Chinook anglers to have more chances - YAKIMA -- Anglers will have the 31 days of August plus Labor Day -- compared to just 12 days last year -- in the popular "Buoy 10" fall chinook fishery near the mouth of the Columbia River, but won't be as fortunate upriver. They'll have to release any ...

Head to Cle Elum for lake trout - Not many anglers in Central Washington have ever fished for lake trout. A member of the char family also known as mackinaw, lake trout thrive in lakes throughout Canada. There is also a fantastic lake trout fishery in Lake Chelan. But there just aren't ma...

Even without views of Rainier, Owyhigh Lakes offers scenic stroll - YAKIMA -- Majestic, shadowed forest dominates the trail leading to Owyhigh Lakes in Mount Rainier National Park. The 3.5-mile hike climaxes with the appearance of jagged Governor's Ridge, overlooking a meadow basin with a pair of small alpine lakes. Don'...

Leaders of the pack - YAKIMA -- Not in the 70 years since they were trapped and hunted to virtual extinction in Washington have gray wolves experienced such a momentous couple of days. Even as state wildlife experts continue to fine-tune a management plan for the gray wolves t...

What's Happening - Fire danger level will stop firewood cutting With forests at tinder-dry levels after this recent long, hot, dry spell, firewood cutting within the National Forest throughout most of the Naches and Cle Elum ranger districts will be prohibited as of Saturda...