Potatoes USA announces nominations are now open for new Board Members for the 2023-2026 term.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA will begin accepting applications for the Commodity Container Assistance Program which currently includes a partnership with the Port of Oakland in California and the Northwest Seaport Alliance, which is a marine cargo operating partnership between the Port of Seattle and the Port of Tacoma in Washington State.

Washington State University Extension, the Washington State Potato Commission and the Potato Foundation will team up to provide workshops for potato growers and field scoutson June 15^th, 1:00-4:00 PM, at the WSU’s Othello Research Unit at1471 West Cox Road, Othello WA.

Most employees working in Washington State are entitled to overtime pay.

Late blight has not been reported in the Columbia Basin, but the conditions have been favorable for the disease to establish.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee and U.S. Senator Patty Murray released a draft report weighing the impacts of breaching the dams.

The Columbia Basin Development League announced that Sara Higgins has been promoted to Executive Director.

Two months after banning nearly all non-electric space and water heating in commercial buildings, the Washington State Building Code Council is now proposing to extend the ban to residential structures.  

From June 15 through the end of September, employers in Washington will be required to monitor temperature and air quality, take steps to protect workers from heat and smoke hazards, and provide training and information, among other things.

Ag World Support Systems is joining with hosts JR Simplot, Lamb Weston, McCain Foods and the Potato Growers of Washington for their annual charity fund-raising golf tournament to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities Inland Northwest.