Immigration policy changes are affecting farmworker families in the Northwest. Many are making plans in case they’re separated and are talking about how to stay together.
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Nestled between farm hills in the Columbia Basin, about 8,700 people call Othello, Washington home. The agrarian town was awarded $250,000 in rural…
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(Runtime 1:06) Known for its crunch and sweet taste, the Cosmic Crisp apple has been awarded “Best Snack” by Good Housekeeping for the third…
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During spring’s prime calving season, lots of newborn calves have been dying from the cold. NWPB's Anna King reports. (Runtime 4:10)In a remote part of…
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(Runtime 1:07)Civil rights activist Dolores Huerta spoke at Washington State University’s Pullman campus on April 3 as the keynote speaker for…
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These clumsy-flying beetles especially love roses, hops, wine and juice grapes – they even like cherries. Now, the invasive Japanese beetles – smaller…
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Legislators in Washington state are joining more than a dozen other states that are considering whether to restrict or ban foreign entities from buying farmland. The initial hearing on Olympia's version of the foreign ownership restrictions however drew more criticism than support on Tuesday.
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Bird flu’s toll on flocks across the country has meant eggs are expensive and in short supply.
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(Runtime :57) Growers have harvested the first grapes under Washington’s new sustainability program, and wines with the new “Sustainable WA” label should…
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For decades boatloads of Northwest apples have shipped to India – especially the variety Red Delicious. But since Trump-era tariffs on steel and aluminum went into place, retaliatory tariffs have put a crunch on that valuable fruit market. Now, Washington state's full congressional delegation is asking the federal government for help.
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(Runtime 1:10) More than a million chickens at a farm in Franklin County, Washington, are set to be destroyed because of bird flu. Officials are now…
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Prospective kelp growers who want to join the handful of existing commercial seaweed farms in the Pacific Northwest are having to contend with a lengthy permitting process. It's gotten contentious in a few cases, but even so, at least a couple of new seaweed farms stand on the cusp of approval. Their harvests could be sold for human food, animal feed or fertilizer.
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The sentence that came down for Cody Easterday Tuesday concludes one of the biggest cattle rustling cases in the history of the West.
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Only 12 commercial fishing captains still hold permits to go reefnet fishing in the Pacific Northwest out of a fleet that once numbered in the hundreds. The distinctive fishing technique dates back thousands of years as an Indigenous method to catch salmon. Its practitioners today say the gear should proliferate as the preferred way to harvest healthy salmon runs while avoiding fragile stocks.