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President Barack Obama has signed the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2014 into law. The bill authorizes appropriations for the National Integrated Drought Information System through fiscal year 2018 and requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to report to Congress on the implementation of the system ... Read More ...

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife reported Saturday its yearly count of gray wolves living in Washington state found 52 of the predators, one more than at the end of 2012.

According to a USDA study using wild bison deemed free of cattle disease from Yellowstone National Park to establish new herds across the American West could be done without posing a risk to livestock.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for areas in Goldendale, Yakima and Kittitas valleys despite not expecting the rivers to reach flood stage due to warming temperatures this week.

Before moving forward on Trade Promotion Authority legislation, the new Senate Finance Chairman wants to talk with his Democratic colleagues.

Now that Christmas has passed, many people are thinking about how to get rid of their Christmas tree.

Thanks to more than $600,000 from the National Science Foundation, Central Washington University will participate in the world’s largest earthquake monitoring system.

Wednesday was the fifth anniversary of Washington's E-cycle Program and organizers say it has been a huge success so far.

After a successful spring Yakima's community cleanup events are back for the fall.

Thousands of kids attending to the new Eisenhower High School are finding a much different facility then they were in last year.