Aquatic weed control efforts planned near Newport

NEWPORT — Pend Oreille River residents across the border in Washington state will likely see contractors, hired by the Pend Oreille County Noxious Weed Board, performing aquatic weed control work in the river over the next few months.

The contractors will be using diver assisted suction harvesting, as well as some herbicide treatment along the Pend Oreille River, primarily for management of flowering rush...