Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was once the fourth highest-ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, but with Democrats winning the majority last fall, McMorris Rodgers elected not to continue as a member of the House minority leadership.
Washington lawmakers with different views on pesticides agreed that more public funds should be spent training farmworkers to handle chemicals, according to a report released Monday by the Dep…
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — A plan to spend $750,000 of state taxpayer money to study the impacts of tearing down four dams on the lower Snake River is not sitting well with Tri-Cities area suppor…
Wolves have come “very close to homes” near Colville in northeast Washington, according to Stevens County commissioners, who issued a public safety announcement Jan. 8 warning residents to pro…
OLYMPIA — Democrats can't count on any Republican votes to raise taxes on income from selling stocks or bonds or from providing services, including some services to farmers, House and Senate R…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wildlife officials have started killing sea lions that threaten a fragile run of winter steelhead in the Willamette River.
The three Northwest legislatures go to work this month, addressing a wide variety of issues that will impact their state’s farmers and ranchers. In Oregon and Washington, the changing climate …
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington said Tuesday it opposes a federal proposal to reclassify as less dangerous some radioactive waste on a site in the state that contains the nation'…
A new season of “Washington Grown,” the television show spotlighting the state’s agriculture, premiered Jan. 3.
Skagit County, Wash., farmers may report roughly $1.5 million annually in elk damage by the time a yearlong survey is done, the county’s assessor, Dave Thomas, said Jan. 2.
OLYMPIA — The Washington Supreme Court will hear arguments March 19 on whether the Inslee administration’s Clean Air Rule was on illegal power grab by the executive branch.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials and at least one state said Friday that they have started investigations into a nationwide CenturyLink internet outage that has disrupted 911 service.
The number of confirmed wolf attacks on cattle in Washington in 2018 was more than double any previous year, according to Fish and Wildlife reports.
Just because the new farm bill was passed doesn't mean wheat farmers get to rest, says the new president of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers.
Voluntary guidelines for protecting wetlands, wildlife habitat and other environmentally sensitive ground are now in place in the 27 Washington counties that opted into what’s billed as an inc…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Up to 2.75 million fall chinook salmon fry are headed to the Minter Creek Hatchery in Pierce County in an effort to replace salmon lost during a Dec. 14 power outage at t…
A pesticide will be sprayed from the air over 1,700 acres in Western Washington next spring to kill gypsy moth caterpillars, according to a plan announced Dec. 19 by the state Department of Ag…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state's minimum wage will increase to $12 an hour in the new year.
Washington’s campaign to rear more salmon for orcas suffered a setback Dec. 14 as 6.2 million chinook fry suffocated at a Fish and Wildlife hatchery in Pierce County.
A Western Washington lawmaker has introduced a bill to bar the state Department of Fish and Wildlife from killing wolves in the eastern one-third of the state.
Federal lawmakers have lightened up on hemp, but the non-intoxicating plant still needs an assist from Washington’s marijuana-embracing legislators.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — High winds and heavy rains knocked out power to 17,000 people in northwestern Oregon, and winter warnings went into effect in western Washington.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Washington farmer has won the annual wheat yield contest with more than 200 bushel per acre.
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.
