A former employee of Selah-based juice maker Tree Top is suing the company for allegedly failing to compensate him for overtime and work he was required to do off-the-clock and is hoping other former and current company workers will join him.
The state’s apple growers have the potential for a record harvest this season, but labor shortages and a tough market may keep them from harvesting all their fruit.
The indoor farming company that recently built a 3-acre warehouse in Pasco has secured $10 million in new funding from an existing investor and taken steps to reduce its debt, the company announced Aug. 4.
Highlights from the state’s first year of documenting native pollinators include a record-size carpenter bee found in Benton County and the discovery of a bee species in central Washington that was previously known only from colonies in the Tri-Cities area.
A 115-year-old canal in the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District that was severely damaged during a wildfire last year is now at imminent risk of failure.
Washington State University’s viticulture and enology department, based on the Richland campus, is now endorsed as a state workforce program, giving it access to new grant and student recruitment opportunities.
A higher than anticipated run of summer Chinook salmon will allow for recreational fishing in the Upper Columbia River, though the state has further limited daily sockeye catches in the Upper and Mid-Columbia due to fewer fish than expected.
