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A new agreement seeks to save Washington Cherries.

It's a tough year for Washington Apple growers. They've got a lot of small apples left over from last year.

Washington, D.C. may be concentrating on celebrating this week. But local Yakama Nation leaders will be doing some business while the party goes on.

Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington state will be the top Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee when Congress convenes in January.

Gov. Chris Gregoire lost in every county east of the Cascades four years ago, and while time has passed, resentment hasn't for some in the right-leaning farm belt in Eastern Washington.

As the political season moves into high gear, two members of Congress from Eastern Washington are loudly defending four dams on the Snake River that environmentalists have long sought to breach. The question is, what are they defending them from?

Congressman Doc Hastings was in town today, to meet with Yakima School District officials about the rising cost of fuel.

Fresh from the creation of the Wild Sky Wilderness, two Democrats have signed onto a bill by Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., to expand a separate federal wilderness area east of Seattle.

Gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi told fellow Republicans on Friday they need to turn out in force for his rematch with Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire in the November election.

The contract award marks one step in what is likely to be months of transition at south-central Washington's Hanford site, where three of five large contracts to rid the site of waste have been out for bid. The other two were awarded in 2005.

Black Rock's getting bad marks on its first report card. The Bureau of Reclamation released a draft of its environmental study on the massive water project proposal.

As rural areas cry out for more doctors, a hospital that serves workers and their families in Eastern Washington farm country could fall victim to a crackdown on boutique hospitals that cater to the urban rich.

High-tech robots that could prune trees or pick fruit have long been talked about at the annual meetings of Washington's tree fruit growers, along with other proposals for reducing the need for farm workers and managing labor.