The USDA has announced $1.5 billion to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners adopt and expand voluntary, locally led conservation strategies and projects. About $167 million will go to 10 Pacific Northwest projects.
The Bonneville Power Administration has identified roughly $3 billion of transmission line and substation projects it said would be key for accommodating growing electricity demand and the exp…
ONTARIO — Quagga mussels, an aquatic invasive species, have been found for the second time in the Snake River at Twin Falls, Idaho, about 60 miles upstream from the Oregon border.
The last of Skylar Glasby’s Washington criminal cases has ended, and the 35-year-old Dayton man appears headed to prison for about two years.
Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by wolves before they were nearly wiped out of the region, a new study finds.
PORTLAND — Tribal leaders, activists and community members from across the Northwest gathered Jan. 29 to Feb. 1 in Portland for the 2024 Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Winter Convention.
Environmentalists are urging the White House to use an obscure legal tool to thwart TC Energy Corp.’s planned expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest that they say would s…
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Behind American Indian Hall on the Montana State University campus, ancient life is growing.
SEATTLE — The trend is clear: Earth is warming because of our longstanding reliance on fossil fuels.
PORTLAND — Joseph David Emerson, the off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who is charged with trying to crash a jetliner in Oregon while riding a jumpseat in the cockpit, had piloted another commerc…
Washington state agriculture director Derek Sandison has excused himself from a council considering whether to allow the Horse Heaven wind and solar project to be built on farmland in Benton County.
Developers must gather community input before agency analyzes proposals under NEPA.
A 19-year-old Burbank woman has been charged with six counts of second-degree rape of a child, and one count third-degree child molestation.
A former corrections officer at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after she pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges.
Washington's capital gains tax faces a renewed legal challenge from residents who claim the tax violates the U.S. Constitution by taxing transactions in other states.
Interest is growing in unusual fruit varieties thanks to adventurous eaters and expanding diversity that’s highlighted cultural foods.
The Washington Department of Ecology prohibited two companies from bidding for carbon allowances, decisions cloaked in secrecy by the cap-and-trade law's extensive exemptions from the public r…
Despite opposition from Northwest Democratic leaders, federal regulators voted Thursday, Oct. 19, to allow more natural gas to flow through Oregon, Idaho, Washington and northern California.
The Port of Walla Walla is on the cusp of finalizing its plans for the creation of a Tax Increment Financing Area in property the Port owns near Burbank and Wallula Gap.
The Horse Heaven wind and solar project would unavoidably cause significant harm to views, recreation and tribal cultural properties in southeast Washington, an Energy Facility Site Evaluation…
An El Nino likely will make the Pacific Northwest warmer than normal this winter and cause drought to persist east of the Cascade Range, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pre…
New USDA Western Wheat Quality Lab director Sean Finnie took over July 30, replacing Craig Morris, who died in 2021 after 32 years as director.
Flu season, which typically runs from October to March, is expected to be severe this season with increased cases of flu and other seasonal viruses, an area health official said.
Washington's agricultural production in 2022 reached an all-time high $12.8 billion, shattering the previous record as most of the state's top commodities made double-digit leaps in value from…
Whitman College recently announced the largest fundraising campaign in its 164-year history.
Oregon and Washington scored big Friday, Oct. 13, in a fiercely contested national competition to grab a share of $7 billion to kickstart the production and use of “green” hydrogen, viewed as …
Mt. View Orchards in Parkdale, Ore. and Swans Trail Farms of Snohomish, Wash. were each named to Travel+Leisure magazine’s “20 Best Places to Go Apple Picking in the U.S.”
Walla Walla joined the global community organizing displays of grief and support amid recent conflict and violence in the Middle East on Thursday, Oct. 12.
In 2020, the U.S. Forest Service approved amendments to the Malheur National Forest’s management plan, allowing trees larger than 21 inches in diameter to be logged as part of the Camp Lick project.
The two-day program provides the science and the "why" behind researchers' recommendations to farmers, said Drew Lyon, WSU weed science professor.
The Marcus Whitman Hotel and Conference Center officials announced that parts of the business will reopen on Thursday, Oct. 12.
Walla Walla Public Library recognizes Banned Books Week with a display of books that are or were previously banned in other libraries.
As the parking lot at the Walla Walla Regional Airport grows noticeably fuller, airport officials have decided to throttle up on a terminal renovation project that has been in the works for years.
For some, the only time they have ever had an IV drip was in the hospital, but Jonathan Liem, proprietor of Walla Walla Drip IV, is redefining that experience.
Clearwater Forest Industries fined nearly $24,000 for violating permit for stormwater discharges.
The grant program will be a career path for young adults and provide skilled workers for Idaho industries, including agriculture.
Good summer helps crop catch up from slow start. Some yields down. Quality good.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has penalized a large fishing and seafood processing company for multiple violations of the federal Clean Water Act.
Walla Walla Community College and Bellingham Technical College will share a $2.75 million five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Two male juveniles were arrested Thursday, Sept. 28, after allegedly stealing alcohol and assaulting a gas station clerk the night before, according to a Walla Walla Police Department news release.
Agricultural stakeholders predict federal mediation in a lawsuit over the four lower Snake River dams isn't likely to lead to a call for breaching them, after the White House last week called …
Idaho's signature potato crop has returned to average this year after two consecutive years of challenging weather and other conditions.
PORTLAND — Pacific lamprey, an ancient, eel-like fish species, are returning 170% higher than the 10-year average at Bonneville Lock and Dam.
As temperatures drop and fall begins, Walla Walla Alliance for the Homeless is getting ready for the colder months and asking for donations and other assistance for its shelter community.
Efforts to remove groundwater contaminated with gasoline from sumps below the Marcus Whitman Hotel and another vacant building in downtown Walla Walla yielded about 20,000 gallons of the mixtu…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to airlift grizzly bears into the North Cascade Range in north-central Washington, building up a population of at last 25 bears over five to 10 years.
Washington FFA's annual convention will return to the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Wash., in May 2024, after four years away due to the COVID-19 pandemic."It is our land-gran…
State officials have identified the Chevron gas station at 7 E. Rose St. as the source of the gasoline that either seeped into the basement sumps or permeated the air inside three downtown Wal…
The Yakama Nation on Monday asked Washington's Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council to overrule its chairwoman and let the tribe ask state biologists how the Horse Heaven wind and solar pro…
Three popular Walla Walla area restaurants are in a new set of hands.
Competition for shelf space, health conscious consumers, consolidation and a wider variety of alcoholic beverages on the market have combined to drive down craft beer sales around the country.
An environmental lawsuit alleges a Washington fruit and vegetable processor has violated the Clean Water Act by failing to prevent polluted stormwater from entering the Columbia River.
The Washington Department of Ecology has requested $200,000 to study the costs and benefits of phasing out new gas and diesel cars and pickups by 2035, a California-inspired law the agency ado…
A measure to dissolve the Columbia County Rural Library District will not appear on the November ballot.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration agreed Thursday, Sept. 21, to spend more than $200 million to fully fund Native tribes’ plans to reintroduce salmon in the Upper Columbia River Basi…