A group of Mid-Columbia irrigators and the Washington Department of Ecology are sparring over a long-planned housing project for agricultural workers west of Paterson along the Columbia River.
One of 17 defendants in a lawsuit over nitrate-contaminated groundwater in Oregon’s Umatilla and Morrow counties will pay $6.2 million to resolve legal claims against it.
Klickitat County is covered by rolling hills of hay production, vineyards and grazing livestock. But the county, which is roughly the size of Delaware and has about 24,300 residents, is also an epicenter in the region’s battles over clean energy facilities and more recently, data centers.
State ecology officials recently said it’s not all bad news when it comes to the current state of Washington’s water year. But just like water, good news is also in short supply.
Washington’s Department of Agriculture did not complete hundreds of mandated inspections at egg production and packing plants for the past two years, posing health risks to consumers, according to a new state audit.
