CREDIT SUEANN RAMELLA When you become a first-time member of Northwest Public Radio during the 2015 spring pledge drive you will be raising even more money! How? If 400 […]Read More
When you become a first-time member of Northwest Public Radio we promise it will be the smoothest, easiest relationship you’ve ever had! And when you pledge today your new membership […]Read More
CREDIT PATTY COLMER FROM CITRUS HEIGHTS, UNITED STATES / WIKICOMMONS Nothing says love like silk ties, long-distance correspondence, divorce and murder-suicide. OK, maybe a hug and kiss would do, […]Read More
Perhaps her parents are listening to the wrong station? CREDIT SUEANN RAMELLA Need to escape? You have the power at your fingertips! You have the power to educate yourself […]Read More
Map of Washington wildfires. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/wxstory.php?wfo=otx CREDIT NOAA UPDATE: July 21, 2014 8:00am Governor Jay Inslee says there are 50 fires burning in Washington. Read More
A view of the Bridge 99 Complex fire along Green Ridge near the Lookout and east of Camp Sherman and the Metolius River. CREDIT STEVE ZIEL / INCIWEB Update […]Read More
Joyce Dorsey, whose son Che Taylor was shot by Seattle Police nearly two years ago, speaks in Olympia before the delivery of Initiative 940 petition signatures to the Washington […]Read More
Update: Police in Oregon say 1 student was killed in this morning’s school shooting. The gunman is also dead. 6/10/14 – 9:15am Authorities say a shooter is dead at a […]Read More
There was a shooting at Seattle Pacific University this afternoon. As of 5pm Seattle Police believe a lone gunman shot four people before being disarmed by a University staff member. There are reports […]Read More
Joyce Dorsey, whose son Che Taylor was shot by Seattle Police nearly two years ago, speaks in Olympia before the delivery of Initiative 940 petition signatures to the Washington […]Read More
Kurt Cobain was the first person Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt encountered at the Piper Club, Rome, 11/27/89. CREDIT BRUCE PAVITT Listen Next month is the 20th anniversary of […]Read More
This image, provided by the Washington State Department of Transportation, shows black smoke from the helicopter crash in downtown Seattle. CREDIT 7:37 A.M. ON TUESDAY. CREDIT TWITTER PHOTO/WSDOT Two […]Read More
Outgoing Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital CEO Rick Linneweh (R), talks about his 38 year career with incoming CEO Russ Myers. Listen To some observers, many people take jobs in […]Read More
Erica Rodarte talking with StoryCorps facilitator Callie Thuma about her work helping at risk youth in the Yakima Valley AmeriCorps program. CREDIT STORYCORPS Listen Imagine getting to know your […]Read More
John Baule talking with his friend, Ralph Thompson, about directing the Yakima Valley Museum. CREDIT STORYCORPS Listen When John Baule accepted the job of Yakima Valley Museum Director, he […]Read More
The Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America is the only Shinto shrine on the U.S. mainland. There are seven shrines on the Hawaiian Islands. Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America is […]Read More
Near the West Fork, the land flattens out. Conservationists worried this area would be developed one day. That would alter the landscape and drain the watershed. CREDIT COURTNEY FLATT […]Read More
Trinidad Rivera of Yakima with her daughter, Keila Rivera. CREDIT STORYCORP Listen Imagine leaving your children with relatives while you look for jobs in another country. This is the […]Read More
UPDATE 11:15 AM: All stations have now returned to air. Thank you for your patience. Due to strong winds overnight in the Moses Lake area, a satellite dish allowing stations […]Read More
That was Jan Michelle Lowell and Mike Isaacs of Yakima talking about restoring the Colonel, the town’s only public statue and what they learned in the process. CREDIT STORYCORP […]Read More
Patrick and Mikki Boughton. Patrick shares how hesitant he was to becoming a step-father. CREDIT STORYCORPS Listen These days it’s not uncommon for people with no children to marry […]Read More
Charlie de la Chapelle (L) Cragg Gilbert (R) CREDIT STORYCORPS Listen When you think of farming in America, you may think of golden fields, red barns and abundant orchards. […]Read More
Joyce Dorsey, whose son Che Taylor was shot by Seattle Police nearly two years ago, speaks in Olympia before the delivery of Initiative 940 petition signatures to the Washington […]Read More
Ricardo Garcia (L) and his friend Nieves Negrete of Yakima talk about the first Spanish-language community radio station, KDNA. Negrete interviewed Garcia for StoryCorps. CREDIT STORYCORPS Listen KDNA, the […]Read More
