El valle de Yakima fue una de las regiones más afectadas del país durante la pandemia de COVID. Ahora, los hispanos y latinos de la zona siguen lidiando con los síntomas. Read More
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The Yakima Valley was one of the hardest hit regions in the country during the COVID pandemic. Now, Hispanic and Latinos in the area are still dealing with symptoms. N-W-P-B’s Johanna Bejarano worked with Lygia Navarro, a journalist with palabra, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ media outlet. This is a collaborative piece about long COVID in Central Read More
Rain, flooding, storms – all pretty standard for Western Washington, but sometimes weather patterns spare some areas that have flooded before.
That was the case at the beginning of December, when Western Washington got so much rain that it caused flooding from the Stillaguamish River to the town of Rosburg. Read More
A new cohort will start with 15 students who will train at Lewiston, Moscow, Kooskia, and other northern towns.Read More
Brian George is the new head of a cold case unit for the Washington Attorney General’s office. (Courtesy: Washington’s Attorney General) Listen (Runtime :54) Read Brian George has been in […]Read More
Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River. Gov. Jay Inslee and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray said removing the four dams on the Lower Snake isn’t feasible right now. CREDIT: Bonneville […]Read More
The house on King Road where four university of Idaho students were killed last fall will be demolished in late December, according to the university. (Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen […]Read More
The tide of evictions many predicted, has come.
As the pandemic waned and rental assistance dollars from federal programs like the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act dried up, some feared there would be an increase of evictions. Read More
Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River. (Courtesy: EcoFlight) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read After leaked confidential documents suggested the Biden administration could be making moves to help remove Washington’s four Lower Snake […]Read More
Idaho ranks last out of all 50 states for physicians per capita, and the problem could get worse without intervention.Read More
A state worker unfurls a rainbow flag in front of the Washington state Capitol. (Courtesy: Elaine Thompson / AP Photo) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read The state of Washington has a […]Read More
The Skagit County Board of County Commissioners denied an appeal and affirmed the county hearing examiner’s October decision, denying a special use permit for Predators of the Heart (POTH) in Anacortes.
The decision on Dec. 12 came as no surprise to the organization’s executive director, Ashley Carr, who said the organization will appeal this latest decision in superior court. Read More
Since Tacoma voters approved a ballot initiative that introduces new regulations called the Landlord Fairness Code to the Tacoma Municipal Code, there’s been a lot of questions about the initiative.
The City of Tacoma has answered some about the process and what happens next. The Landlord Fairness Code was adopted into the Tacoma Municipal Code and is a city law as of Read More
Smallmouth bass are good indicators of methylmercury exposure to humans and wildlife because they are a common, popular sport fish and eat a variety of food during their lifetime. (Credit: […]Read More
Rattlesnake Mountain, known as Laliik by Tribes of the Columbia Basin, is incredibly important to Tribal nations. Now, the Biden Administration has announced its intention to work closely with Tribes […]Read More
WSU students staged a sit-in at Chancellor Elizabeth Chilton’s office on Monday, December 4, 2023. The table is meant to symbolize the students bringing the bargaining table to Chilton and […]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
The poured glass appears emerald green, just before it’s lidded and transported to an export bay at Hanford in southeast Washington. Hanford officials are celebrating this first container of glass […]Read More
Whether an organization housing a variety of animals in Anacortes, Washington will continue operating is in the hands of the Skagit County Board of Commissioners — with a decision expected Dec. 12.
The nonprofit, Predators of the Heart, is appealing an October decision by the Skagit County hearing examiner denying POTH a special use permit to house animals the county Read More
A sunrise over the Rocky Mountains from Rocky Ridge Campground in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests on August 8, 2020 (Credit: Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :59) Read A […]Read More
Shana McConville Radford is taking on the newly-formed position of tribal affairs director with the state of Oregon. (Courtesy of Shana McConville Radford) Listen (Runtime :57) Read Oregon Gov. Tina […]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
The last in-person public meeting about Hanford cleanup was in Richland in 2019. (Courtesy of Washington State Department of Ecology) Listen (Runtime :56) Read The public can ask questions and […]Read More
The final release of election results for Pierce County showed a victory for those who have been pushing for a set of progressive tenant protections in Tacoma.
“We feel really proud of what we've achieved. It was a real David versus Goliath kind of fight,” said Ty Moore, campaign manager for Tacoma For All, the group behind the initiative.
