Zillah

Late last week, the EPA announced it had reached settlements with several Yakima Valley cold storage facilities. The settlements come from alleged civil chemical accident prevention and preparedness violations with three separate companies operating eight cold storage facilities ...

During a virtual annual meeting the Washington Winegrowers Association reelected three incumbents to serve on the Board of Directors. The trio were elected to serve three year terms. Those Board Members reelected were: •            Becca De Kleine (Four Feathers Wine Estates, Prosser) •            Scott Williams (Kiona Vineyards & Winery, Benton City) •            Shane Collins (Rocky Pond W

Cherry harvest is underway across the Inland Northwest, but it’s not without a few challenges. Last weekend’s thunderstorms dumped rain on groves at a very bad time, and on-top of that, some locations in the lower Yakima Valley have reported frost over the past two weeks. Because o ...

Last week, Blehyl Co-Op Agronomy opened up a new state of the art 6,400-ton fertilizer plant in Grandview. Agronomist Sean Cairns said their new facility is much larger their old location that topped off at 1,500 tons. He add the plant gives them the ability to stock and plan well into the future ...

The 17th annual More than a Farmers Market, formerly the Not-Just-A-Farmers-Market, is happening in Zillah at Stewart Park on September 9th beginning at 9:00 a.m.   President of the Zillah Chamber Curt Vangstad said there’s something for everyone.   “...

Emergency crews were called to a Zillah warehouse after an ammonia leak had been detected.  According to Yakima County Emergency Management crews entered Stadelman’s Fruit shortly before 10 o’clock Wednesday morning.  All employees in the warehouse, around 300 total, were evacuated.   In addition ...