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It’s the lowest number of potato acres recorded by USDA in at least 100 years with both processing and fresh markets down.

MERCER ISLAND (AP) — Police say a Jewish community center in suburban Seattle was evacuated after a bomb threat. The Seattle Times reports a King County Sheriff's Office bomb dog swept the Mercer Island Jewish Community Center building Monday evening...

TRI-CITIES (AP) — An elementary school in southern Washington had to be evacuated after people reported smelling gas. The Tri-City Herald reports that about 600 Robert Frost Elementary School students left the building Wednesday and were bused to a middle school nearby...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Several campgrounds along the Naches River in central Washington were evacuated Sunday evening as a wildfire burned in thick forest about 25 miles west of Yakima. U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Robin DeMario said Monday that about 100 people at Camp Roganunda, a Christian camping facility, and others at two federal campgrounds were told to leave the area...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane County Courthouse was evacuated for more than an hour when workers felt ill after a package was opened. Spokane Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer says a two clerks and sheriff's deputy got sore throats, headaches and chest pains Thursday morning after the box was opened by one of the clerks...