Wickiup Reservoir is expected to fall to extremely low levels this fall as water managers balance the needs of Central Oregon farmers with required flows for the threatened Oregon spotted frog in the ...

The University of Idaho has appointed Randy Brooks as UI Extension director and associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. An Extension employee for more than 35 years, he starts ...

An Oregon Department of Forestry aerial survey indicates Oregon tree health improved in 2025, with a slight dip in acres showing death and damage due to drought, disease, pests and storms. The U.S.

Washington Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove said his department may have to log more mature forests unless it gets permission to try to make money by not cutting trees. Upthegrove acknowledged at a ...

A federal judge said he won’t allow the U.S. Department of Labor to take a year to develop new wage rates for seasonal foreign farmworkers, saying the delay will hurt domestic farmworkers. U.S.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is considering killing a second wolf in a pack attacking cattle in Asotin County is southeast Washington. Fish and Wildlife confirmed Sept. 23 that the ...

ALBANY, Ore. — Ken Fox recalled the Albany Farmers’ Market from decades ago, when growers sold produce from pickup beds or constructed makeshift booths with bricks and two-by-fours. He started with ...

CALDWELL, Idaho — Wine businesses comprise a key clientele for the University of Idaho Food Technology Center and Agribusiness Incubator. UI opened the facility, at the university’s Caldwell Research ...

ALMIRA, Wash. — The Pacific Northwest wheat crop yielded at least 20% above average across the board this year, a top U.S. and Washington farmer says. “Timely rains and growing conditions were perfect ...

A Thurston County, Wash., judge stayed a rule requiring larger riparian buffers on Western Washington timberland, putting on hold a regulation that would take 200,000 acres out of production. Superior ...

Drought eased in Oregon and Idaho with early September storms and lower temperatures, according to the Sept. 10 edition of the U.S. Drought Monitor. While conditions improved and dampened wildfire ...

Several residents of Oregon’s Lincoln County have filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from the Weyerhaeuser timber company for a landslide that destroyed their homes or damaged their property. The ...