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• Idaho continues debate on allowing guided hunting for waterfowl, turkeys

  February 5, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Idaho officials have wrestled for years with proposals that would allow guided hunting for waterfowl and turkeys. In 1988, the interested parties – including the Idaho Department of Fish and …

• After banner year, duck hunters worried

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 While this has shaped up as a banner season for waterfowl across the continent, advocates for ducks and duck hunters are worried. A confluence of events – political, economic and …

• Roundup: Cougar women claw way to 2OT victory over Beavers

  January 1, 2012 in Sports on Page C7 Sage Romberg hit a jumper with 2 minutes, 10 seconds left in the second overtime Saturday to give Washington State the lead before Tia Presley and Jazmine Perkins hit free …

• Study finds men’s GPAs drop when football team wins

  December 25, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 On campus, a successful football team is a cause for celebration. So much celebration, in fact, that three economists have found a link between a winning season at one big-time …

• Tips for safe canoe hunts

  December 11, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 The canoe is a time tested, inexpensive and efficient way to hunt waterfowl on certain waters, ranging from the Clark Fork River in Montana and Idaho to the Winchester and … 1

• Oregon’s Kelly expresses disappointment in Harris

  October 26, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 Oregon coach Chip Kelly says the situation surrounding suspended cornerback Cliff Harris is “very disappointing.” Kelly did not comment at length about Harris at his weekly news conference on Tuesday. …

• Golden Bears collect first Pac-12 win of season

  October 23, 2011 in Sports on Page C5 Zach Maynard threw for one touchdown and ran for another and California’s defense completely shut down Utah’s offense in San Francisco to help the Golden Bears get their first Pac-12 …

• Oregon Ducks on trail of title

  October 6, 2010 in Sports After running then-ninth-ranked Stanford out of Autzen Stadium, 52-31, in the second-half last Saturday, the undefeated Oregon Ducks jumped to third in the national polls, vaulting over the Cinderella story, … 2

• Good hatch boosts prospects in Washington

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K4 Washington waterfowl hunters can look up to prospects for good hunting this fall. Don Kraege, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department waterfowl manager, said ducks appeared to have pulled off a …

• Ducks into urban planning

  April 10, 2010 in City on Page A1 The well-known mama duck has hatched a new trend: nesting in downtown Spokane along Riverside Avenue. A mallard made her nest near the Lincoln Building on Friday; a mallard also … 1

• Ledge ducks’ story helps refuge birds

  June 10, 2009 in City on Page A5 A mama duck’s ill-advised roost on a Spokane window ledge has helped her fellow fowl at the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge land $5,000. Sterling Savings Bank concluded a monthlong Bucks …

• Bucks for Ducks nets $5,000 for Turnbull refuge

  June 9, 2009 in City A mama duck’s ill-advised roost on a Spokane window ledge has led to her fowl brethren at the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge landing $5,000. Sterling Savings Bank concluded a month-long …

• Ducks make splash with parade of their own

    May 17, 2009 in City on Page B1 The title of the classic children’s book “Make Way for Ducklings” was rarely truer than on Saturday, when Spokane’s famous mama duck took her dozen day-old ducklings for a walk … 1

• Ducks step out downtown

  January 22, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page N1 There have been numerous sightings of orange feet and an increase in waddling downtown this winter. No, we’re not talking about Spokanites trying to walk off the extra holiday pounds. …

• The Slice: Armstrong leads quack team of rescuers

  May 27, 2008 in Features Joel Armstrong was worried. A mother duck had laid her eggs in a concrete planter box just outside his second-floor office overlooking Riverside Avenue in downtown Spokane. It’s about 15 …