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Fruit processor fined for failing to meet recycled plastic requirements
A Yakima Valley fruit processor is facing a fine of more than $20,000 for failing to use recycled plastic in any of its packaging materials. Tree Top Inc., which is headquartered in Selah, was one of eight companies fined more than $10,000 each by the state Department of Ecology for failing to meet a 2021 state law that now requires a minimum of 15% post-consumer recycled content in items such as single-use beverage containers.
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Trusting the process for processing apples
Northwest growers find niche, efficiencies in process market. Efrain Vargas checks quality in bins of Ambrosia apples grown specifically for processing in September at Fuller Orchards in Tieton, Washington, an organic farm that has pivoted to the process market to stay profitable. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower) Dan Fuller has shifted from fresh pack to the processor market, variety by variety, over the past 15 years. Dan Fuller He’s almost 100 percent processing now and doesn’t plan to return. “I just can’t picture how good it would have to get before I would change back,” said Fuller, a second-generation Tieton, Washington, orchardist. Fuller has about 125 acres of apples, […]
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From Farm Machinery to Forensic Engineering: Dax Wells of Cornerstone Engineering Consulting LLC Brings Lifelong Experience to Industrial Machinery Investigations
Cornerstone Engineering & Consulting founder applies nearly two decades of engineering, manufacturing and quality management experience to machinery failure analysis and expert witness services. YAKIMA, Wash. - November 12, 2026 - From operating and repairing agricultural equipment to designing mobile & industrial machinery and overseeing manufacturing systems, mechanical engineer Dax...
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Downtown Portland hits record vacancy; report ties 8,000-worker loss to decline
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A brand-new survey from the Portland Metro Chamber says Downtown Portland’s vacancy rate has reached its highest level on record, as businesses close or leave and the area loses workers and customers. The chamber’s report links high vacancy and the loss of about 8,000...
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Gerber Gear Leaves Tigard Behind, Plants New 80,000-Square-Foot Flag in Wilsonville
Gerber Gear has packed up decades of history in Tigard and moved into a new 80,000-square-foot facility in Wilsonville, consolidating its design, engineering, manufacturing and administrative teams under a single roof. The Oregon knife and outdoor gear company began operating at the new site on Nov. 3, 2026, according to the company.
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A Big One nightmare scenario drives Portland to cut fuel storage along the Willamette
Community activists and environmental groups have worried for more than a decade about the hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel stored in massive, aging tanks on unstable soil along Portland’s Willamette River. On Thursday, after years of public meetings and voluminous public testimony, the Portland City Council is...