Vineyard, WSU scientists team up to battle orchard virus threat
By Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human and Resource Sciences WAPATO, Wash. – Something in the soil was destroying Andrew Schultz’ grapevines.
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6 inches of Mount St. Helens ash fell on Lind, Wash. — why?
By Linda Weiford, WSU News LIND, Wash. – The day Mount St. Helens erupted, Gladie Nagamitsu vividly remembers when noon turned to midnight and the sky started raining down on the tiny farming town of Lind, Wash., where she lives.
When science slides – wet weather sets off mudslides
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – When it comes to precipitation, the Inland Northwest has really been dumped on. Look no further than the pot holes, soggy lawns and tattered rubber boots for proof. And now — landslides.
Why it was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad winter
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News What did the tree say after a long winter? What a re-leaf … SPOKANE, Wash. – Never mind that March was among the wettest on record for the Inland Northwest. Our miserable winter is what still stands out. Just talking about it elicits grimaces and […]
State of emergency flooding – a perfect storm
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – As a warm sun hung over the Inland Northwest one day last week, it felt as though a giant lid had been yanked off the region. After a seemingly constant onslaught of rainy or drizzly days, the sky was blue, the temperature […]
Sahlin awards honor outreach, teaching, leadership, research
PROSSER and PULLMAN, Wash. – Four Washington State University faculty members will receive the 2016-17 Sahlin awards at the Showcase Celebrating Excellence Recognition Banquet on March 31.
Potholes and the groundhog – what they share in common
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – How fitting that when the groundhog saw its shadow on Feb. 2, signaling six more weeks of winter, it would turn out to be February’s coldest day in the Spokane area. With a high of 27 degrees and a low of 9, […]
Frosty beauty: Where there’s rime, there’s a reason
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU News SPOKANE, Wash. – After emerging from one of the coldest Januarys on record, including a so-called “Snowmageddon,” many of us have had it up to our ears with shoveling snow, slipping on icy sidewalks, driving through freezing fog and enduring frigid temperatures. Even our recent […]
Flash of spring couldn’t undo January’s bitter cold
By Nic Loyd, WSU meteorologist, and Linda Weiford, WSU news SPOKANE, Wash. – Remember the stint of unseasonably warm weather that triggered the Big Melt in mid-January? It wasn’t enough to offset the month’s brutal cold that encased the Inland Northwest.
Region braces for heavy rain, snow, ice
By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – A strong storm system pushing through Washington state is about to unload drenching rain, snow and freezing rain.