A Chehalis, Wash., couple say they will defend themselves against allegations by the Department of Ecology that they violated the state’s water-pollution control law by irrigating hay with blood-laced ...

Nine counties now have emergency status Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek declared drought emergencies April 21 for six more counties — ...

A new lawsuit cites Oregon’s farm and forestry industries as prime examples of why the state’s “climate protection program” ...

Cloud seeding operator Rainmaker Technology Corp. added more than 60,000 acre-feet of water to the Bear River Basin as of ...

Washington wolves officially attacked relatively few head of cattle last year, though it may be a sign that ranchers see more ...

Monthly routine surveillance found bird flu in five Idaho dairies not previously identified as having the disease, state ...

A compound derived from a microorganism that can survive in extreme conditions will be tested this growing season in orchards against fire blight — and evaluated in the lab versus Listeria, a major ...

Estimated 40,000 to 50,000 acres will need to go without water Roughly $18 million is expected to be available through a “no ...

Groundwater pumpers in the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer region will owe about twice as much water to a coalition of senior ...

New rules are more flexible than agency’s original guidelines New negotiated guidelines for voluntarily curtailing ...

Washington counted a record 270 wolves in 2025, but all wolves stayed in Eastern or north-central Washington, leaving the state no closer to meeting its objective of seeing wolves everywhere. The wolf ...

A federal judge has approved a major Northwest hay exporter’s request to sell off its Oregon processing facility during ...