agriculture

Yakima residents and businesses that depends on irrigation from the city have 10 days to prepare for the fall shutdown.

A horse in Yakima County has been diagnosed with the West Nile Virus. Officials from the Department of Agriculture say the owner of a 7-year-old quarter horse gelding is monitoring the horse's progress for recovery. There is no effective treatment for the horse other than to be supportive. West Nile Virus is fatal to horses in about one-third of the cases where clinical signs are apparent. The

PROSSER, Wash. (AP) - Construction has started on a wine center that has been a decade in the planning at a Yakima River overlook in Prosser. It is called the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center after the Washington State University researcher often called the father of the wine industry in the State...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Yakima County is set to study the possibility of drawing water from the Columbia River to assure adequate water supplies for agricultural irrigation. The county commissioners will commit $750,000 to a study next year...

  Tonight's fruit frost forecast from Pacific Weather Consulting and meteorologist Tim Creek. Tim tells us that it will be another safe night, with no critical temperatures expected. You can hear the complete report here.

  Tonight's fruit frost forecast from Pacific Weather Consulting and meteorologist Tim Creek. Tim tells us it's another safe night for Yakima Valley and lower Columbia Basin Growers. You can hear the in depth report here.

Tonight's fruit frost forecast from Pacific Weather Consulting and meteorolgist Tim Creek. Tim says it will be another completely safe night, but temperatures will be slightly cooler than last night. You can hear the in depth report here. ...

Tonight's fruit frost forecast from Pacific Weather Consulting and meteorologist Tim Creek. Tim tells us it will be a safe night in all locations, with temps ranging in the upper 40's in the cold spots to the mid 50's. You can hear the complete report here. ...

Tonight's fruit frost forecast from Pacific Weather Consulting and meteorologist Tim Creek. Tim tells us that it will be a safe night tonight, with low temperatures ranging from the mid 40's to the mid 50's. You can hear the in depth report and the outllok for the rest of the week here. ...

Here's tonight's fruit frost forecast from Pacific Weather Consulting and meteorologist Tim Creek. Tim tells us that there is a slight chance of frost in the cold spots tonight, but things will start to warm up considerably in the next few days. ...