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A Western Washington lawmaker has introduced a bill to bar the state Department of Fish and Wildlife from killing wolves in the eastern one-th…
Don Jenkins
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Federal lawmakers have lightened up on hemp, but the non-intoxicating plant still needs an assist from Washington's marijuana-embracing legislators.
Hemp grows on the Colville Confederated Tribes reservation in northeast Washington. The Farm Bill removes hemp from the federal list of contro…
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee talks at a press conference Dec. 13 in Olympia about his $1.1 billion proposal to help the health of orcas. The pla…
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OLYMPIA — A $1.1 billion orca-rescue plan rolled out Thursday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee includes $750,000 for another look at breaching fo…
Oregon lawmakers will be considering two bills in the 2019 legislative session that would classify large dairies as "industrial," causing them…
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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…
Hemp is harvested by the Colville Federated Tribes. The seeds were pressed by Hood River, Ore.-based Northwest Hemp to make vegetable oil and …
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee presents his climate-change agenda for the 2019 Legislature at a press conference Dec. 1 in Seattle.
A climate-change agenda outlined Monday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee calls for banning coal by 2025, mandating reductions in vehicle emission…