A young Bruce Bradberry on a zonkey in Tijuana while on vacation with his Dad. CREDIT BRUCE BRADBERRY Back in the 1960’s, tourists to Tijuana would sit on a […]Read More
Washington State University Football Coach Mike Leach WSU ATHLETICS By Joe Utter and Adam Lewis Washington State University Coach Mike Leach banned players from using Twitter on Tuesday evening […]Read More
PHOTO CREDIT: WSU MURROW SYMPOSIUM WEB PAGE CBS correspondent Dan Rather was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award Thursday. Morning Edition Sueann Ramella had the chance to sit with […]Read More
The Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. PHOTO BY NIGEL CHADWICK / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Did you know London has a tempo of 122.86 beats per minute? So […]Read More
SALEM, Ore. – All around the Northwest, people are lining up at convenience stores and gas stations with dreams of a big-time payday. The multi-state MegaMillions lottery jackpot has topped […]Read More
Deborah Ranniger PHOTO COURTESY STORYCORPS NORTHWEST Late in his life, Leonard Cornell developed Alzheimer’s. As his condition deteriorated, he told one story again and again to his daughter Deborah. […]Read More
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s 2010 water quality report has earned a mixed review from the U.S. EPA. This week, the EPA gave the report a thumbs up for listing nine-hundred […]Read More
Fauluaina Pritchard and Sinoun Hem Millions died under Cambodia’s communist regime. Sinoun Hem, of Tacoma, was a young girl when the Khmer Rouge came to power. She tells her […]Read More
Listen KENT, Wash. — “A trooper’s trooper” -– that was a phrase used repeatedly to describe Washington State Patrol Trooper Tony Radulescu at a memorial Wednesday afternoon in Kent. He was […]Read More
KENT, Wash. — “A trooper’s trooper” -– that was a phrase used repeatedly to describe Washington State Patrol Trooper Tony Radulescu at a memorial Wednesday afternoon in Kent. He was […]Read More
Joyce Dorsey, whose son Che Taylor was shot by Seattle Police nearly two years ago, speaks in Olympia before the delivery of Initiative 940 petition signatures to the Washington […]Read More
Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista attended a campaign rally in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Thursday evening. PHOTO CREDIT: JESSICA ROBINSON / NORTHWEST NEWS NETWORK COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Newt […]Read More
Imagine an idyllic childhood. You play in the woods and climb trees, or splash in the creek and catch frogs. You’re surrounded by a dozen homes that look just like […]Read More
Avery Green and Tim Toerber of Tacoma PHOTO SOURCE: STORYCORPS Romantic relationships can be difficult to maintain, especially if they’re long distance relationships. Avery Green and Tim Toerber of […]Read More
Idaho Governor Butch Otter PHOTO BY: JUSTMAKETHESHIFT.IDAHO.GOV / NORTHWEST NEWS NETWORK Idaho Governor Butch Otter has created a nuclear energy commission to look at the future role of the […]Read More
A 23-year-old Seattle soldier died in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. SEATTLE — A Marine sergeant from Seattle was killed this week in Afghanistan. An improvised explosive device killed 23-year-old […]Read More
Mina Black and her mother, Amy Buckler STORYCORPS NORTHWEST Life in Seward, Alaska wasn’t easy for English major Amy Buckler and her husband. They had a tough time making […]Read More
DeFazio and Walden want to allow for more logging in Oregon Cascade forests such as the Santiam State Fores, pictured here. JASON MCARTHUR / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Listen GRANT’S PASS, […]Read More
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington lawmakers are considering a plan to save money by abolishing the death penalty in the state. That idea got a hearing today in Olympia. Karil Klingbeil […]Read More
Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio ONLINE GUIDE TO HOUSE MEMBERS AND SENATORS / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio is hoping he’ll soon be able to introduce […]Read More
Washington State University students were among those charged incorrect rates by Unicare Life and Health Insurance. PUBLIC DOMAIN / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington state insurance commissioner […]Read More
Kerstin Ringdahl (L) and Fran Lane Rasmus (R) STORYCORPS / STORYCORPS Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27. During World War II, Sweden offered asylum to more than eight thousand […]Read More
Year-end sales numbers are in and, in the corporate battle of the skies, Airbus has once again beaten Boeing. The European jet maker said this morning that sales last year […]Read More
