Bargaining efforts which began last July for grocery store workers across the West Coast have brought a tentative agreement to members of Local 367 in Western Washington.Read More
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Checking Vineyard Soil Moisture Now Can Save Grapes LaterRead More
Tacoma has some of the highest cases of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People nationwide. Pierce County council members voted to establish an awareness day of this issue. Read More
Fewer people in the Northwest are learning to hunt, which causes funding problems for state fish and wildlife departments. To solve the funding problem, experienced hunters are teaching newbies how to get involved in the sport.Read More
Harriet Bullitt, Washington philanthropist, broadcast executive and environmental champion, died April 23 at the age of 97. NWPB’s Sueann Ramella remembers her lasting legacy across the Pacific Northwest. Read More
More Inclusive Data To Better Serve CommunitiesRead More
Private electric utilities in the Pacific Northwest are planning tens of millions of dollars in upgrades to reduce the risk that their power lines could spark wildfires during extreme weather. Utilities such as Pacific Power, Avista, Idaho Power, Portland General Electric and Puget Sound Energy are either required to or are voluntarily submitting wildfire mitigation plans. Read More
A recent salmon field trip has helped students become more curious about salmon.Read More
Local Health Care Provider Says Rate Of Homeless Patients Increased During PandemicRead More
Idaho Program Offers Free Diapers, Wipes To Mothers Who Quit SmokingRead More
Doug Towles of Clearwater
County is charged with ‘permitting animals to go without
care.” Dozens of his cattle have been found dead or
starving. They’ve also been found on his neighbors’ property.Read More
A grassroots organization is planning a music night on Friday to benefit humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.Read More
This week in the sixth story of “The Fight for Legacy Forests” series, Lauren Gallups reports on how some communities are worried about losing money from timber harvests, which pay for services they need. Read More
A Sumner, Washington seafood company that makes imitation crab and other products has been fined $56,000 in connection with a 2021 COVID outbreak that left one employee dead.Read More
In recent years, Washington’s Legislature has grown more diverse. And majority Democrats have emphasized diversity and equity as core values. But now three members of color, out of nearly 30, are stepping down from the Legislature after serving just one full term. One of them describes the legislative work environment as toxic.Read More
Alcohol and blood donation don't seem at first glance to go together. But that pairing is one of several creative strategies deployed by major Pacific Northwest blood centers to drum up more donors this spring.Read More
Immigration advocates are calling for detention centers to reinstate visitation rights that were taken away in March 2020 because of the pandemicRead More
This Earth Day, you don’t have to go any further than the Tacoma mall to find yourself in a forest. Lauren Gallup reports. Read More
A new study shows that people of color, indigenous and low-income communities, are more likely to be harmed by pesticides in the U.S.Read More
Harriet Bullitt, founder of KOHO 101.1 in Leavenworth passed away the morning of Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 at the age of 97.Read More
Washington’s “Bring them home” law takes effect in June. It allows tribal members to pray over a deceased indigenous person without compromising the scene before an autopsy is conducted, and supports survivors of trafficking.Read More
What to do in Richland, WA if you find an inert bomb? Read More
A Richland, Wa resident rethinks owning bomb memorabilia. Read More
People with an interest in geography or Pacific Northwest history are coming up with replacement names for dozens of places around the region that currently have a name considered derogatory. The U.S. Secretary of the Interior launched the search for new names by ordering a specific racial slur stricken off the map nationwide as expeditiously as possible.Read More
NWPB’s Lauren Gallup continues her series “The Fight for Legacy Forests” with reporting on an environmental nonprofit suing the Department of Natural Resources over six timber sales. Read More
April is national poetry month. NWPB’s Lauren Gallup interviewed Tacoma’s poet laureate on the art form, and its lasting influence.Read More
More than four million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion. Most of them have gone to other European countries, some are trying to get to the US.
Lana Sinyuk is in the Tri Cities trying to help those Ukranians, while also helping her own family in the middle of a war. Read More
Unlike other sober houses, Oxford houses are maintained entirely by their residents. New members have to be voted in with at least 80% approval by current members, and are expected to contribute financially, and to household duties.Read More
Washington State University has received one of its largest ever gifts. The 20-million dollar gift from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and its founders Edmund and Beatriz Schweitzer was directed to WSU’s Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture.Read More
Washington’s long-time elected insurance commissioner has used offensive terms in the workplace to describe people of different races and ethnicities, as well as people who are transgender. That’s according to former agency insiders who’ve come forward in recent weeks. Meanwhile, other former employees are giving new accounts of what they say is Commissioner Mike Read More
Cornelia Kirchhoff is the assistant director at the Washington State University Psychology Clinic. She’s noticed a significant increase in the number of people seeking ADHD testing in the past year. Read More
According to data from the University of Southern California, 12.000 adult immigrants are eligible to become citizens in Yakima County. Ninety-four percent are Hispanics. José Tapia became a U.S. citizen in March. At age 83.Read More
The Washington State Parks Commission says it wants more Black community members to enjoy the outdoors.Read More
The Columbia River has long divided the two halves of Washington's cross-state Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail. Now, a rebuilt rail trestle over the river south of Vantage connects the two sides making it easier for cyclists, horse riders and hikers to undertake a spectacular east-west journey.Read More
Reports of 1000 Ukranians coming to the Tri Cities are not accurate according to the head of an organization that aids refugees in the area. Read More
Researcher Joey Stanley says the linguistics research push in the last 50 years has mostly been to study urban areas, rather than the language patterns of the countryside. Read More
Mayville was the driving force behind the Medicaid Expansion initiative that Idaho voters approved in 2018. Now, he’s back with what he calls the Quality Education Act.Read More
When COVID-19 reached the inland Northwest two years ago, more people took to the great outdoors. The number of visitors to Elk River skyrocketed, and many residents became nervous about exposure to the virus.Read More
Bringing salmon back to the Upper Columbia River will take a lot of time and a lot of money, according to the Upper Columbia United Tribes.Read More
Democratic-led states on the West Coast are setting ambitious timelines to phase out sales of gasoline-powered cars and light trucks. The Washington Legislature just approved a goal that all new cars sold in the state beginning with model year 2030 be electric. Oregon and California have 2035 as their target. Some of these dates are aspirational, but one has teeth.Read More
A bill that could provide the most significant wildlife funding in 50 years is a little closer to becoming law, according to conservation groups. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act on Thursday passed out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.Read More
A new photography project will feature images of people and dogs from the Pacific Northwest in a limited edition collector’s book.Read More
Women from Washington and across the country join the Bandana Project during Farmworker's Awareness Week and keep raising consciousness on Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The art-activism initiative celebrates its 15th year of calling attention to the sexual violence against farmworkers.Read More
A hearing has been set for Douglas
Towles of Orofino after the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office found
several dead cows and almost 100 head of cattle left uncared for on his
property.Read More
The Beaver Valley Sorts timber sale in Jefferson County will go to auction this July, months later than expected. Lauren Gallup reports the delay is meant to address environmental concerns of county commissioners and residents.Read More
Governor Inslee signed Bill 1725 which creates an endangered missing person advisory.Read More
Journalist Ann Curry receives the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award.Read More
Left to right: Jeb Selby, Paul Riebe, Nathan Knoeller. University of Idaho Vandaljack team members clearing limbs off of fallen trees. Listen Like the roots of northwest forests, the roots […]Read More
Emails Reveal Potential Violations By Richland School Board DirectorRead More
