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Second Lafayette Jax store cleans up city's big box vacancies

Jax Outdoor Gear is rapidly becoming this town's savior from commercial blight. The store moved to Lafayette in 2010, taking over the highly visible former Ace Hardware building on U.S. Highway 287 that sat vacant after Ace jumped ship in 2009

Cuomo Looking At Crossbow Bill

Albany, N.Y. (AP) – A bill that would continue New York state's restrictions and seasons for hunting with a crossbow until December 2014 is before Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Two Arrested For Assault In Ontario County

Seneca, N.Y. – Police arrested two people in Ontario County after a domestic dispute Sunday night after one of them allegedly hit a child with a lamp.

OPEN SEASON: Hunters Enjoy Dove Season

  More than 30,000 people were in the fields for the opening weekend of dove hunting season. Iowa Department of...

Clear Lake walleye tournament Sept. 16

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa --- The Clear Lake Fishing Club will host its inaugural Fall Clear Lake Walleye Classic Sunday, Sept. 16.

Russell Crowe gets lift after getting lost kayaking

September 3, 2012 by News Editor in Headline News, Kayak Headlines
The U.S. Coast Guard says Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe lost his way kayaking off New York's Long Island but was picked up by a Coast Guard boat and safely taken...

'Camping' out was really great for everyone

I must admit that the other night I was actually watching the Indians game on television.

Local News: The Cribs added to Pyramid Rock 2012

The Cribs are among eight additions to the line-up for this year’s Pyramid Rock Festival in Philip Island, Victoria.

Mary Johnson uses passion for fly fishing to help others

Founder of commercial real estate firm Land Partners LLC in Bristol, Tenn., Johnson finds many ways to spend time out of doors.

Crossbow hunting bill is before Cuomo

A bill that would continue New York state's restrictions and seasons for hunting with a crossbow until December 2014 is before Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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  • Save Bristol Bay
    September 1, 2012:As with anything, if you are not from a certain area there are times when you are absolutely clueless about some things that are going on. It seems that the waters of Bristol Bay are being threatened
  • Deep in the Weeds
    September 1, 2012:I fully expected to bump into Mowgli and Baloo, bopping their way through the jungle. Or to have some hideous children-of-the-corn moment. Or to simply lose my way in the sea of seven-foot black-eyed
  • Other Voices on Post-Irene Stream Damage
    August 31, 2012:Excavators work in the Walloomsac River months after Tropical Storm Irene. photo by Scott McEnaney After Click here for the full article,…
  • Friday Film Festival 08.31.12
    August 31, 2012:Welcome to another edition of the OrvisNews.com Friday Film Festival, in which we scour the Web for the best fly-fishing footage available. This week's collection is heavy on the trout, as we fin
  • I like blue
    August 31, 2012:Blue is my little girl’s favorite color. Now, just changing the color of some random bit of fly fishing gear does eff-all for how it fishes, but I have to say, I’m kind of intrigued by the
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  • Fishing report for Sept. 1
    September 1, 2012: Anglers can keep both hatchery and wild coho salmon beginning today in ocean waters off Westport (Marine Area 2) and beginning Monday off Ilwaco (Marine Area 1).
  • FISHING REPORT
    August 29, 2012: Recreational crab fishing will close Monday across much of Puget Sound, including the waters off Olympia and Tacoma.
  • FISHING REPORT
    August 25, 2012:Beginning Monday, anglers fishing off Ilwaco can keep up to two chinook salmon as part their two-salmon daily limit. With that change, anglers also will be allowed to keep up to two chinook per day in
  • FISHING REPORT
    August 22, 2012: Local salmon rivers have yet to produce any consistent action, while the Skokomish River action seems to have slowed.
  • FISHING REPORT
    August 18, 2012: Anglers fishing off Westport and Neah Bay may now keep up to two chinook salmon as part of their two-salmon daily limit. The change took effect Friday.
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