Serving Franklin County, WA
Serving Franklin County, WA
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AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Citing the inability to come to an agreement to negotiate a different lease term, Spokane County Raceway operator Craig Smith will step away from the facility leaving both the 2021 season, and the track’s future up in the air. Neither Spokane County Commissioners, nor officials with Spokane County Parks who oversee the facility returned requests for comments by deadline time Tuesday evening, Feb. 23. They were asked on Monday to address the rampant social media chatter that the track would close — or if it...
CHENEY — With their ranks decimated by the “out” door of the NCAA Transfer Portal, new Eastern Washington University men’s basketball coach David Riley welcomes a handful of transfers back to the team. Rylan Bergersen comes to Eastern from Central Arkansas where he played 54 games and was twice honored as a third team All-Southland Conference selection. The six-foot-six-inch guard also played 50 games at BYU and is a former high school teammate of current Eastern point guard Ellis Magnuson at Borah High School in Boise....
ICE HARBOR DAM – The lowland lakes fishing season opens Saturday, April 24, with trout being the most sought-after species. Opening day also marks the opening day of the statewide trout derby, where fishermen can win more than 1,000 prizes totaling more than $38,000. While some lakes are open for fishing year-round, the state closes a number of lakes through the fall and winter while it stocks millions of trout and kokanee. In Franklin County, the state stocked approximately 6,500 rainbow trout in Dalton Lake, located a...
MOSES LAKE - Firearms enthusiasts will gather this weekend for the Moses Lake Gun Show. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Grant County Fairgrounds, 3953 Airway Drive N.E. Organizer Ron Warren said it is the first of two Northwest Gun Shows events coming to Moses Lake. The second is scheduled for Sept. 10-11. There is an admission cost....
CHENEY - The Eastern Eagles came from behind Saturday to top the Idaho Vandals, 38-31, in the final Big Sky season matchup of the year. Dennis Merritt, a graduate of Cascade High School in Leavenworth, scored the final two touchdowns to give the Eagles the win. On the other side of the line of scrimmage, Idaho's quarterback and fullback, both from Eastern Washington, put points on the board for the Vandals during the gridiron grudge match. Kamiakin High School graduate Zach...
CHENEY - There's plenty different now than when Eastern Washington and Idaho met to kickoff the winter/spring Big Sky Conference football season seven weeks ago. This time around, it might be the wind – not a piece of scoreboard that affects field goals – when Eastern and Idaho meet in the Big Sky season finale. And, in this second-go with the Vandals coming to Roos Field on Saturday, April 10, Eastern Coach Aaron Best will be live on the sidelines, not tucked away due to COVI...
RINGOLD — The state is opening steelhead fishing from the shore beginning Wednesday, April 7. The fishery is open on the Franklin County shoreline from a quarter-mile downstream of the Ringold wasteway outlet to a halfmile upstream of Ringold Springs Hatchery Creek. Fishermen are allowed on the bank, only. Retention is restricted to hatchery fish with clipped adipose and ventral fins. Two fish may be caught each day; the minimum size to retain is 20 inches. The fishery will close Thursday, April 15, officials said. The s...
OLYMPIA — The state Fish and Wildlife Commission will set 2021-23 hunting seasons, establish state water mining rules and update its fish hatchery policy when it meets Friday, April 9. The commission is expected to approve new hunting seasons and hunting boundaries for deer, elk, waterfowl and other game species. Members are also expected to approve new rules governing mining in state waters, which may impact fish and habitat, officials said. In other business, the commission will hear a request to update its fish hatchery p...
CEDAR CITY, Utah – Eastern Washington University’s volleyball team wrapped up their regular season schedule with a pair of match losses on the road against Southern Utah University – including a tightly contested, back-and-forth five-setter in the finale Sunday. “We had some really good pieces, we just fell a little short,” Eagles head coach Leslie Flores-Cloud said of her team’s effort. Eastern took advantage of early Thunderbird errors and a defense that held the hosts to a .000 hitting percentage to take the first set 2...
INDIANAPOLIS — The ebb and flow, floods and drought found in the game of basketball are arguably unique in the sports world. And it was one of those things — a 25-7 stretch of the second half by the Kansas Jayhawks — that drown out Eastern Washington’s chances in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis, Ind., March 20 at Indiana Farmers Coliseum. The No. 13 seeded Eagles, who led right from the tip 9-0 and then as late as by 10 points — 52-42 on a Tanner Groves bucket with 17 minutes, 58 second...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington's ever-improving basketball program has launched another coach out of Cheney. Fresh from guiding his team to only the program's third berth in the NCAA Tournament, losing 93-84 to one of the legends in the sport, Kansas, Shantay Legans will next take over the University of Portland Pilots of the West Coast Conference. At Eastern, Legans was a very impressive 75-49 (.605) overall and 53-20 in the Big Sky Conference (.726). Legans' .726 conference win...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington track and field senior Parker Bowden has been selected as this week’s Big Sky Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week, as announced by the league office on March 22. Bowden has shown impressive performances as a 110-meter hurdler in the early start of the 2021 outdoor season. His current time of 13.89 ranks him nationally across all of the NCAA Division I programs in the country. Beginning with the season opener at Oregon State University, Bowde...
OLYMPIA — Starting May 10, anglers will have an opportunity to catch and retain legal-size white sturgeon in the lower 40 miles of the Columbia River. Fishery managers from Washington and Oregon agreed Thursday to open the sturgeon fishery on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays through June 5, from the Wauna powerlines, which cross Puget Island near Cathlamet, downriver to Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia River. Adjacent Washington tributaries will also be open for sturgeon fishing those days. Sturgeon fishing (...
