Colfax WA

As pressures mount on our agricultural workers, one lawmaker is trying to address an urgent issue that hits close to home for many families in the region.

Last week, when Governor Bob Ferguson signed Washington’s $77.9 billion two-year operating budget, eastern Washington irrigators celebrated.  That massive budget includes $44 million for the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Project .  Supporters of this proj...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is asking farmers and industry partners to share their thoughts on new pesticide label rules.  The Department will hold a workshop Tuesday, February 18th, from 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m., at the McGregor Training Center, 401 Airport Rd., Colfax....

For the first time in more than a decade, the University of Idaho hosted a rodeo.  Jamie Slocum, a coach on the Rodeo Club, helped organize U of I’s previous rodeo as an athlete in the spring of 2011.  When she became a coach earlier this year, she set a goal of resurrecting a local rodeo.   “I feel like we ...