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WATERVILLE — An Orondo fruit warehouse says its insurance policy unlawfully denied coverage of scald damage in a large apple crop, leading to financial losses.
PALISADES — A Douglas County irrigation district illegally funded a major pipe project in 2015 by allowing three of its board members to contribute to the construction out of their own pockets, the state Auditor's Office says.
WENATCHEE — Frost and fearsome heat seem to have slowed the Wenatchee Valley pear crop for this season.
Latest News
- Orondo fruit grower sues insurers over damaged apple crop
- Auditor: Irrigation district leaders illegally financed pipe project
- Pear output predicted to fall in Wenatchee Valley
- Stemilt Ag settles lawsuit for $200,000 in workers’ back pay
- Lake Chelan's wine-country designation turns 10
- Rocky Pond Winery named 'one to watch' in Wine Press NW
- Covered apple crops may be a hedge against climate-change damage
- Supreme Court says non-picking field work requires separate pay
- Valve fault at Leavenworth hatchery leads to irrigation shutdown
- Washington Apple Commission stays optimistic about harvest despite weather forecast
WENATCHEE — More than 10,000 farmworkers are in line for a financial settlement after North Central Washington’s largest agricultural firm agreed this month to pay $200,000 to end a lawsuit.
CHELAN — The wine industry around Lake Chelan is officially only 10 years old, but in that time it’s doubled in size.
EPHRATA - The food on your plate likely ate hay harvested in the Columbia Basin but the use of hay as fodder for animals is only a fraction of the economic equation.
2017 is expected to be a banner year for hay growers in our region.
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