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North Central Washington investigators are asking for your helping as they try to track down apples brought to the Bridgeport area by Governor Jay Inslee over the weekend. During his Saturday trip to witness the devastation from area wildfires, the Governor brought apples from western Washington ...

According to state and federal wildife officials, a bat-killing disease called white-nose syndrome has been discovered in two more Washington counties. The Skagit Valley Herald reported this week, infected droppings were found in Chelan and Snohomish counties ...

On Wednesday Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the designation of seven central Washington counties as primary natural disaster area. Producers in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Okanogan, and Yakima counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for FSA emergency loans ...

As more effort is put into connecting rural America with broadband service, local PUDs say they want to be considered for federal funding. In a joint statement released Tuesday, the leaders for the Chelan, Douglas and Grant PUDs said the COVID-19 pandemic has made very clear how vital affordable broadband is for rural customers ...

The state of Washington has awarded millions of dollars to conserve working farms and forests around the Evergreen State.  The $5.2 million in grant funding comes from the Washington state and Recreation and Conservation Funding Board.  The boa...

A staple of North Central Washington Ag has been honored for her decades of hard work.  Earlier this summer, WSU-Extension leader and educator Margaret Viebrock was honored with the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences' 2019 Distinguished Service Award.  Viebro...

Temperatures have warmed up around the Northwest, but many farmers are still waiting to get their spring work started.  Warmer temperatures in Benton and Franklin Counties led to quick snow melts, however early vegetable plantings have been delayed at least one month.  Me...

The storms that have pounded the Northwest throughout the month have been a blessing and a curse at the same time.  The snow and cold temperatures have improved the snowpack across Washington, but according to NASS some farmers have reported damage from this late blast of winter.  ...

Washington State University says 2018 was been a particularly bad year for the spread of Little Cherry Disease across the state.  Cases of both the Western X phytoplasma and Little cherry virus-2 are well into epidemic levels across the state.  Th...

The Washington state Chapter of the Farmer Veterans Coalition will host a Meet and Greet Thursday at the Chelan County Fairgrounds in Cashmere.  The event, dubbed SPLASH, is an opportunity for veterans to see what opportunities there are across Washington in agriculture.  Lo...