Washington state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to keep gray wolves’ endangered status. (Credit: William Campbell) Listen (Runtime 0:54) Read Gray wolves will keep their endangered status in Washington state. […]Read More
At a Lower Snake River dams forum in the Tri-Cities, Chuck Bender, who said his family members are tugboat operators, fell to his knees in front of U.S. Rep. Dan […]Read More
Andrew Pogue, co-founder of Fair Isle Brewing in Seattle, reaches for fireweed leaves on a foraging trip. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:46) Read One craft brewery in […]Read More
The Columbia River west of the Gorge as it heads toward Portland and out to the Pacific Ocean. (Credit: Amelia Templeton / OPB) WATCH Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read After more […]Read More
A view of the Mount Pilchuck fire lookout in Washington. (Credit: Ham Hock / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read It’s bone dry and blisteringly hot across Washington state, […]Read More
An illustration of rats on a treadmill. (Illustration by Rocio del Pilar Benavides / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read If you’ve ever tried to lose any body fat, you may […]Read More
Dan Koditschek, with the University of Pennsylvania, watches Spirit the robot as it walks from rocks to snow on Mount Hood. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 4:20) Read […]Read More
Huckleberries are considered a culturally important first food for some Northwest tribes. (Credit: David Baron / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 1:05) Read For the Nez Perce Tribe, connections to […]Read More
For the past three years, Richland resident Judy Alder has crocheted tiny hats for newborns and very sick babies in the NICU. So far this year, she’s made at least […]Read More
Durante los últimos 25 años, Greg Patton ha pasado al menos unos momentos, cada mes, lanzándose al río Columbia. Read More
Workers pour concrete into a transmission line trench and place caution tape into place for an underground electrical line. (Credit: Washington State Department of Transportation / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen […]Read More
Crews are treating Moses Lake so that it has a smaller chance of harmful algal blooms this summer. (Credit: EutroPHIX) Listen (Runtime 1:08) Read In 2018 and 2019, toxic algae […]Read More
Wind turbines are pictured along a rural road. Washington will have to develop renewable energy projects to meet its carbon-free goals. A lot of that development will likely happen in […]Read More
Hotspots at the Lineage Logistics fire in Finley, Washington, flared up Tuesday because of high winds. The fire has been burning for seven weeks. (Credit: Benton County Fire District 1) […]Read More
A crowd studies the exhibit “Sweeter Than the Onions: Stories of Queer Resilience in Walla Walla,” at Whitman College. (Credit: Courtney Flatt, Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime 3:13) Read The […]Read More
A historic 400-year-old tree in Thurston County could soon meet its end. A group of advocates are trying to save the Davis Meeker Garry oak in Tumwater, Washington, after the […]Read More
A grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Listen (Runtime 1:22) Read In a recent heated committee hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, […]Read More
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
