Nearly 65,000 jumbo rainbow trout have been stocked in 25 lakes across the state for anglers wanting to cast a line through the extended Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
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.
A new paper authored by Washington State University researchers and partners based in the Tri-Cities identifies two cover crops that have positive or neutral impacts on soil quality and can be harvested and sold for biofuel production.
A year after announcing a proposed new nuclear project between multinational retailer Amazon, nuclear developer X-energy and Energy Northwest, more details have emerged, including plans to begin construction within the next five years.
A Dutch company planning a sustainable aviation fuel production facility southeast of the Tri-Cities has cleared an important regulatory hurdle for the project.
The Port of Kennewick is feeling optimistic after receiving the results from additional soil testing at Vista Field, though it still must wait on feedback from the state Department of Ecology.
A large solar farm proposed in eastern Washington appears on course to clear a critical regulatory hurdle this month, despite opposition from the Yakama Nation.
Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s single-use plastic bag restrictions.
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