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As growers across the Northwest prepare for the 2025 season, questions regarding immigration crackdowns linger.  Enrique Gastelum, Executive Director of WAFLA said while there have not been workplace targeted raids, that doesn't mean farm workers aren’t worried.  And when farm...

President Trump announced that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement will conduct multiple raids on undocumented immigrants in the next several days.   The New York Times said the undocumented immigrants will be held in detention centers until they can be deported.  It’...

A longtime activist for illegal immigrants in the Northwest says she herself is now facing deportation.  Maru Mora-Villalpando, a native of Mexico City who has been in the U.S. for more than 25 years, said Tuesday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has given her a notice to appear before an immigration judge.  ...

More snow hit the Inland Northwest over the weekend to continue a tough winter.   USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey said, “The interior Northwest has really suffered under a sustained period of not just heavy precipitation but bitter cold. It has been ex...

After weeks of temperatures 15-20 degrees below normal, it appears the Inland Northwest will return to more seasonal temperatures.  Dennis Hull with the National Weather Service told the Washington Ag Network the region will see a winter mix Wednesday, and perhaps early Thursday, but things will moderate after that.  ...