Fire crews spray water on rubble at the Lineage Logistics fire in Finley, Washington. The fire started on April 21. (Credit: Benton County Fire District 1) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read […]Read More
For the past 25 years, Greg Patton has spent at least a few moments each month jumping in the Columbia River. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime […]Read More
The city of Kennewick has found “forever chemicals” in its drinking water. (Credit: Steve Johnson / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 0:53) Read The city of Kennewick has detected “forever […]Read More
Angie and Danny Butler, left, of Walla Walla, competed on this season of Amazing Race. Asher Niles, right, of Yakima, competed on this season of MasterChef Junior. From the Ugliest […]Read More
Patti Jo Amerein danced in Las Vegas shows for 15 years starting in the 1980s. Now, she’s sharing her memories and lessons learned during a class for people over 50 […]Read More
Cross country skiers line up at the start of the 2014 Ski to Sea race. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read Snow-covered undulating trails will […]Read More
Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Listen (Runtime 0:58) Read Grizzly bears will be brought into Washington’s North Cascades. After more than 30 years […]Read More
The Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco is piloting a new program that could lead the country in cleanly disposing of deicing wastewater using worms. (Credit: BioFiltro) Listen (Runtime 0:57) Read To […]Read More
A controversial wind farm that was set to be the largest in Washington has been slashed nearly in half. (Credit: John McIntyre / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read […]Read More
A wind farm. (Credit: Roberta Schonborg / Flikr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read Looking back on this past winter, some Northwest utilities have noticed they were really close to […]Read More
Scientist Kris Bauer measures a pyrosome that was caught in a net aboard the Bell M. Shimada in May 2022. (Credit: Courtney Flatt, Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime 0:59) Read […]Read More
Hat Rock, 2022, acrylic on panel, by Erik Sandgren (American, b. 1952) is on display at the Maryhill Museum until Nov. 15. (Courtesy: Maryhill Museum) Listen (Runtime 0:56) Read The […]Read More
U.S. Army Soldiers with the Washington National Guard fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at a direct fire range during annual training at the Yakima Training Center. (Credit: Staff […]Read More
Researcher Sara Hutton, a doctoral graduate of OSU, extracts RNA for qPCR to test gene expression of genes effected by pyrethroid exposure in the different generations of inland silverside fish. […]Read More
Yakama Nation aviary biologists Michael Beckler (left) and Alyssa Woodward pose for a photo with Yakama Nation Tribal Council member Terry Heemsah (center) as Washington State University wildlife veterinarian Dr. […]Read More
Federal, state and tribal leaders officially signed an agreement Friday to better protect salmon in the Columbia River and halt court cases for the next 10 years. (Credit: White House […]Read More
People walk along a trail at Leslie Groves Park in Richland, Wash. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read A new study has found – when it […]Read More
Un controvertido proyecto energético en el centro-sur de Washington está un paso más cerca de empezar a construirse. Una comisión federal ha dado a conocer su informe medioambiental definitivo sobre el proyecto de almacenamiento de energía por bombeo de Goldendale, lo que preocupa a varias tribus y grupos ecologistas.Read More
A photo illustration of a tobacco hawkmoth navigating to a flower amid air fouled by vehicle exhaust emissions. (Credit: Floris Van Breugel / Courtesy Of The University Of Washington) Listen […]Read More
Un controvertido parque eólico que iba a ser el mayor de Washington ha sido reducido a la mitad. El proyecto propuesto en las afueras de Tri-Cities ha suscitado preocupación por su impacto sobre los halcones en peligro de extinción y los miradores. Sin embargo, su promotor dijo que estas nuevas restricciones podrían ser perjudiciales para el desarrollo de las energías Read More
Young adult books at the Columbia County Library. Some people have requested to move the YA section into the adult section because of what they call “obscene” material in 100 […]Read More
A view from the edge of the cliff where the Goldendale Energy Storage Project could be built. An underground tunnel would carry water from a upper reservoir to a reservoir […]Read More
Bighorn sheep are highly susceptible to a pathogen they can catch from domestic sheep. (Credit: Kim Keating / USGS) Listen (Runtime 1:07) Read Bighorn sheep in Hells Canyon are turning […]Read More
A controversial wind farm that was set to be the largest in Washington has been slashed nearly in half. (Credit: John McIntyre, / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 0:57) Read […]Read More
Young adult books at the Columbia County Library. Some people have requested to move the YA section into the adult section because of what they call “obscene” material in 100 […]Read More
