Almira News

Olympia, WA The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced nearly $500,000 in Community Development Block Grants to 21 rural cities and counties.

Future farmer of America? From the cab of a Case International combine, Almira, Wash., wheat farmer Cameron Carstensen and his son Cade, 2, point at another combine on the floor of the Spokane Convention Center on Wednesday at the Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest Farm Forum.

If you don't have a shed to store hay in, tarping may be the next-best option.It may even be preferable - both economically and for loading ease, say growers.Don't protect your hay and you'll probably lose 12-20% to water damage.

A fast moving brush fire destroyed a shop, damaged a home and burned more than three miles of land in Lincoln and Grant counties on Monday morning.

He was last seen by a friend on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Both were extremely intoxicated and walking in Downtown Spokane, near the AMC.