Drought conditions improving slightly

WASHINGTON – The National Weather Service released a report in December breaking down the moisture and drought information for the entire Inland Northwest.

According to the report, drought conditions have shown small improvements throughout the month of December across the Inland Northwest, especially in Southeast Washington and the southern Idaho Panhandle.

These improvements were reported because the areas in the state that were experiencing exceptional and extreme drought have seen improvement.

These improvements came about because of a wet fall and winter – there has been a much larger amo...