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Local endurance riders off to fast start

WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla endurance riders have had a good start to the season.

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Ogling, aiming and ambling fill four-day trip

Despite two days of wind-driven sand across Harney County, Darlene, Nora the Schnauzer and I declared our recent four-day trip to Burns/Hines and the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge a total success.

Riley gets his witness for hole-in-one

MILTON-FREEWATER — Bill Riley knew better than to make the same mistake twice.

May a month of fauna and flora renewal

With April evaporating into the past, May brings with it spectacular events that happen right under our noses.

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Cycling Yellowstone great in spring

The sounds were few but defining: the steady crunching of fine black pumice crushed beneath bike tires, the patter of rain pelting helmet and jacket, labored breaths exhaled in plumes, and the drumming of a rapid pulse as blood rushed through my carotid artery.

Clark aces Walla Walla Country Club’s eighth hole

WALLA WALLA — Mike Clark recorded his first career hole-in-one on the Walla Walla Country Club’s eighth hole Friday.

Jurassic Park

Roy and Joyce Anderson submitted this photo of their “pet” in the city park in Granger, Wash.

Serious business

This stern owl was photographed near Bennington Lake recently with a Nikon 3100 and a 200-milimeter lens.

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Rain, rain, all the way home

We had four days of sunshine on the Oregon Coast as April, the cruelest month according to T.S. Eliot, trickled away.

Wolf sightings in Washington credible

SPOKANE — Among the many wolf sightings reported in the region, some are more credible than others, including the black wolf wearing a radio collar and running with another wolf west of St. John in recent months.

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Starfish brighten Haystack Rock

I may sound like a cad, but Darlene’s raucous horselaugh at my misfortune with a sneaker wave turned my ears beet red.

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Top of the Gap

Spectacular views are found on a geocaching hike to the summit of the Wallula Gap.

I vastly enjoyed last week’s pursuit of a geocache atop the west side of Wallula Gap with Bret Rankin and Nora the Schnauzer.

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It's a turkey of an opener

This year, Oregon’s youth turkey hunt will be held on April 13th and the 14th.

Washington moose bucking decline in numbers

SPOKANE — Moose in Washington appear to be bucking the decline that’s plaguing the animals across most of the lower 48 states, a Washington Fish and Wildlife Department biologist says.

Montana man honored for lifetime service to shooting

FORSYTH, Mont. — There’s a big kid’s playground just northwest of here — rolling pine- and juniper-dotted hills surrounding a wide level valley and bentonite gray

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