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Spin Control archive for May 15, 2015

FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015


OLYMPIA -- Map of the the state's snowpack conditions on May 15, 2015, when the governor declared a drought emergency for all of Washington. (Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review)

Washington in drought emergency

OLYMPIA -- Washington has a statewide drought emergency that will likely lead to some farmers going without water for their crops and some small water districts looking at reductions for customers. The state is bracing for $1.2 billion in crop losses and another tough wildfire season this summer.

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