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The city of Moses Lake has found a way to restrict the placement of political signs after the city was flooded with political signs in city parks and other city-owned property.

Last week marked the deadline for the FDA’s final ruling on gluten free labeling of food.

Revitalizing Yakima's downtown with a new plaza has been on the City Council's agenda -- and now they will finally get to see some real possibilities.

The Yakima City Council is reaching out to members of the community to fill some openings on a variety of boards and commissions. According to a press release, there is one position open on both the Yakima Planning Commission and Community Review Board...

Wheat milling customers from the Philippines are visiting the United States this week.

Congress broke for the August recess last week leaving the Fiscal Year 2015 agriculture appropriations bill on the table which funds the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.

The federal government says it's giving Washington state $35 million to rebuild State Route 530, which was damaged in the Oso landslide in March. U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene says the money's coming from an emergency relief program at the federal Department of Transportation...

Democratic Representative Rosa Delauro of Connecticut introduced a federal sweetener tax bill to congress Wednesday.

The Yakima City Council will be talking about a possible lowering of the city utility tax in August.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy feels her efforts to meet with farmers and ranchers and policymakers on the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule has been worth it. Agriculture owners believe the proposal means the EPA wants to regulate all ditches and the American Farm Bureau Federation has been calling on EPA to ditch the rule ... Read More ...