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Fresh apple inventories in the new year are down 13% compared with the same time a year ago, according to the latest U.S. Apple Association Market News report.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A group that represents farmers says saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest is too costly and is turning to the Trump administration. The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association wants the government to convene a Cabinet-level committee known as the "God Squad" with the power to allow exemptions to the Endangered Species Act...

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A proposed methanol plant at the Port of Kalama has cleared another hurdle as regulators have granted an air pollution permit. The Daily News of Longview reports regulators granted the permit Wednesday for the proposed $1...

**As you probably know by now, President Trump is keeping campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. He also announced the U.S. will begin negotiations to either re-enter the Paris agreement or start a new negotiation that would be a better deal for “our businesses, workers, people and taxpayers...

**A Senate energy bill that failed to make it through the last Congress will be the starting point for talks in this Congress That’s according to top Senate staffers on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Speaking at the Energy & Environmental Symposium, ENR learership sounded optimistic about the chances for agreement. ...

BANGOR, Wash. (AP) — An Alaska-based company that provides operations support for Kitsap County Navy bases is planning layoffs. The Kitsap Sun reports that Chugach Federal Services has notified 83 workers that they will be laid off on Oct...