FRIENDS TO FARMERS WRITTEN BY Kathleen Walker PHOTOS BY Scott Butner Vineyards, orchardists, and crop farmers face many obstacles in agricultural production and, with economic and environmental pressures constantly looming, they have found winged allies. Nature has provided an eco-friendly

THE GREAT COUNCIL GROUND WRITTEN BY Liz Bryson There’s something about the Kittitas Valley, nestled in the middle of Washington State, that draws people in and beckons them to stay. Surrounded to the south and east by miles of grasslands, and to the north and west by dense forest, the valle

THE HEART AND SOUL OF AN ARTIST WRITTEN BY Picky Heasley Consuelo Soto Murphy is extremely proud of her heritage, and it shows in every painting she creates. Her work is displayed on the covers of The Grape Vine newspaper and the Tri-Cities Tourism booklet, in Sunset Magazine, and on the firs