From Flikr Creative Common Ivan Radio Listen (Runtime 1:18) Read Governor Jay Inslee has set ambitious climate goals for Washington state, including a ban on the sale of new, gas-powered passenger […]Read More
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For 90 days, an oil leak went undetected by the Army Corps of Engineers at Little Goose Dam in southeastern Washington. CREDIT: Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Flickr Creative Commons […]Read More
En el condado de Whatcom exhiben mariposas de origami en solidaridad con la campaña “La migración nos hace más fuertes”. Foto: C2C Development. LEA Organizaciones de inmigrantes de Bellingham quieren […]Read More
Storefronts in Whatcom County display origami butterflies in solidarity with the, “Migration Makes Us Stronger” campaign. (Photo: C2C Development) Listen Immigrant organizations in Bellingham want the city to budget for […]Read More
Private voting booth at Benton County Auditor Listen Thousands of Benton and Franklin County adults are living with disabilities. Most are legally eligible to vote. As the general election approaches, […]Read More
Lidia Kyrychenko Drake, right, and Katrina Zens at their StoryCorps Northwest recording. Listen (Runtime 4:31) Read There are many things we may take for granted like a piece of fruit. […]Read More
Becca Ewing sits in her jogger Wednesday Oct. 19 at East City Park in Moscow. Photo by Rachel Sun Listen (Runtime 4:01) Read Every day, when Lorie Ewing wakes up, […]Read More
Artist Glenna Cole Allee stands near “White Bluffs Tapestry,” a fabric-printed photo-collage that represents the White Bluffs of Hanford Reach. (Photo courtesy Glenna Cole Allee) Listen What started as a […]Read More
Battalion Chief Horst says the smoke is clearing out and the crew is gaining better visibility of the facility. The shelter in place order for residents within a mile of […]Read More
You'll hear an interview of Dr. Jaqueline Wilson about her upcoming album featuring new music by Native American Composers, and how her high school band teacher guided her to her music goals. Read More
We’re nearing the end of October, but crews across Washington state continue to battle fires. Read More
A drone image of salmon during spawning season in Alaska. CREDIT: Daniel Auerbach LISTEN READ Searching for the places where salmon lay eggs, known as redds, is getting a boost […]Read More
Listen (EV Battery Fires Runtime: 1:09) (EV Battery Recycling Runtime: 1:48) READ As more electric vehicles hit the roads in Washington, some people are concerned about their batteries catching fire […]Read More
I voted tags by Element5Digital on Unsplash. Read Yakima voters will hear from Yakima County Commissioner candidates during a forum Thursday at the Yakima City Hall Chambers. Six candidates are […]Read More
Swarms of aphids pulse the air in Moscow, Idaho, during a late-October afternoon. CREDIT: Linda Weiford, WSU News Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read No, that’s not snowflakes you’re seeing on these […]Read More
Lake Coeur d’Alene is an important destination for Northwesterners and the Coeur d’Alene tribe. But there’s more recovery work to be done at the Superfund site, according to a new […]Read More
Andy Goto, right, and Harriet Weber at their StoryCorps Northwest recording. Listen (Runtime 4:20) Read Imagine not seeing your family for nearly 50 years. That was the reality for Andy […]Read More
The Washington State Department of Ecology issued a $37,000 fine last week to a hazardous waste transportation company for failing to report a corrosive material leak.
Clean Earth Specialty Waste Solutions manages transportation of hazardous waste for businesses across Washington. Read More
Firefighting crews continue to build containment lines on the Nakia Creek fire, burning in southwestern Washington in Clark County.
More than 28,000 homes in Clark County are still under Level Three, or go now, evacuation orders, which haven’t changed since Monday.Read More
The shore of Soap Lake is gray and gritty Listen Soap Lake’s unique healing properties can be explained by it’s even more unique ecology (Runtime 4:39) Read The recognition of […]Read More
Janet Schroeder puts on protective gear for COVID precaution before heading into a patients room at the Pullman Regional Hospital Emergency Room on Saturday, Sept. 24. Photo courtesy August Frank/the […]Read More
From left: John Huckabay; mother Susan Huckabay; sister Kathy Williams; Kathy’s husband, Rich Williams; Scott Green, University of Idaho president; and Jeff Seegmiller, Idaho WWAMI program dean. Courtesy Brad Martin/University […]Read More
Source: The Braille Institute of America Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read Students with visual impairments in the Richland School District participated Oct. 15 in a first-of-its-kind competition in the Pacific Northwest […]Read More
Listen From left, U.S. District Judge Edward F. Shea, U.S. Attorney Vanessa Waldref, and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr., stand in front of the Federal Building […]Read More
Pierce, Skamania and Clark counties have active wildfires after a warm and dry weekend.Read More
The Tacoma City Council passed an ordinance to ban camping within 10 blocks of emergency shelters in the city.
