Agriculture

NW AG SHOW: Dairy farmer uses social media to fight for industry

SALEM — Though he’s amassed nearly 1 million followers on social media, Derrick Josi insists he is not…

Northwest

U.S. Fish and Wildlife could face lawsuit over spotted frog protections

A plan to protect the Oregon spotted frog in the Upper Deschutes River lacks teeth to be sufficiently…

Northwest

Former Walla Walla County jail undergoes rehab, repurpose project

WALLA WALLA — If Rob Grandstaff has his way, the vintage and vacated former Walla Walla County Jail…

Agriculture

World Potato Congress names UI’s Olsen as board vice president

Nora Olsen of the University of Idaho is the new vice president of the World Potato Congress board…

Northwest

Jury selection begins for trial of Anthony Spada, Walla Walla firefighter accused of child molestation

Jury selection has begun in the child molestation trial of Anthony Spada, a Walla Walla Fire Department firefighter…

Northwest

Washington needs outside help to meet green-energy law

OLYMPIA — Washington’s climate ambitions rely heavily on undeveloped technology and other states, a Senate committee heard Jan.…

Agriculture

Keynote speaker to address potato health misperceptions

Farmers can do their part to defend potatoes against negative perceptions about their health benefits, a nutrition policy…

Northwest

Snake headwater reservoirs benefit less from recent storms

HEYBURN, Idaho — Upper Snake River managers are watching the basin’s important east side, where headwater areas so…

Northwest

Sperm whale found near Warrenton died from a ship strike

WARRENTON — A necropsy determined the sperm whale that was found beached Saturday, Jan. 14, near the Peter…

Agriculture

New Washington Grain Commission chairman: Farmers, buyers at ‘critical point’

Palouse, Wash., farmer Ben Barstow will chair the Washington Grain Commission for the next two years. “It’s a…

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