OLYMPIA — A $1.1 billion orca-rescue plan rolled out Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee includes $750,000 for another look at breaching four dams on the Lower Snake River.
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An Oregon hemp food company has made vegetable oil and protein powder from seeds grown by a Washington state tribe, a milestone for Washington's minuscule hemp industry.
A climate-change agenda outlined Monday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee calls for banning coal by 2025, mandating reductions in vehicle emissions and spending millions on energy-efficient buildi…
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration has proposed reclassifying some radioactive waste left from the production of nuclear weapons to make disposal cheaper and easier.
The Washington State Department of Agriculture plans to scrap paper tests and adopt online testing for pesticide applicators. The computer tests will be more convenient and prevent cheating, b…
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A hearing on whether two Thurston Conservation District supervisors should be removed from office was postponed Thursday afternoon because of medical emergencies, according to the Washington S…
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REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A rare fire tornado that raged during this summer's deadly Carr Fire in Northern California was created by a combination of scorching weather, erratic winds and an ice-t…
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration moved forward Thursday with plans to ease restrictions on oil and natural gas drilling and other activities across millions of acres in the Amer…
Two Western Washington farmers will have a chance to defend themselves Dec. 7 against accusations they've undermined the Thurston Conservation District's finances and morale and should be remo…
ORONDO, Wash. — The fire that destroyed offices and a packed apple warehouse at Pine Canyon Growers was apparently caused by a fan motor failure.
The Northwest is already seeing the effects of climate change, according to a new national climate assessment. The 1,600-page report outlines dire consequences across the country as global tem…
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A Washington farmer has won the annual wheat yield contest with more than 200 bushel per acre.
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Spokane Riverkeeper accuses company of exceeding pollutant levels.
Phillip Gross and the Warden Hutterian Brethren topped the National Wheat Foundation’s annual wheat yield contest for the third time since the contest began three years ago, topping 200 bushel…
A Darigold processing plant in Spokane, Wash., is accused by an environmental group of exceeding pollutant benchmarks in violation of the Clean Water Act.
ORONDO, Wash. — Fire destroyed the office and packed apple storage area of a small apple company in Orondo late Sunday.
SEATTLE (AP) — A team of Washington utility workers is helping to restore power to families affected by the recent wildfire in Northern California.
CHEHALIS, Wash. — PND Organic Beef started life as a dairy.
SPOKANE — Two longtime Washington Grain Commissioners will depart the board at the end of the year.
PROSSER, Wash. — Per McCord was a bit of an innovator in expanding use of DNA markers to breed new sugarcane varieties in Florida. Now he plans to do the same sort of thing in sweet cherries i…
SPOKANE — Kimberly Garland Campbell is the only club wheat breeder in the world.
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson spearheads an 11-state coalition joining the fight to overturn President Donald Trump’s downsizing of two national monuments in Utah, a court battle th…
Whenever Dennis Roe wanted to solve a problem, he sought out farmers who were willing to try new things.
PORTLAND — Limagrain Cereal Seeds, an international agricultural cooperative and fourth-largest seed company in the world, will launch a new line of wheat varieties developed in partnership wi…
PORTLAND — With three times the fiber of oatmeal and a wide assortment of health benefits, barley has the potential to permanently change American food, says Bryce McKay with Highland Specialt…
Adding 10 orcas to Puget Sound over the next decade will require more fish habitat and possibly removing four Lower Snake River dams, according to a report released Nov. 16 by a governor’s tas…
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KENNEWICK, Wash. — A bill to transfer title of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation irrigation assets to the Kennewick Irrigation District has passed the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee.
ENDICOTT, Wash. — Author Richard Scheuerman is seeking stories about harvest traditions in the Pacific Northwest.
Western Oregon has a new authorized dealer for International Trucks and IC Bus after Peterson Trucks, based in San Leandro, Calif., acquired Brattain International earlier this month.
Washington would spend about $2 million a year to help poor people buy fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets, roadside stands and stores under a proposal by the state Department of Health.
SPOKANE — Farmers should emphasize shared values over science when answering questions from critics or the public, a Canadian farmer and communications says.
COLFAX, Wash. — Proprietary Variety Management, a Yakima company helping Washington State University with commercialization of the Cosmic Crisp apple, has been granted a temporary restraining …
Washington State University researchers are surveying farmers about their soil health ahead of a Jan. 22 workshop in Pullman.
Greater Spokane Inc.’s AgriBusiness Council is seeking nominations for its annual Excellence in Agriculture Award.
Washington Fish and Wildlife has killed one wolf in Stevens County and suspended efforts to shoot two more wolves after a fruitless two-week search in Ferry County.
Wolves drove northeast Washington’s largest sheep rancher off grazing land. The question now is whether wolves will do the same to the largest cattle ranch, the Diamond M.
PARIS (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is partly right but far from completely correct when he says that France’s “big tariffs” make it hard for American vintners to sell their wines to the French.
Ten more invasive plants may be banished from Washington as threats to agriculture, forests and wetlands by the state Department of Agriculture
SPOKANE — Farmers of different backgrounds must work together to bolster support for future generations, a California grain farmer says.
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Officials say farmers in Idaho and Washington saw above-average returns on wheat crop this year, but lentil prices are plunging.
SPOKANE — When it comes to leasing farmland, experienced farmers say it’s important that the ground meet as many of their needs as possible.
Farmer support for salmon recovery in north Puget Sound will be jeopardized if a troubled fish project isn’t fixed, according to the Department of Fish of Wildlife.
A leading Canadian farmer will help Spokane County producers share their story in a series of workshops the week of Nov. 12.
Two high school students will represent wheat farmers as Washington Wheat Ambassadors for the upcoming year.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A fatal cougar attack has reignited debates over hound hunting and cougar management in Oregon. Groups of Oregonians, particularly hound hunters, say that Oregon’s cougar…
Washington’s vegetable seed industry has regained its status as free of black leg, a plant-killing pathogen wrongly thought to have been found at a radish seed farm in Island County last month.
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Kelly Susewind, director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the department has to figure out how ranchers and wolves can co-exist, and how to manag…
WENATCHEE, Wash. — The state apple crop remains small in the latest industry estimate and marketers say prices are improving.
The Washington State Department of Agriculture has distributed nearly $36,000 for eight manure-related projects. The money came from fines the department has levied against dairies since 2015.
(Editor’s note: The original version of this story incorrectly quoted Rob Valicoff, president of Valicoff Fruit Co., and principal partner in the Inn, as saying Zirkle Fruit Co., of Selah, use…
WENATCHEE, Wash. — August through October pear harvest is over and now the Pacific Northwest pear industry is about three months into packing and shipping a near record crop of 20.4 million, 4…
OLYMPIA — Washington Fish and Wildlife reaffirmed Wednesday afternoon that it planned to try to shoot at least one wolf today in Stevens County, rebuffing two environmental groups that sought …
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Wolves from two packs that have been preying on cattle in the northeastern corner of the state will be killed, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday morning.