The Walla Walla Regional Airport once again has two daily roundtrip flights that connect it to Seattle. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :59) Read During the pandemic, Alaska […]Read More
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Idaho’s new law restricting what materials minors can read means small towns in Idaho have to come up with new rules, or risk legal action against them. (Credit: Johnny McClung […]Read More
Information for parents is posted in the school lobby in both English and Spanish at Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Wenatchee. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime […]Read More
Patrick Smith of Loftus Ranches relies on temporary workers to tend his crops. Immigration policy has broad impact, he says. Patrick Smith grows apples and hops at Loftus Ranches in […]Read More
A new bill making its way through the Washington Legislature would require county and tribal approval for new wind and solar projects that go through the state’s Energy Facility Site […]Read More
A man who killed three people while driving drunk, including two from the eastern Washington town of Clarkston, will serve 22 years in prison. Read More
When employees at PeaceHealth hospitals around the state need a prescription filled for themselves or a family member, they can get them filled at PeaceHealth pharmacies for lower costs. It’s one of the benefits of the health care organization's insurance plan for its employees.
But in Bellingham, Washington, PeaceHealth workers can’t use that benefit. There isn’t a Read More
A gate and signs stand guard at one of the Hanford site’s tank farms. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 4:02) Read By Anna King and Jeanie Lindsay Traffic […]Read More
Washington State University Extension has tips to help make sure your garden is ready this spring. (Credit: Washington State University Extension) Read In the dark days of winter, it’s never […]Read More
People stand in RoseMary’s Place, a child care agency on the Columbia County Health System campus in Dayton, Washington. (Credit: Columbia County Health System) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read This year, […]Read More
A person walks near the Legislative Building, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Credit: Ted S. Warren / AP) Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read While people who […]Read More
A worker unloads apples from his picking bag at McDougall & Sons orchard on Oct. 10 in Douglas County. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read In […]Read More
Matt Munneke offers Cia Cortinas Rood a taste of an alcohol-free rosé at The Thief in Walla Walla. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read The Thief, a […]Read More
Theresa Brandt teaches math to her first graders at Lewis and Clark Elementary School. President Joe Biden signed a bill repealing two provisions that reduced Social Security benefits for public […]Read More
Striking teachers march around the Tacoma School District Central Administration Building, Sept. 10, 2018, in Tacoma, Wash. (Credit: Ted S. Warren / AP) Listen (Runtime 4:28) Read By Phineas Pope […]Read More
Washington’s 24th Governor, Bob Ferguson, takes the oath of office in Olympia Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Credit: Jeanie Lindsay / KUOW) Read By Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News Network Washington’s new […]Read More
Hanford workers take samples from tank SY-101 in southeast Washington state. (Courtesy: U.S. Department of Energy) Listen (Runtime :59) Read When it comes to tank waste at Hanford in southeast […]Read More
For workers in Washington state, there are a number of bills being brought forward this legislative session that labor leaders hope will make working life better in the state.
The Washington State Labor Council has introduced its legislative agenda for 2025, which focuses on improving child labor laws, bargaining over artificial intelligence in public sector jobs and Read More
A past Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival performance at Garrison Creek Cellars. (Credit: David Mumm) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read Chamber music is a relatively intimate form of classical music. Think: […]Read More
A person walks near the Legislative Building, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Credit: Ted S. Warren / AP) Read By Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News Network […]Read More
Lane Phillips, left, and Dean Johnson, right, at their home in Clarkston, Wash. (Credit: Phineas Pope / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:33) Read Dean Johnson, 78, and Lane Phillips, 83, have […]Read More
Breanna Sipley sits on the porch of their tiny home in the Abiel Mobile Home Community of Moscow, Idaho, with their dog, Bandit. (Credit: Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen (Runtime […]Read More
Yakama Nation tribal members fish in the Klickitat River for fall chinook salmon. The Yakama Nation recently gained ownership of a fish hatchery on the river. (Credit: USFWS – Pacific […]Read More
Rattlesnake Mountain on the Hanford site in 2022. The mountain is sacred to the Yakama Nation and other Northwest Indigenous tribes and bands near the Hanford site. (Credit: Anna King […]Read More
When workers go on strike in Washington state, they don’t earn a dime. A new piece of legislation could change that.
