The announcement comes after years of complaints from members of the Ḱamíłpa Band of the Yakama Nation about the agency’s commercial program. Gifford Pinchot is the only national forest that allows large-scale commercial harvest of huckleberries, which are a traditional food for the Yakama Nation and other Pacific Northwest Indigenous peoples.
Washington’s wealthiest individuals, largest corporations and biggest banks are prime targets. Homeowners, vapers and self-storage unit renters are among those who could share in the burden. Possible tweaks to expand the state’s capital gains tax could also be in play.
French fry producer Lamb Weston is beginning to see its financials turning a corner. But its corporate leaders acknowledge that they don’t anticipate smooth sailing just yet.
The applications will begin this week in Pasco, Prosser, Sunnyside, Grandview, Mabton and Wapato. The state also continues to encourage private landowners in the treatment areas to sign up to have their properties sprayed free of charge.
Pipeline safety staff with the Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission are recommending Cascade Natural Gas pay nearly $5.7 million for dozens of alleged safety violations that led to a fire and fatality. An investigation found 66 alleged violations of state and federal pipeline safety laws and regulations.
One construction industry trade group is seeing signs that builders are expecting fewer opportunities in the near term based on recent data on job openings and hirings.
The company’s increase in sales was partially attributed to its facilities in Texas and Pasco, which began shipping and selling products in the second quarter of 2024.
Gov. Bob Ferguson said at a news conference he would not sign any spending plan dependent on substantial revenues from a new and untested tax that faced the “real possibility of being overturned.”
The reissued solicitation to fund the deployment of small modular reactors, or SMRs, requires any who have already applied to resubmit their proposals by an April 23 deadline.
