The longest-serving city councilmember in Lamont, Washington’s second smallest town, worries the town could face disincorporation if she retires.Read More
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Farmworkers have met in central Washington to talk about a new overtime law and how it’s impacting their incomes. Farmers say… it’s not sustainable for them. Nonprofits organized rallies in Quincy and Sunnyside.Read More
People hold lights at a vigil in remembrance of the four victims in Boise, Idaho on November 30, 2022. (Credit: University of Idaho) Listen (Runtime 0:58) Read A vigil in […]Read More
Since early Monday morning, hundreds of protestors have been blocking the three road entrances into the Port of Tacoma in an attempt to stop workers from loading a United States military supply vessel, the Cape Orlando, with weapons and military equipment. Read More
Sockeye salmon like these are among the salmon species in peril. (Credit: Aaron Kunz) Listen (Runtime 2:57) Read For Northwest tribes, removing the four lower Snake River dams means more […]Read More
Leotis McCormack answers the phone at his office at the Nez Perce Tribal Police Department in Lapwai, Idaho. (Credit: Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 4:02) Read More than 17 […]Read More
This undated file photo provided by the National Park Service shows a grizzly bear walking along a ridge in Montana. (Credit: National Parks Service) Listen (Runtime 1:15) Read Neary 150 […]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
It isn’t always easy to find live performances of gospel or spirituals in the Inland Northwest, but a group of educators is bringing it to us.Read More
Four utilities in Washington state received funding from the U.S Department of Energy to strengthen the electrical grid against future wildfires and ensure reliability to customers. That funding comes from the federal Grid Resilience and Innovations Partnerships Program, which is investing in 58 projects across 44 states. Read More
Every time Hayden Powell sits down to apply for a job, she has to relive an experience she went through over two decades ago, when she was discharged from the military because of her sexual orientation. Read More
A Latino employee filed a complaint against the Pasco School District. It says the district did not protect employees from discrimination and retaliation. But the District says it doesn’t tolerate discrimination.Read More
We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and here is a story about how music programs and certificates are expanding Mariachi knowledge among younger generations in Washington.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
Terrence Woods went missing in October 2018 near Orogrande, Idaho while filming with a British TV crew from Raw TV. The wilderness of Idaho County (pictured here) is some of […]Read More
A group of hikers on the Iron Goat Trail in Washington. (Credit: Jon Hathaway via Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 3:37) Read The Cascade Mountains are full of stories. Some […]Read More
All Hallow’s Eve is just around the corner, and the home of the Washington State Governor has some mysteries of the mansion to unveil — just in time for spooky season! Read More
Many blood banks have dangerously low supplies. Rachel Sun reports.Read More
Wes Engstrom, 91, first came to Liberty, Wash., in 1971 in search of gold. He’s standing in front of the town’s oldest working mining equipment called an arrastra. (Credit: Courtney […]Read More
Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a hearing behind his attorney Jay Logsdon, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at the Latah County Courthouse in Moscow, Idaho. (August Frank / The Lewiston […]Read More
Potatoes, fresh from the field, bump onto a belt before being transferred to a storage shed outside of Boardman, Oregon. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:10) Read About […]Read More
In the Pierce County elections center, a small crowd gathered just outside of the ballot tabulation room on the morning of Oct. 17. With packets in front of them that show expected results and pens ready to catch any mistakes, the observers were there to make sure Pierce County’s ballot counting system is ready for the general election. Read More
After about five years in the works, the Pierce County Council adopted a new Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan that broadens the scope of what kinds of flooding the county will plan for – from coastal to urban flooding.
