3 slides Credit: Anna King/NW News Network As Easterday Family Property Is Auctioned, Giant Buyers Attracted To Water-Rich Deal May 04, 2021 Redtail hawks glide off telephone poles sailing above verdant fields that scoop downward along a basalt slope to the bending Columbia River. This unique swath of ground is about to get a new owner; the roughly 12,000 Easterday family acres in Benton County are to be auctioned off starting in mid-June. The crisis that began with a massive swindle of 225,000 ghost cattle has meant federal charges for Cody Easterday and bankruptcy...