The Palouse Highway begins in a commercial zone — there's a sprawling Target complex, a McDonald's and an expanse of often well-populated soccer fields. But head a little farther south, and the road ...

SPOKANE — As a college student, Ben Barstow wanted to get into farming. When people asked him what he wanted to do when he graduated, he’d reply: “I’m looking for a Palouse farmer’s daughter who doesn ...

The Palouse has inspired countless artists with its iconic vistas of grain-covered hills, yellow-gold and green against an azure blue sky and dotted with farmsteads. When clouds roll through and the ...

Checking erosion and conserving soil is another reason. But many farmers hesitate to idle productive Palouse farmland and even the marginal acres, especially when grain prices are high. Zorb said he ...