Angela Angove is the floodplain and watershed services manager with Pierce County Planning and Public Works. She said different types of Read More
Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River. (Courtesy: EcoFlight) Listen (Runtime 1:34) Read For more than 40 years, Bruce Gordon has flown people over wild lands and wildlife habitats across […]Read More
Columbian ground squirrels are only active for around two months of the year, and spend most of their time hibernating. (Credit: David Restivo / National Park Service) Listen (Runtime :57) […]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 grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. The National Park Service is evaluating whether to reintroduce grizzly bears to Washington’s North Cascades. (Photo Courtesy: National Park Service) Listen Do you […]Read More
Energy Northwest is expected to get a second “white finding” from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission over worker exposures two years ago at the Columbia Generating Station near Richland. (Photo […]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
In the foothills of Mt. Rainier runs the Carbon, the Puyallup and the White Rivers, meandering through towns and cities, along roadways and near homes, the paint strokes of the natural environment now surrounded by a human-built ecosystem. Once tightly restricted by levees, these rivers are beginning to again flow closer to how they would have, not adhering to the confines Read More
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scientists Rochelle Labiosa (right) and Lil Herger examine the Columbia River for toxic algae as Jason Pappani leans over to reach into the water. (Credit: Rajah […]Read More
The City of Tacoma is facing a gap in funding, a gap equal to paying for 307 beds in emergency shelters set up across Tacoma.
Tacoma and other area municipalities have recently enacted restrictions or bans on homeless encampments. Read More
Blue-green algae seen behind Lower Granite dam on the Snake River. (Credit: Courtney Flatt) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read From the air above Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River, a […]Read More
Larch staff have pushed back against the closure of the minimum security since plans were announced this summer, including filing a lawsuit that they hoped would pause the closure. A […]Read More
Jeremy, Stella and Manaia Wolf, members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, collect fresh fir boughs in the Rainwater Wildlife Area near Dayton, Wash. The fir boughs […]Read More
The City of Tacoma hearing examiner has upheld the city’s decision to issue a development permit for a mega-warehouse in South Tacoma.
The permit decision was appealed by Seattle nonprofit EarthJustice, on behalf of the South Tacoma Neighborhood Council and 350 Tacoma, which argued that the city and developer hadn’t adequately analyzed the environmental impacts of the Read More
Interior of an empty courtroom with gavel and sounding block on the desk. (Credit: Getty Images) Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read After years of investigation, Washington’s attorney general has charged the […]Read More
Employees at Cornerstone Cottage alerted state officials to the dangers, only to be fired themselves Cornerstone Cottage opened in 2016 in Post Falls, Idaho, a booming bedroom community 25 miles […]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
There was a breeze, clouds and humidity in the air in West Seattle that hadn’t been there for days on the morning of July 30, as visitors to Alki Beach found seats or meandered down to the shore, waiting.
A little after 11 a.m., as the sun began to break through the gray, the tip of a canoe and its passengers’ paddles could just be seen cutting across the water, the Read More
Attendees gather on the shores of the Snake River at Hells Gate State Park to take place in the All Our Relations flotilla on September 30, 2023. (Credit: Lauren Paterson […]Read More
Two years ago, the InterTribal Buffalo Council awarded the Yakama Nation a family group of 26 buffalo from Yellowstone. This male buffalo, identifiable by a blue ear tag, center, was […]Read More
Autumn has knocked on our doors and crossed our thresholds. With its arrival comes wetter, colder, darker days — perhaps some pumpkin-flavored treats as well — and hopefully, fewer wildfires. Heavy recent rainfall has dropped the wildfire potential outlook down to normal for the Northwest, according to the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook.
So, how did Read More
Jacob Johns speaks at an event September 19, 2023 in Spokane, Washington after unveiling his “Free the Vote” mural. (Credit: Jeff Ferguson) Listen (Runtime :57) Read Jacob Johns is an […]Read More
A mustard-yellow cloud forms above Finley, Washington. The chemical was nitric acid and was released by a fertilizer factory. (Courtesy: Jessica Bergman) Read An early-morning agricultural chemical release frightened many […]Read More
Washington Rep. Steve Tharinger of the 24th district became intimately acquainted with levee setbacks when he discovered the levee protecting his house on the lower Dungeness River was not only not protecting his house, but harming the ecosystem too.
“I sold my house and the five acres in a barn we had, so that we'd have more room to move that levee back and give the Read More
Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Courtesy: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Listen (Runtime 0:57) Read Federal officials are considering several possibilities to bring grizzly bears to Washington’s North Cascades. […]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
Yakama Nation biologist Dave’y Lumley shows Aleeyah McJoe, 7, an adult lamprey at the Yakama Nation’s Willamette Falls Lamprey Celebration. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime 0:59) […]Read More
