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On Thursday, Eastern Washington’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers asked the EPA to look into Puget Sound pollution.  McMorris Rodgers said during a Thursday hearing that it’s not the Snake River dams that are the problem when it comes to the Puget Sound orcas, but rather western Washington.  She said Gover...

Oregon’s Governor says removing the four lower Snake River dams is the best way to increase salmon runs.  Last week, Kate Brown sent a letter to fellow Democrat Jay Inslee offering her support of his effort to “restore health” to the orcas.   Brown’s lette...

On Wednesday, the U.S. and China agreed to what’s known as the Phase One trade deal.  Over the next two years China will agree to purchase an estimated $80 billion worth of additional American agricultural products.  President Trump called Wednesday’s signing historic.   “We take a m...

An estimated 150 people were in Pasco Monday night, rallying to support the Snake River Dams. The Know The Dam Facts Rally, organized by the Tri-Cities Legislative Council, was held ahead of the Governor Jay Inslee’s Snake River dams workshop.  TCLC said the...

Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s office released the Draft of a New Study that looks at the economic and overall impact of removing the four lower Snake River dams.  The draft does not say if the dams should remain or be removed, but rather took the input an options of nearly 100 stakeholders including farmers, environmentalists, fishermen and shippers.   T...

On Thursday, the House overwhelmingly passed implementing legislation for USMCA, sending the trade agreement to the Senate.  The vote came following a delay of more than a year to make changes and reach an agreement between House Democrats and the Trump administration.  On...

As some look to have dams removed in the name of the environment, many in the Ag community are off the sidelines, defending the dams and what they’ve done for the Inland Northwest and beyond.  One of those is Cathy McMorris Rodgers.   T...

The consulting firm looking at how removing the Snake River dams could impact the Central and Eastern Washington economies have announced workshops to discuss the proposal.  Hearings were initially scheduled for Vancouver and Clarkston for early next year; the exact dates were not given.  Ho...

The fight over the Columbia and Snake Rivers dams continues back in D.C.  On Wednesday, eastern Washington’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers went before the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, and addressed the need to keep the dams as the U.S. strives...

The fight over the Columbia and Snake Rivers dams continues back in D.C.  On Wednesday, eastern Washington’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers went before the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, and addressed the need to keep the dams as the U.S. strives...