A new exhibit of queer art and ephemera at Washington State University is showcasing LGBTQ+ lives and experiences in the rural Palouse region. Read More
New research shows that people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias who live in rural areas often have trouble seeing a neurologist. Read More
Idaho has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. On April 24th, the U-S Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case to decide whether Idaho’s ban violates a federal law mandating emergency care.Read More
Idahoans will gain access to fentanyl testing strips this year. Advocates say this could save lives, especially for first-time users.Read More
Four unhoused residents and a nonprofit that works with the homeless are suing the city of Clarkston.Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an amicus brief ahead of oral arguments for a Supreme Court case related to Idaho’s abortion restrictions. Rachel Sun reports.Read More
March is colorectal cancer awareness month. One soon-to-be medical graduate at Washington State University says he’s hoping to help raise awareness about screenings in his hometown before he graduates.Read More
The Lewiston-Clarkston valley, already known as one of the oldest population centers in the region, is even older than first thought. That could have big impacts in sectors including healthcare, transportation and housing.Read More
A Pullman charter school could lose its accreditation. This story was written in collaboration with Emily Pearce at the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Read More
Three new medical residents will be joining Pullman Regional Hospital’s Family Medicine program in June. Read More
Unhoused residents in Clarkston, Washington, are waiting to hear from the city. On March 7th, the attorney representing them requested modifications to an ordinance limiting where and for how long homeless people can camp. Read More
Residents in north central Idaho have the chance to influence what health and social service programs are available in their community through the end of March.Read More
Two portable toilets were installed at Foster Park in Clarkston on Friday morning after some unhoused residents started sleeping at the park following the closure of a homeless camp on February 12th.Read More
Unhoused residents in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley found bathrooms locked on Foster Park after they moved there from a camp that was closed Monday evening in Clarkston. NWPB's Rachel Sun reports.Read More
Houseless people living near the Walmart in Clarkston were notified on Wednesday that have just days to leave a camp they’ve stayed at since November.Read More
Glenn Johnson spent 20 years in his position as Pullman's Mayor before retiring this year. Johnson first moved to Pullman over 40 years ago, and has since served in numerous positions within the community and at Washington State University. He sat down with NWPB's Rachel Sun this week to talk about his time as mayor, and plans for the future.Read More
The world’s largest insurance company will pay $1.5 million in damages for illegally denying travel insurance claims in Washington related to mental health disorders.Read More
In the year and a half since the U-S Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion, Washington state has become a haven for non-residents seeking abortions. NWPB’s Rachel Sun reports. Read More
As a community grapples with what to do about the growing homeless population, unhoused residents say the grind of daily life makes it difficult to make progressRead More
The use of some drugs originally designated for Type Two Diabetes has grown in popularity for weight-loss. This creates a problem for diabetics who now have trouble getting their prescriptions filled. NWPB’s Rachel Sun has more. Read More
A new neurosurgery practice at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow is part of a larger expansion to increase services.Read More
In her new book, local woman recounts joys, successes and struggles of her life living with schizoaffective disorderRead More
A new cohort will start with 15 students who will train at Lewiston, Moscow, Kooskia, and other northern towns.Read More
Idaho ranks last out of all 50 states for physicians per capita, and the problem could get worse without intervention.Read More
Washington’s Native and Strong lifeline hit its one-year anniversary this November. Since then, the lifeline for, and by, Native American and Alaska Native people has answered over 4,000 calls.Read More
Photo via Food and Drug Administration Read Two Idaho children tested for elevated blood lead levels after eating recalled cinnamon applesauce products. The affected children live in Elmore and Ada […]Read More
Kim Hartwig speaks on being a Native woman working in medicine, how to make rural health care work and building a future for the next generation.Read More
Cerca de 105.000 personas tienen derecho a obtener un seguro médico en Washington. Esto se debe a que, por primera vez, los residentes indocumentados pueden adquirir un seguro médico a través de Washington Health Plan Finder.Read More
Around 105-thousand more Washington residents are now eligible to buy health insurance through the state. But for many, those plans are still too expensive.Read More
At Clarkston’s Valley Community Center, kitchen operations that would normally feed between 50 and 100 people on Thursday ground to a halt after a regional natural gas outage that made most of the kitchen unusable.Read More
Researchers at Washington State University found that over 41 percent of American women between the ages of 15 and 49 don’t have access to an abortion provider within a 30-minute drive. Read More
Kaiser Permanente is set to remove its First Fill requirement for large group plans in Washington next year. However, the program will remain in place for some small group plans. Rachel Sun reports.Read More
Many blood banks have dangerously low supplies. Rachel Sun reports.Read More
Kaiser Permanente of Washington is removing a program that required members to refill maintenance medications through a Kaiser pharmacy or mail order service – after filling the first prescription at a network pharmacy.Read More
A retired Clarkston ophthalmologist was facing discipline from the Washington Medical Commission after writing a series of opinion columns sharing contested COVID-19 information. Now, he will be allowed to appeal a decision denying his request for a preliminary injunction. Rachel Sun reports.Read More
Health officials are recommending updated COVID-19 boosters and flu shots for anyone 6 months or older. U.S. residents also can now order more free COVID-19 at-home tests through the postal service at covid.gov/tests. Each household can order a set of four rapid tests.Read More
More gay and bisexual men are now eligible to donate blood. Health reporter Rachel Sun explains that’s thanks to updated screening questions that are used for all patients, regardless of sexuality. Read More
An Idaho woman worried a year ago what might happen to her family if she needed an abortion after the state’s ban took effect. That fear came true. Now, the Caldwell woman is suing.Read More
As wildfires become more prevalent, researchers are looking at how their smoke could affect health outcomes.Read More
COVID-19 numbers are on the rise in the inland northwest, with Whitman and Latah counties both reporting 10 hospitalizations from the virus in the past week.Read More
How local, state and federal programs are tackling the synthetic opioid crisisRead More
How to spot risk factors and how to prevent falls before they happenRead More
A screenshot of the map for the Oregon Road Fire via InciWeb. Read UPDATE: All evacuations lifted for Spokane and Pend Orielle Counties as of Tuesday evening. The fire was 79 […]Read More
Residents on Blue Canyon Road near Lake Whatcom have been issued a Level 2 evacuation warning as crews fight a roughly 30-acre fire that likely started due to lighting Monday evening.Read More
The restaurant that served the milkshakes discontinued use of its two milkshake machines on Aug. 8, the same day the local health department collected samples. Read More
A heat warning issued Tuesday through Thursday for areas including Orofino, Riggins, Hells Canyon and the Salmon River means more people will be at risk of heat illness. Here's how you can stay safe and cool.Read More
It’s been over 70 years since the end of the Korean War. Although it’s known as the “Forgotten War,” the people who were in it aren’t all gone. One of them is 90-year-old Richard Larsen of Clarkston. NWPB’s Rachel Sun spoke with Larsen about his time in Korea.Read More
A group of Idaho legislators sent a letter to hospitals, requesting data on induced abortion. The request was based on what they say is a discrepancy between reported abortions, and testimony from the Idaho Medical Association.Read More
A year into recovery from opioid addiction, one Lewiston woman says compassion from strangers — and learning to accept help — allowed her to turn a corner over decade after she started usingRead More
Three of five people hospitalized for listeria infections in Pierce and Thurston counties have died, according to the Washington Department of Health. Read More
