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According to a new study from the University of Washington, women in rural areas struggle more with menopause than their urban counterparts.  Rural women, the study found, reported more symptoms like joint pain and mood swings in one of the first studies to look at menopausal rural-urban discrepancies.   ...

According to the latest Washington State Food Security Survey, groceries were the most common expense reported as hard to afford in the past month.  Results for WAFOOD5, the fifth and latest iteration of the survey, were released in mid-February.  Those r...

Were you one of the roughly 150 million Americans who were under severe heat alerts last week and yes, fall was approaching, but over the South and much of the nation's midsection last week, summer did not want to let go, and it brought record heat to a lot of places...

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will discuss the invasive European green crab, lower Columbia River white sturgeon, commercial shellfish regulation and much more during a virtual meeting slated for Thursday through Saturday ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture recently commissioned two studies to look at the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on food accessibility and production. The WSDA’s Hector Castro, said the two studies, one conducted by Washington State University, the other by the University of Washington, found while the pandemic created significant challenges for both food access and production, the syst

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the farming community in a variety of ways for the past nine months. But several questions remain regarding the depth of that impact and how farmers plan to overcome. To better understand the COVID-19 impacts on the state’s agriculture community the Washington state Department of Agriculture, the University of Washington and Washington State University have

The top American representative to the United Nations Food Agency's, Kip Tom, says much of this United State's national aid goes to help people in countries in conflict. "Over 65% of the 86 countries we deliver humanitarian aid to is in the midst of a protracted civil conflict Syria Yemen, Somalia, Lebanon, Afghanistan, a crosses the hill of Africa," Tom recently noted ...

Stemilt announced Thursday, the hiring of a new Chief Financial Officer. Cristian Wulf joins the Wenatchee-based company after 32 years in various senior management roles at Accenture, a professional services company that specializes in management and strategy consulting, technology services, and outsourcing ...

Ask the University of Washington, and they’ll tel you that the upcoming wildfire season, does not appear to be dire. “Looking at all the best models and, you know, I’m looking at the European Center and some of the really, the best tools we have," said UW professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Cliff Mass. "None of them s ...

Colleen Donovan, Executive Director of the Washington state Farmers Market Association talks about how your community market will change during the coronavirus pandemic. If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio... Read More ...