10/11 Few companies can boast of a 70 percent jump in sales in recent years. Mountlake Terrace's Light Doctor is one of them. Light Doctor essentially consists of four lighting businesses -- recycling, retail, maintenance and retrofitting -- rolled into one, said owner Don Nielsen.
05/07/11 In Portland on Monday, U.S. District Judge James A. Redden holds what could be his last hearing in the salmon case, a final discussion of the government's third shot at a 10-year plan. He'll have to cut through the fog of fish numbers before handing down a decision with consequences for electricity ratepayers and farmers in four state
05/06/11 The PBS TV Series Nature focused a show titled Salmon: Running the Gauntlet last weekend that took an in-depth look at the state of Pacific Northwest salmon runs. The documentary will serve as a primer about the endangered Pacific Northwest salmon, and with the pending ruling on the Biological Opinion concerning federal salmon regulation policy by Oregon Judge James Redden when his court ...
04/19/11 Residents and anglers around several Eastern Washington lakes take great pride in boosting the trout fishing by tending net pens of trout to be released for anglers.
04/16/11 Fly fishing The Clark Fork near St. Maries was running at 8,240 cfs at midweek and on a steady decline. Fishing was reported to be good but not great. The 10-day forecast is for cooler temperatures, which should keep the water dropping.
04/08/11 WILBUR, Wash. - The Keller Ferry on SR 21 is out of service due to problems with the loading dock and ramp on the north shore of the ferry route. The problem is expected to persist through the weekend. Washington State Department of Transportation crews are working on the issue and hope to have the problem fixed by early next week.
04/07/11 YAKIMA, Wash. -- The nearly 1,300 employees of the federal government in Yakima County were due to get notices Thursday informing them whether they are "essential" and therefore spared a furlough, or nonessential and thus fated to limbo without pay in the event of a shutdown tonight.
04/07/11 April 16 or 17: John Macdonald BIG Cup Memorial 4-5 Person Scramble at River Bend Golf Course, North Bend, Wis.; Contact Marlene at (608) 488-7291 or (715) 299-1240.
03/31/11 Here is longtime Eastern Washington outdoors radio and angler Dave Graybill's fishing report for March 31. You can also visit Graybill's Fishing Magician website for more information:
03/30/11 By: Dylan Coil, Senior Reporter To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the opening of the Grand Coulee Dam, a collection of photographs documenting the construction of the dam was unveiled Tuesday as the first large digital collection. Hubert C...
03/30/11 Golfers in North Central Washington can play in the desert or the highland mountains. Our courses offer reasonable prices and lack much of the fog and rain of west side of the Cascades. Plus, with less traffic, greens are spared the normal wear and tear urban courses typically see. Many weekday afternoons golfers also find it a breeze to squeeze in a round with little to no advanced notice.
03/24/11 In Eastern Washington, decades of irrigation are depleting the Odessa Aquifer. Should the state and federal government lead a rescue built around what has been called "the big fix" of diverting even more river water for farming?
03/23/11 On March 22, 1765, Britain enacted the Stamp Act of 1765 to raise money from the American colonies. (The Act was repealed the following year.) In 1882, President Chester Alan Arthur signed a measure outlawing polygamy.
03/21/11 Whitman College students, through an innovative program mixing environmental and political studies, camp out in northeastern Oregon for an up-close look at wolf packs.
03/21/11 March 22, 1765 Britain enacted the Stamp Act of 1765 to raise money from the American colonies. (The act was repealed the following year.)
03/03/11 U.S. natural gas prices are poised to extend their longest-ever decline as heavier-than-normal rainfall boosts hydropower generation from plants in the Pacific Northwest, cutting demand for gas-fired electricity.
03/03/11 For the first time in 30 years, both the girls and boys teams from Lake Roosevelt High School took to the court at the State B Tourney at the Spokane Arena. This year they played for more than just their fans from Coulee Dam; they played for their longtime principal who recently passed away. RELATED STORY: Brothers Bond Over Basketball At State B Tourney
03/03/11 LYNNWOOD -- Community-based The Bank of Washington recently completed a million-share offering to accredited investors; the success of the offer will strengthen the banks capital position and increase its lending capabilities.
03/02/11 A critical look at the extraordinary efforts to save Pacific Northwest salmon | 
