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Dry Wells, Empty Fields: Eastern Washington's Drought Crisis Deepens

Dry Wells, Empty Fields: Eastern Washington's Drought Crisis Deepens

A Third Year of Drought For the third time in four years, the Washington State Department of Ecology has declared a drought emergency for large portions of Eastern Washington. Despite near-normal snowpacks in early 2024 and 2025, unusually warm spring temperatures caused rapid melt and diminished runoff last year, and

Winter Lifts Local Fortunes: Inside Winthrop’s Balloon Roundup

Winter Lifts Local Fortunes: Inside Winthrop’s Balloon Roundup

The Sky Above Winthrop Each winter, as the Methow River freezes over and snow piles along the boardwalks of downtown Winthrop, something quietly magnificent begins to take shape in the sky. Dozens of hot-air balloons rise over the white slopes and evergreens, casting colorful shadows on the snow-packed valley below.

Disconnected: Broadband Dreams Fade as Federal Rollbacks Hit Rural Washington

Disconnected: Broadband Dreams Fade as Federal Rollbacks Hit Rural Washington

The Promise That Was The Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Tech Hub was born of local ambition and national vision. The initiative aimed to accelerate regional expertise in sustainable aerospace materials. Led by Gonzaga University and supported by stakeholders like Spokane International Airport and the Kalispel and Coeur d'Alene

What We’re Made Of: The Natural Bonds of WA-5

What We’re Made Of: The Natural Bonds of WA-5

The Lay of the Land There are places in this district where the wind holds its breath. Where basalt ridges cast long morning shadows, and wheat fields ripple like a hush across the hills. Where the rivers have cut through everything but memory. It is here in the stillness between

The High Ground - A Journal of the People and Place that define Eastern Washington

The High Ground - A Journal of the People and Place that define Eastern Washington

There are places in America that do not shout their significance but stand tall in it. Eastern Washington is one such place. It is not an echo of somewhere else. It is its own story, carved in basalt cliffs and spring wheat, told in glacial rivers and wind-cut prairies, whispered