Citizens’ Initiative Measure 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
Ella Adams, left, holds a sign in memory of her mother, Catherine Eneas, as Dominic Whalawitsa holds a sign for his aunt Gail Teo during the third annual march and […]Read More
In late autumn on the cusp of cool winter days, snow comes early to Washington when thousands of aloft avians, snow geese, land here in a flurry of white feathers.
“We call it a snow storm, they just will move as one,” said birder Julie Hagen. “It's just this chaotic whirlwind of birds, they move like a cloud and then they just lift up in the air.” Read More
A cross country skier follows a trail on the Sunny M Ranch property in the Methow Valley. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NW News Network) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read New tools […]Read More
A mysterious disease in dogs is sickening hundreds of animals across the country, and killing some. That could be problematic this week as many people leave their animals in boarding […]Read More
WATCH Listen (Runtime 4:15) Read Editor’s Note: This report is a collaboration between the Northwest News Network, Northwest Public Broadcasting and the Yakima Herald-Republic. A cultural edit was provided by […]Read More
Othello teens brainstorm ideas for what kinds of activities and jobs would be most interesting to them at The Lighthouse Community Center. (Credit: Marci Miller / Rural Development Initiatives) Listen […]Read More
A Western gray squirrel. (Courtesy: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) Listen (Runtime 0:54) Read Western gray squirrels will now be listed as endangered in Washington. The state Fish and Wildlife […]Read More
To unionize, Tacoma Art Museum Workers United [TAMWU] needed the majority of its 26 workers to vote yes. After two days of voting in an election overseen by the Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission, the unanimous results came in Thursday evening — 26 in favor of unionizing. 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
Científicos del Noroeste han descubierto que reducir la contaminación por los gases de efecto invernadero podría ensuciar menos la nieve. Eso significa que permanecería más tiempo en las montañas, según un estudio publicado en Nature Communications.Read More
Unionized Washington State University student workers rally on the Pullman campus on September 27, 2023. (Credit: Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read As unionized Washington State University workers […]Read More
Volunteers with the Columbia Basin chapter of Washington’s Native Plant Society met up at a local hiking hotspot in southeastern Washington on a cold November afternoon to replant sagebrush tubelings […]Read More
Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read One Northwest tribe says bringing grizzlies to the North Cascades would restore harmony to […]Read More
Quagga mussels clog a boat motor. (Credit: The Government of Alberta, Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 0:57) Read Fast-spreading invasive aquatic mussels are hitching rides on boats, kayaks and jet […]Read More
At the vigil on the University of Idaho campus on Monday, November 13, Madison Whitney, the president of the Alpha Phi sorority, spoke about Kaylee Goncalves. “Kaylee Goncalves had a […]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
The substation impacted by today’s power outage in Pierce County. (Courtesy: Tacoma Power Staff) Read Thousands of homes and businesses in Pierce County went dark Wednesday morning when the power […]Read More
En Washington viven más de un millón de hispanos o latinos. La herencia mexicana es muy común, pero los de muchos otros orígenes se están abriendo camino en el Noroeste. Read More
After Tuesday night’s general election, Tacoma’s Citizens’ Initiative Measure No. 1 was failing by a slight margin. Still, the mood at Real Art Tacoma, where supporters of Measure 1 and City Council candidate Jamika Scott gathered Tuesday night was electric. Read More
El Washington Center for the Book entregó los Premios del Libro del Estado de Washington 2023 para libros destacados publicados por autores de Washington. Lauren Gallup entrevistó a Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe y Johanna Bejarano entrevistó a Ricardo Ruiz – dos de los ganadores.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
Freshly picked red delicious apples gather in a bin. Northwest red delicious and galas are again shipping to India after tariffs were lifted. (Courtesy: Washington Apple Commission) Read Many Northwest […]Read More
As housing crisis deepens, local author explores how trailer parks might be “last affordable option”
The Appaloosa Community mobile home park outside Moscow, Idaho. Professor Leontina Hormel’s new book explains how trailer parks are some of the last affordable housing options left for people across […]Read More
File photo of snowy Idaho mountains. (Credit: Motowebmistress, Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read For mountain snowpack to melt slowly, not all of the white fluffy stuff is created […]Read More
A crew works on a ruptured gas line along U.S. Highway 195 north of Pullman Wednesday night. (Credit: Liesbeth Powers / Daily News) Read Underground pipeline north of Pullman accidentally […]Read More
