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If you aren’t already celebrating, THIS is National Pollinator Week, June 21-27, as proclaimed Monday by Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack.

The changes for 2018 farm bill includes making it easier for young farmers to do business by increasing farm ownership loan limits and operating loan limits.

SEATTLE (AP) — A former prison guard was sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison for smuggling contraband into the Monroe Correctional Complex. U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes says Michael Bowden of Everett pleaded guilty in January to extortion...

There may be a possibility of action on the Trans Pacific Partnership as early as this summer in the House Ways and Means Committee. Committee Chair Kevin Brady said action would only happen if the Obama Administration resolves concerns that Republicans and some Democrats have on the trade deal...

A federal judge has ruled that a tobacco company owned by a Yakama Nation tribal member owes $58 million in back taxes and penalties. The ruling last week in Yakima sets the amount owed by King Mountain Tobacco and follows a previous decision that treaty rights didn't exempt the White Swan business from federal income taxes...

YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that a tobacco manufacturer owned by a Yakama Nation tribal member must pay into an escrow account established under a 1998 settlement with big tobacco companies. The 1998 settlement required big tobacco companies to pay money to 46 states each year to offset public health costs from their products...

Apparenlty it's not to hard to get cigarettes and alcohol if you're underage in the Yakima Valley. The Washington State Liquor Control Board indicates Yakima had the most violations of sales to minors in the region last year. The violations range from improper licenses to selling tobacco and alcohol to underage adults...