Matching money expires today; fundraising continues

TONASKET – The Tonasket High School softball team has been awarded the Mariners Care equipment donation grant.

BREWSTER – Longtime Okanogan Valley Bass Club members Rick Lind and Ken Chaplin took first place in the club’s June 20 tournament.

OLYMPIA – The state has posted its new 2020-2021 Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet online.

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is adding two free admission days this year to place two lost in April because of COVID-19 closures.

COULEE DAM – More parts of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are reopening July 1.

OMAK - Registration for River Valley Soccer Club youth teams is open through July 17.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Lake Roosevelt graduate Shane Proctor placed first in two rounds of the Monster Energy Team Challenge event of the Professional Bull Riders.

Maubet Bjornsen competes in Skiletics

OLYMPIA – The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has closed the main stem Columbia River to sockeye salmon and steelhead fishing from the Megler-Astoria bridge upstream to the Highway 395 bridge at Pasco.

REPUBLIC — Tonasket resident Brian Whitney claimed the super stock main title Saturday, June 27, at Eagle Track Raceway during the first race of the season.

BREWSTER – Greg Austin, Brewster High School athletic director, has been named District VI athletic director of the year by the Washington State Secondary Athletic Administrators Association.

REPUBLIC – Racing is planned this Saturday, June 27, at Eagle Track Raceway on Pendry Road.

NESPELEM – New camping and boating regulations have been implemented by the Colville Confederated Tribes.

OLYMPIA – The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking public comments on proposed recommendations for hunting contest and hunting restriction rules.

OROVILLE – The delayed May Festival bass tournament is planned for Sunday, June 30, on Lake Osoyoos.

Agencies open campgrounds under Safe Start

REPUBLIC – The opening weekend of competition at the Republic Eagle Track Raceway was rained out.

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Roundup Rodeo, scheduled for Aug. 20-22, has been canceled.

CURLEW – A temporary bridge has been installed on the Ferry County Rail Trail at West Deer Creek.

Okanogan may open; others close pools, splash parks

BREWSTER – The on-again, off-again Brewster King Salmon Derby may be on again.

Wildflower viewing, bird watching among other draws

OLYMPIA - The state Department of Fish and Wildlife wants to know what people think of a recently released draft strategic plan for the agency.

RENTON – An Inchelium student has won a Smart Choices scholarship

NESPELEM – Fishing on the Colville Indian Reservation remains closed to non-tribal members through June 26.

Volunteers plan to add new decks over two creeks

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission invites the public to enjoy three free days at state parks in June.

GRAND COULEE – The state plans to open a harvest fishery for white sturgeon on Lake Roosevelt from Grand Coulee Dam to China Bend boat ramp.

REPUBLIC – The Ferry County Rail Trail is being reconditioned this spring, with volunteers planning to add new surfacing and two bridge decks.

Robeck, Painter blaze through virtual Bloom

WENATCHEE – The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest has started reopening trailheads and day-use areas on a phased basis.

REPUBLIC – Trails, roads and undeveloped areas of the Colville National Forest are open, but established campsites are not.

RENTON - Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has decided to use seeding committees to determine first-round playoff matchup for all sports during the 2020-21 school year.

SALEM, Ore. - Dakota Fingar, an Okanogan High School graduate, played baseball this spring for Corban University.

OLYMPIA - All state parks in Okanogan and Ferry counties are open for day use, but the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is keeping some parks elsewhere in the state closed.

TONASKET - The U.S. Forest Service-hosted Kids Free Fishing Day event, normally held at Bonaparte Lake, has been canceled because of coronavirus concerns.

CHESAW - The Chesaw Fourth of July Rodeo and associated events have been canceled because of coronavirus concerns.

OLYMPIA – National Safe Boating Week is underway and runs through May 22, with agencies reminding boaters and paddlers to be safe on the water.

OKANOGAN - Okanogan-Omak Rotary Club’s annual kids’ fishing derby was canceled because of coronavirus concerns.

OMAK - Okanogan Valley Bass Club had an online tournament through yesterday, May 19.

WINTHROP - Liberty Bell High School baseball player David Kominak isn’t playing ball this spring because of coronavirus closures, but he’s using his time to help local business.

WENATCHEE - New rules for safer play in a post-COVID-19 world have been released by Senior Softball-USA, the coordinating body for senior softball for players age 40 and older.

PULLMAN - AJ Block, grandson of Gary and Dannis Smith of Omak, was named one of Washington State University’s top graduates of 2020.

SEATTLE - Emma Chilcote, an Okanogan High School graduate, competed last fall as a novice on Seattle Pacific University’s rowing team.

OKANOGAN - Stay-at-home exercise assistance is available for free from several local sources.

PULLMAN - Omak graduate Jennifer O’Dell competed last fall in rowing for Washington State University and was scheduled to compete this spring before the season was canceled because of coronavirus concerns.

REPUBLIC - Advocates of a skatepark for Republic are seeking letters of support to be sent to the state Recreation and Conservation Office.