OLYMPIA — State and Oregon Fish and Wildlife commissioners will meet virtually next week to discuss policy for the shared waters of the Columbia River. Four members of the state Fish and Wildlife Commission and three of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 31. Commissioners will hear presentations on global warming and the current status of Columbia River fish runs. Commissioners will also discuss setting concurrent fisheries. The digital meeting can be accessed online a...
PULLMAN — Washington State University has sold naming rights of the field in Martin Stadium to Tri-Cities-based Gesa Credit Union. The university and financial business have signed a 10-year deal naming the field as Gesa Field. The value of the contract is valued at more than $11 million, officials said. "Washington State University was established 130 years ago to serve the citizens of our state," university President Kirk Schulz said today in announcing the deal. "That commi...
OLYMPIA – Salmon fishing will be limited due to low returning numbers of fish. To determine the impacts, the state Fish and Wildlife Department (WDFW) are meeting with state, tribal governments, federal regulators, other U.S. states, and Canada. to discuss the forecasts and shape the state fishing seasons, according to a WDFW representative. The public meetings are set through April. The forecasts cover expected returns of Chinook, Coho, sockeye, pink, and chum salmon in P...
UPDATE: On Saturday, Feb. 13, Franklin County and the surrounding area were moved to Phase 2, allowing football, and girls volleyball, soccer and slowpitch softball games to proceed as previously scheduled. PASCO — With Gov. Jay Inslee declining to allow Franklin County to advance to his so-called “Phase 2” of coronavirus recovery, the Pasco, Columbia and North Franklin school districts will have to delay middle and high school football, and girls volleyball, soccer and slowpitch softball. Pasco, Chiawana, Columbia (Burb...
OLYMPIA – A bill that would've required boating classes for kayakers, canoeists, paddleboarders and even some surfers appears to have been scuttled. House Bill 1018 is the subject of an online petition that had drawn 18,450 protest signatures as of this morning, Feb. 11. The bill would have required nearly everyone piloting a vessel – even human-powered boats like kayaks, canoes, paddleboards and some surfboards – on state waters to complete a boater education course. In addit...
CONNELL - The North Franklin School District is planning for Connell Eagles sports to resume next week. All home events are at the high school, 1131 W. Clark St. Here are the tentative schedules: Cross County Feb. 18 – 3 p.m., home meet. Feb. 25 – 3 p.m., at Zillah, 1602 Second Ave., Zillah. March 4 – 3 p.m., South-Central Athletic Conference meet at College Place, 1755 S. College Ave., College Place. March 11 – 3 p.m., at Toppenish, 141 Ward Road, Toppenish. Football Feb. 20...
PASCO - The Chiawana Riverhawks have announced their varsity football season schedule. The Riverhawks will open their season away against the Richland Bombers, officials said. That first kickoff of the 2020-21 school year is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Fran Rish Stadium, 930 Long Ave., Richland. The Riverhawks will host Walla Walla High School in their home-opener on Feb. 26. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. in the stadium at 601 N. 18th Ave. The remaining games on the schedule...
PULLMAN – Washington State University starting quarterback Jayden de Laura was arrested for allegedly driving while under the influence on Saturday, Feb. 6, and has been suspended from the team. The 19-year-old was allegedly spotted on College Hill running through a stop sign on Colorado Street and driving the wrong way on Thatuna Street, Police Operations Cmdr. Jake Opgenorth said. De Laura was stopped at 2:13 a.m. He failed a field sobriety test and refused to take a B...
CHENEY — After changes necessitated by four Big Sky Conference teams bowing out of the upcoming six-game winter/spring football season, the Eastern Washington University football team will play at home and away on the same dates from Feb. 27 through April 10 despite the change of several opponents. Eastern will host Northern Arizona on March 6, Cal Poly on March 27 and Idaho on April 10. Road games will be at Idaho on Feb. 27, Idaho State on March 13 and UC Davis on April 3. The adjustments were approved by the Big Sky C...
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University has signed a high school girls basketball player to its roster for this spring. Talia von Oelhoffen, a 5-foot-11 guard, will graduate early from Chiawana High School in Pasco to begin her college career for the Beavers, head coach Scott Rueck said Friday. She has already enrolled in classes at the university. von Oelhoffen signed a letter of intent with the Beavers in November. "Talia is a very special person and player, and we are a...
SPOKANE — Hunters reporting their 2020 black bear, deer, elk or turkey results by Jan. 10 will have the opportunity to win one of nine deer and elk incentive permits for fall 2021. State Department of Fish and Wildlife Game Division Manager Anis Aoude said the agency is offering the special permits, which will be awarded through a drawing this spring, as an incentive to encourage hunters to report results as soon as possible. Special hunts include five deer permits and four elk permits in various areas. To qualify for th...
RICHLAND — The Hanford Reach steelhead fishery will close Jan. 1. The closure is from the Interstate 182 bridge upstream to the old Hanford townsite powerline crossing over the Columbia River. It will remain in effect iuntil April 15. State Department of Fish and Wildlife said the closure is being ordered due to predictions of a low Ringold Springs Hatchery return. The run is expected to be the lowest in more than 20 years, officials said, noting the hatchery needs broodstock to produce a goal of 180,000 juvenile steelhead t...