A washing machine was abandoned on the side of the road outside Kennewick. The Washington State Department of Transportation has noticed an uptick in appliances and other junk that’s illegally […]Read More
A gray wolf. (Credit: William Campbell) Listen (Runtime 1:07) Read Some ranchers are saying it is time to find creative ways to deal with wolf attacks on livestock. That’s what […]Read More
Blue-green algae seen behind Lower Granite dam on the Snake River. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network) Listen A large algal bloom on the Snake River officially has died […]Read More
Pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacture of fast fashion are growing just as fast as the industry. A new bill in Washington aims to help lessen the industry’s […]Read More
Tree climber Matt Zhun reaches through the branches of a whitebark pine to find cones. The climbers are protecting the cones from birds and mammals that like to eat the […]Read More
Brent Bowen started playing pinball as a kid in the Tri-Cities. Now, he owns seven pinball machines and hopes to start a league in the Tri-Cities, where there’s a dearth […]Read More
Tanya Clarke and Daniel Connell own and operate Goldendale Reindeer Farm, which has nine reindeer. (Credit: Courtney Flatt, Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime 1:27) Read The reindeer at Goldendale ReindeerFarm […]Read More
A black bear spotted on a forest road this spring in Eastern WA. (Courtesy: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read Permits to hunt black bears in […]Read More
The second day of record-breaking heat in the Seattle area. People of all ages took advantage of the sprinklers during a free concert at the Lake Burien School Park. (Credit: […]Read More
Steve Lee decided to bring holiday cheer to his neighborhood in Richland, Wash., by starting up an inflatable decorating competition with people in Madison, Wis. (Credit: Courtney Flatt, Northwest News […]Read More
Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River. Gov. Jay Inslee and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray said removing the four dams on the Lower Snake isn’t feasible right now. CREDIT: Bonneville […]Read More
Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River. (Courtesy: EcoFlight) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read After leaked confidential documents suggested the Biden administration could be making moves to help remove Washington’s four Lower Snake […]Read More
Smallmouth bass are good indicators of methylmercury exposure to humans and wildlife because they are a common, popular sport fish and eat a variety of food during their lifetime. (Credit: […]Read More
A cross country skier follows a trail on the Sunny M Ranch property in the Methow Valley. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NW News Network) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read New tools […]Read More
A Western gray squirrel. (Courtesy: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) Listen (Runtime 0:54) Read Western gray squirrels will now be listed as endangered in Washington. The state Fish and Wildlife […]Read More
Científicos del Noroeste han descubierto que reducir la contaminación por los gases de efecto invernadero podría ensuciar menos la nieve. Eso significa que permanecería más tiempo en las montañas, según un estudio publicado en Nature Communications.Read More
Volunteers with the Columbia Basin chapter of Washington’s Native Plant Society met up at a local hiking hotspot in southeastern Washington on a cold November afternoon to replant sagebrush tubelings […]Read More
Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read One Northwest tribe says bringing grizzlies to the North Cascades would restore harmony to […]Read More
Quagga mussels clog a boat motor. (Credit: The Government of Alberta, Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 0:57) Read Fast-spreading invasive aquatic mussels are hitching rides on boats, kayaks and jet […]Read More
File photo of snowy Idaho mountains. (Credit: Motowebmistress, Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read For mountain snowpack to melt slowly, not all of the white fluffy stuff is created […]Read More
Sockeye salmon like these are among the salmon species in peril. (Credit: Aaron Kunz) Listen (Runtime 2:57) Read For Northwest tribes, removing the four lower Snake River dams means more […]Read More
This undated file photo provided by the National Park Service shows a grizzly bear walking along a ridge in Montana. (Credit: National Parks Service) Listen (Runtime 1:15) Read Neary 150 […]Read More
A group of hikers on the Iron Goat Trail in Washington. (Credit: Jon Hathaway via Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 3:37) Read The Cascade Mountains are full of stories. Some […]Read More
Wes Engstrom, 91, first came to Liberty, Wash., in 1971 in search of gold. He’s standing in front of the town’s oldest working mining equipment called an arrastra. (Credit: Courtney […]Read More
Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River. (Courtesy: EcoFlight) Listen (Runtime 1:34) Read For more than 40 years, Bruce Gordon has flown people over wild lands and wildlife habitats across […]Read More
