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A federal bankruptcy judge has allowed the proposed sale of the Lost Valley Farm to proceed despite objections by Oregon agencies over who will clean up the dairy’s wastewater and manure.  Court-appointed trustee Randy Sugarman recently entered into an asset purchase agreement for Canyon Farm LLC to buy the dairy’s land, equipment, property and water rights for $66.9 million.   ...

Forecasters are warning of unhealthy air in much of the Northwest as winds push smoke from surrounding wildfires into the region.  The National Weather Service has issued air quality alerts for much of Washington.  Air quality numbers started to increase Sunday, and aren’t expected to drop considerably until mid-week.  The service s...