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The Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco is piloting a new program that could lead the country in cleanly disposing of deicing wastewater using worms. (Credit: BioFiltro)

Worms eating airport deicer fluid could be greener approach to airline waste

(Runtime 0:57)To safely fly when it’s cold out, special fluid keeps planes from icing over. However, spraying the fluid creates a lot of waste. Now,…

Celestino Mendoza, 68, of Kennewick, says it’s been a lot of work to harvest a giant push of asparagus with the record-warm spring weather across much of the Northwest

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Spring push: Long cool spring, then record warm weather sends Northwest farmers scrambling

Celestino Mendoza loads colorful plastic asparagus lugs off the flatbed of a '95 Ford pickup at the end of a warm day.His woven straw hat shades his face,…

Ranchers struggle to keep enough fresh hay and bedding down for new calves and their mothers during the recent blizzards across southeast Oregon and much of the West

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Relentless wintry weather means tragedy for many cattle ranches across the West

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…

Ric Valicoff slices open tender fruit buds to see how his trees are doing in this arctic cold. CREDIT: ANNA KING

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Northwest Farmers Hope Tender Fruit Buds Can Withstand Cold Snap

The recent bite of arctic air is causing real worry for Northwest fruit farmers. They’re fretting over their trees’ tender buds. And it all might get worse as things warm up.