Jan. 1 is a free day for Washington’s state parks, and several Eastern Washington parks will host free staff-led and self-guided hikes and snowshoe events.  

Any Christmas tree’s leaves are unchanging, but for researchers at Washington State University, the smell of a Christmas tree is just as important. 

Amazon will fund an underground water storage project capable of storing up to 1.2 billion gallons of potable water for the city of Hermiston, where the online retailer operates several data centers. 

The legal team behind a lawsuit against some of Eastern Oregon’s biggest agricultural businesses is headed back to court with a new case over drinking water pollution. 

The Bonneville Power Administration is withholding $50 million in funds for the Yakama Nation’s salmon recovery efforts in the Columbia River basin, ostensibly over the resumption of litigation by those opposed to four hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River. 

Gov. Bob Ferguson has approved a 1,300-acre solar farm in south-central Washington, over the protests of the Yakama Nation, calling the project a “win for our state.”

A $1.2 million construction contract has been awarded for the removal of the Bateman Island causeway with the work to begin this winter.

The developer of a large wind and solar farm energy project between Benton City and Prosser will not be able to build the facility to the capacity initially planned after state officials determined construction needed to be set back from some nesting sites of endangered hawks.

Lawmakers are hoping instead that legislation enacted in May will make it easier for farm fuel users and haulers of agricultural goods to receive the fuel exemption promised under the state’s cap-and-trade system.