This bill would allow workers to eventually access unemployment benefits, starting the second Sunday after they began withholding their labor. Workers could claim up to four weeks of benefits through the state’s unemployment insurance, according to Read More
A humpback whale breeches off Half Moon Bay, Calif., in 2017. (Credit: Eric Risberg / AP) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read Giant ships that transport everything from coffee cups to clothes […]Read More
The Northwest is seeing a rise in influenza-like illnessesRead More
Death Cafes give people a place to talk openly about the end of life. (Credit: Phineas Pope / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 0:54) Read Around the world, people gather at places […]Read More
Freshly caught chum salmon display their greens and pink colors like the aurora, in December on the Nisqually River. (Courtesy: Willie Frank III) Listen (Runtime 3:54) Read On a tall […]Read More
Gary Chastagner, a Washington State University professor called “Dr. Christmas Tree,” shows Trojan and other fir seedlings at the school’s Puyallup Research and Extension Center on Nov. 30, 2023, in […]Read More
The CARES team offers mobile medical and mental health support to residents of Walla Walla. When their work involves opioids, they can bill their time to the opioid settlement fund. […]Read More
Un juez federal del este de Washington concedió una orden judicial preliminar en una demanda que involucra a más de diez productores lácteos del condado de Yakima.Read More
Visiting the Long family’s light display has become a holiday tradition for many Walla Wallans. (Credit: Cali Long) Listen (Runtime 1:05) Read Drive down Walla Walla’s Wallula Avenue on a […]Read More
A federal judge in Eastern Washington granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit that
involves over ten Yakima County dairy producers.Read More
A helicopter, owned and operated by Jim Pope, transports bighorn ewes in Hells Canyon on Dec. 8, where wildlife biologists and volunteers with the Hells Canyon Initiative collar them and […]Read More
La Universidad Heritage remodelará su edificio Kathleen Ross Center. La universidad de Toppenish, Washington, invertirá más de dos millones de dólares en mejorar su biblioteca y añadir un nuevo centro para ayudar a los estudiantes a acceder a carreras STEM.Read More
Mayra Casique, an account manager from the Community Health Plan, helped organize a Health Posada to connect community members with local health care resources on Dec. 7. (Credit: Reneé Dìaz […]Read More
A southeast Washington task force that investigates child sexual abuse crimes needs more detectives. The region’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force, or ICAC, currently has four investigators. (Credit: Courtney […]Read More
Heritage University will remodel its Kathleen Ross Center building. The university in Toppenish, WA will invest more than $2 million to improve its library and add a new center to help students get into STEM jobs.Read More
La sesión legislativa del estado de Washington comienza el 13 de enero, y ya se han presentado varios proyectos de ley. Entre ellos, uno sobre la aplicación de las leyes federales de inmigración.Read More
Aerospace company Boeing has announced another round of layoffs, this one impacting 396 workers in Washington state.
About half of the Boeing employees in Washington laid off in this round of cuts are members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace. Bryan Corliss, a spokesperson for SPEEA, said in recent months, his union has seen over 3% of Read More
Washington state’s legislative session begins on January 13, and several bills have already been prefiled. That includes one about enforcing federal immigration laws.Read More
A water tower in Toppenish, Washington. The Yakama Nation is suing the city of Toppenish to be able to run a 24-hour warming shelter in the city on reservation land. […]Read More
Nurses at Tacoma’s St. Joseph Medical Center could soon have a new collective bargaining agreement with higher wages, improved safety measures in the hospital and some staffing mandates.
The bargaining team for the nurses reached a tentative agreement with the hospital after months of bargaining. This week, all employees at the hospital represented by the Washington Read More
Whitman College’s dining hall will now serve first foods, such as elk, trout and root vegetables, on a monthly basis. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 4:00) Read On […]Read More
A drone photo shows White Pass Ski Area in Naches, Washington, on Dec. 1, 2024. (Credit: Andy Mahre / White Pass Ski Area) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read Fresh white powder […]Read More
The Tacoma City Council adopted its next two-year budget, after months of working with city staff to balance for a predicted $24 million structural deficit. Read More
People dance on stage together after they learned dabke, a traditional Palestinian folk dance. (Credit: Reneé Dìaz / NWPB) watch Listen (Runtime 1:09) Read A chance encounter between two strangers […]Read More
The sunlight glints across Sunflare apples ripening on a branch at WSU’s research orchard near Wenatchee, Washington, in late summer 2024. (Credit: Jeremy Tamsen / WSU) Listen (Runtime :45) Read […]Read More
In small towns, such as Walla Walla, Washington, behavioral health care providers can be hard to come by. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) watch Listen (Runtime 3:49) Read By Rachel […]Read More