Zev Cook, a staff organizer with Home in Tacoma For All, says they’ll be taking the city to court over the ordinance. Read More
Senator Cantwell visits environmental technology and cryogenic hydrogen research lab on the campus of Washington State University. October, 12, 2022. (WSU Photo Services) Listen Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell met with […]Read More
This particular adventure begins with the search for a bird. However, like many discoveries that venture a bit off course, birder Chris Lindsey found something much more interesting: a Western blue pygmy butterfly. The smallest butterfly in North America.Read More
Should the top elections official in Washington state officially be a nonpartisan? That's one difference between the top two finalists running for Washington Secretary of State.Read More
Miss Yakama Nation Ellia-Lee Jim and Jr Miss Yakama Nation-Tehya Listen Eleven years after the Condit Dam was removed from the White Salmon River, the fish (and the land) are […]Read More
Along Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma, the city’s new Black Lives Matter mural unfolds across the 23,000 square-foot Tollefson Plaza in bright colors.
The mural cascades down the steps of the plaza and from different viewpoints, it reveals different faces, messages and meanings. The challenging space makes the viewer work to absorb the mural — something lead artist Read More
Listen (Runtime 1:31) Read In Franklin County, there are no cannabis retail stores. Pasco is considering changing their moratorium on pot shops. The city recently held two listening sessions for […]Read More
A mother and child. Photo via Pixabay. Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is celebrating enrollment week and encouraging anyone who […]Read More
Crews have started heating up the first of two 300-ton melters inside Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. (Photo courtesy Bechtel National) Listen The world’s largest melter, designed to solidify […]Read More
Photo via Unsplash Read CLARKSTON — Tri-State Memorial Hospital will hold a two-day flu shot clinic Oct. 19 and 20 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. The clinic […]Read More
Should the top elections official in Washington state officially be a nonpartisan? That’s one difference between the top two finalists running for Washington Secretary of State.Read More
Four walls of Gallery 110 in Seattle have been transformed with dancing animals displayed within colorful, boxed scenes that jump to life against the otherwise white space.
They are sculptures of human dancers, costumed like animals, the ensemble of Dorothy Anderson Wasserman’s latest exhibit, The Carnival of the Animals. It’s a study of music, dance, theater and visual Read More
A quartet of independent candidates on the ballot this November in Oregon and Washington state will test voter appetites for a centrist “third way.” They are experienced contenders running for state senate, Oregon governor and Washington Secretary of State. Unaffiliated candidates are popping up around the nation too, with a common theme of being fed up with a divisive Read More
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking for the public’s help to find who poisoned six wolves in northeastern Washington.Read More
Suan Kilgore holds a photo of her late husband, Dale Goble, in her Moscow home on Friday. Photo courtesy Zach Wilkinson/the Lewiston Tribune Listen (Runtime 4:23) Read There came a […]Read More
This year’s fire season has been the mildest year for Washington in a decade. But, the season isn’t over yet.Read More
Christine Coffey stands in the produce section of Fred Meyer in Richland, Washington. She says the pandemic was rough on grocery store workers. Listen Workers at the Richland Fred Meyer […]Read More
Next week, Tacoma City Council is scheduled to vote on an ordinance that would ban public-camping within 10 blocks of homeless shelters.
Council member John Hines, who represents district one, introduced the ordinance. He said his goal is to make shelters, and the surrounding neighborhoods around them, safer. Read More
The sentence that came down for Cody Easterday Tuesday concludes one of the biggest cattle rustling cases in the history of the West.Read More
Salmon advocates want negotiators to consider salmon and the Columbia River’s ecosystem as a part of an agreement between the U.S. and Canada.Read More
Only 12 commercial fishing captains still hold permits to go reefnet fishing in the Pacific Northwest out of a fleet that once numbered in the hundreds. The distinctive fishing technique dates back thousands of years as an Indigenous method to catch salmon. Its practitioners today say the gear should proliferate as the preferred way to harvest healthy salmon runs while Read More
Despite lower numbers than other age groups, seniors are seeing an increased rate of STIs. Photo courtesy August Frank/The Lewiston Tribune Listen (Runtime 3:21) Read High blood pressure, diabetes and […]Read More
Northwest Indian College’s future Health and Wellness Center will be located on the college’s main campus on the Lummi Nation Reservation near Bellingham, Wash. The project is expected to break […]Read More
This year’s Portland Retro Gaming Expo will be the first since 2017 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy Toby Wickwire) Listen The video game industry in the US is […]Read More
Beryl Goto, left, and Harriet Weber at their StoryCorps Northwest recording. Listen (Runtime 4:25) Read Uprooting your life and moving to a new country is daunting, especially if you end […]Read More
