Report: Drought conditions improving slightly

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

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

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

The improvements came about because of a wet fall and winter – there has been a much larger amount of rain fal...