OUTLOOK -- Like many rural Lower Yakima Valley residents, Norma and Leonardo Solano used their well water for years with little thought. But in January, Norma Solano saw a television report about contamina...
Here's why there is no systematic testing - With hundreds of square miles of irrigated farmland, the Lower Yakima Valley yields a bounty of fruit, hops, corn, hay and other crops. Tourists come to taste the wine and enjoy orchard-dotted vistas that have been compared to the Napa Valley, even Tuscan...
Nitrates Q&A - What are nitrates? A form of nitrogen and oxygen used by plants. Nitrates travel freely through water and can stay in soil for decades. Where do nitrates come from? A variety of sources. Since at least the 1940s, farmers have applied commercial fertiliz...
Community food drive enlists many volunteers - Hordes of volunteers descended on the downtown Sal-vation Army lot like a hurricane Saturday. They unloaded trucks, sorted through donations and packed boxes full of pasta, canned soup and other foods. Proceeds of the 26th annual communitywide food drive...
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