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Lacewing IPM clinics scheduled for June
ROYAL CITY — The results of a three-year trial to test the use of lacewings to control orchard pests will be the s…
‘Mother Nature was not kind’: Bad weather reduces 2022 Washington apple harvest
QUINCY — Weather that was too hot, then too cold and stormy, contributed to making the 2022 apple crop one of the smallest in the last 15 years. “Our Dec. 1…
Growing feed: Focus will be on markets and production costs at NW Hay Expo
KENNEWICK — Combating disease, the state of the fertilizer market and managing inflation will be among the topics at the Northwest Hay Expo, scheduled for Jan.…
The long haul: Trucking isn’t an easy job, but it’s essential
FIFE — Theron Wood stands in a fenced-in parking lot at the end of a narrow cul-de-sac not far from the Port of Tacoma. He’s watching a pair of forklift dri…
Judge fines company for fraudulent business letters
SEATTLE — A King County Superior Court ordered two companies and their owners on Nov. 1 to pay $24.8 million in penalties after sending over 230,000 deceptive letters to small business owners in violation of the st…
Joyson seeks new lease from port of Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — Airbag explosive maker Joyson Safety Systems is asking the Port of Moses Lake for a new lease that would allow the company to sell its assets to a potential investor without needing port review, accord…
AWB honors exceptional Washington employers
TACOMA — The Association of Washington Business presented its top awards to 13 employers Thursday at the annual Evening of Excellence during a gala ceremony at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center. “It is our di…
Mosbrucker named WPUDA 2022 Legislative Champion
OLYMPIA — State Rep. Gina Mosbrucker, R-Goldendale, was recently named 2022 Legislative Champion by the Washington Public Utility Districts Association, accord…
RDO formally celebrates new location
MOSES LAKE — RDO Equipment may have moved into its new location on North Frontage Road at the end of May, but Store Manager Jacob Garza said the company wanted…
Reaching for the sky: Stoke Space Technologies looks to remake rocketry in Moses Lake
MOSES LAKE — On roughly 23.5 acres of what used to be sagebrush-covered scrubland north of Moses Lake, engineers with Stoke Space Technologies are working to …
It’s all about the water: The importance of irrigation in the Basin
COLUMBIA BASIN — Thanks to the Columbia Basin Project, more than 700,000 acres of land are irrigated between four counties in Washington. Each year, each of th…