In small towns, such as Walla Walla, Washington, behavioral health care providers can be hard to come by. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:49) Read By Rachel Sun […]Read More
One of Feria Linda’s volunteer manicurists works on a vineyard worker’s nails. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:34) Read The Milton-Freewater Community Building looked like the backstage of […]Read More
A sign near the proposed site of the Cottonwood Road development. (Credit: Jenna Heffernan) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read A group of developers have filed a lawsuit against the city of […]Read More
The city of Walla Walla recently changed its zoning in hopes of encouraging child care centers to open or expand. (Credit: Kids’ Work Chicago Daycare / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen […]Read More
Vineyard workers listen to a presentation from Vital Wines, a nonprofit winery that connects them to health care resources. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 4:05) Read On a […]Read More
Dancers in Walla Walla’s second annual Day of the Dead parade. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read While many cities in the Northwest celebrate Day of the […]Read More
Phuong Brown, a retiree in Walla Walla, received a free heat pump through the Climate Commitment Act. Initiative 2117 aims to repeal the act. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen […]Read More
Sluggish home sales have led to a shortfall in funding for homeless services in Washington. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read In Washington, the slow housing market […]Read More
Listen I-2109 would repeal the capital gains tax, which helps fund child care and schools. (Credit: Flickr Creative Commons / Kids’ Work Chicago Daycare) (Runtime :56) Read In NWPB’s recent […]Read More
A resident makes his way to the dining room for lunch at a nursing home on March 6, 2020. (Credit: David Goldman / AP Photo) Watch Listen (Runtime :53) Read […]Read More
John Halliday, a speaker and artist, is giving talks about Native American resilience across Washington state. (Courtesy of John Halliday) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read In the coming weeks, artist John […]Read More
Dayton, the seat of Columbia County. (Credit: Jennie Dickinson / Port of Columbia) Listen (Runtime :59) Read A 4-bedroom Victorian for just under $200,000. An updated 3-bedroom for just over […]Read More
Sarah Moffitt, education coordinator for Tri-State Steelheaders, pours salmon eggs into a tank at Davis Elementary School. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :59) Read It’s “egg day” at […]Read More
Kommuna Lux, a band from Ukraine, is playing shows throughout the Northwest. (Credit: Natalia Shevtsova / Kommuna Lux) Listen (Runtime :59) Read A band from Ukraine is taking the stage […]Read More
(Credit: Urban Seed Education / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read Last month, the number of opioid overdoses in Walla Walla spiked to 124% more than the local monthly […]Read More
Dina Gilbert is the Walla Walla Symphony’s new music director and conductor. (Credit: Antoine Saito) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read On Tuesday, the Walla Walla Symphony will raise the curtain on […]Read More
Gentry Thorpe, a cook at the new Denny’s in Walla Walla. He’s grateful for employers that practice second chance hiring. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:41) Read It […]Read More
Holland Gallaway, an agriculture student at Walla Walla Community College, with cattle owned and raised as part of the college’s Farm to Fork program. (Credit: Daniel Biggs / WWCC) watch […]Read More
Sharon Sweeney, left, and Beverly Barksdale, right, are among the Rancho Villa residents who are fighting back against changes made by their park’s new owners. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) […]Read More
Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, walks past a video display as he enters a courtroom to appear at a hearing […]Read More
The aftermath of one of Walla Walla’s recent suspicious fires. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read They happen late at night, or in the early morning. They’re […]Read More
Kayla Fossek, the Pendleton Round-Up Queen, makes her grand entrance. (Credit: Travis Snell / Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read When Kayla Fossek walks through […]Read More
A preview of the Letitia Carson exhibit at the Whitman Mission. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:09) Read Letitia Carson was a pioneer in more ways than one. […]Read More
Liliana Garcia, an eighth grader, holds her phone and Yondr pouch over an unlocking device at Walla Walla’s Pioneer Middle School. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) watch Listen (Runtime 4:16) […]Read More
Betzy and Betsy, two shelter dogs, sniff the grass along Mill Creek in Walla Walla. (Credit: Steve Lenz / Blue Mountain Humane Society) Watch Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read At many […]Read More
The exterior of the Walla Walla County Public Health and Legislative Building, where the county commissioners work. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read On Monday, Walla Walla’s […]Read More
The city of Walla Walla is considering instituting a convenience fee. Residents would pay the fee when they use a credit or debit card to pay for city services. (Credit: […]Read More
An industrial lot in Walla Walla where two fires occurred on Monday. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Read A string of fires broke out in Walla Walla over the past […]Read More
The Walla Walla Downtown Farmers Market is held on Saturdays. (Credit: Downtown Walla Walla Foundation) Read By Susan Shain | NWPB Walla Walla’s Downtown Farmers Market has been running for […]Read More
