Community members registered to vote and learned about their voter registration status at an event hosted by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NWPB) […]Read More
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Angelo Avila is a licensed mental health counselor based in Bellingham. (Credit: Connor Henricksen / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:34) Read Connor Henricksen: A lot of people aren’t feeling great about […]Read More
The 2024 election is underway, and the candidates' campaigns in central Washington are moving forward.
As part of NWPB’s elections coverage, we surveyed our audience and asked listeners to submit questions they would like our news team to ask candidates. Read More
Ballot drop boxes at Washington State University (Credit: Phineas Pope / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:16) Read “Voter fraud” might be the first thing you think when someone mentions election security. […]Read More
Dancers in Walla Walla’s second annual Day of the Dead parade. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read While many cities in the Northwest celebrate Day of the […]Read More
After their contract ended on Halloween, nurses at Tacoma’s St. Joseph Medical Center spent a rainy Friday morning picketing outside the hospital.
The nurses’ union, Washington State Nurses Association or WSNA, has been negotiating with hospital management since August. But Pamela Chandran, director of legal affairs for the union, said there are sticking points. Read More
Candidate Deb Manjarrez, a Republican, and candidate Ana Ruiz Kennedy, a Democrat, are running for Washington State House in the 14th Legislative District. (Credit: Manjarrez’s and Ruiz Kennedy’s campaigns websites) […]Read More
The 2024 election is underway, and the candidates' campaigns in central Washington are moving forward.
As part of NWPB’s elections coverage, we surveyed our audience and asked them to submit questions they would like our news team to ask candidates. Here are their responses.Read More
Phuong Brown, a retiree in Walla Walla, received a free heat pump through the Climate Commitment Act. Initiative 2117 aims to repeal the act. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen […]Read More
Nisqually tribal fisher Willie Frank III holds a freshly caught chinook, or king, salmon at the Nisqually River where his family has fished for generations. The chinook being caught are […]Read More
A fisherman stands on Bateman Island in the Tri-Cities. (Credit: Melindaa91 / Wikimedia Commons) Listen (Runtime 0:56) Read Removing a small causeway in the Tri-Cities could have big impacts for […]Read More
Tours of an allegedly haunted hospital first helped to breathe new life into Colfax’s downtown nine years ago. Now, ghost hunters’ curiosity about the hospital’s residents beyond the grave are helping to save the historic building Read More
Washington State U.S. Postal Service administration investigating where ballots that never reached voters have gone.Read More
Sluggish home sales have led to a shortfall in funding for homeless services in Washington. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read In Washington, the slow housing market […]Read More
In high school classrooms and on college campuses, students learn about the U.S. system of governance and the country’s political history. This November, some get to make their voice heard in those systems for the first time as voters.
In the Northwest, the issues driving some of these voters vary; from social issues to economics to housing. Still, others are choosing Read More
Corazón de México folklorico dancer Yuri Mora picks a book at NCW Libraries’ station at Wenatchee School District’s Migrant and Multilingual Night. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime […]Read More
As wildfire season winds down, crews around Washington and Oregon perform prescribed fires. Read More
A staffer for the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System has alleged retaliation after he spoke out about the deteriorating conditions of a building on the south Seattle campus that housed specialty clinics and office space.
Douglas Galuszka, chief of logistics, was issued two suspensions totaling three weeks of unpaid leave this year. He said VA administrators Read More
Listen I-2109 would repeal the capital gains tax, which helps fund child care and schools. (Credit: Flickr Creative Commons / Kids’ Work Chicago Daycare) (Runtime :56) Read In NWPB’s recent […]Read More
A resident makes his way to the dining room for lunch at a nursing home on March 6, 2020. (Credit: David Goldman / AP Photo) Watch Listen (Runtime :53) Read […]Read More
Students at Washington State University held a protest on Wednesday to call for the university to financially divest from fossil fuel companies. Read More
Sojourners' Alliance, una organización sin ánimo de lucro de Moscow, Idaho, ofrece viviendas de transición, refugios y recursos a los habitantes de la zona.Read More
People visit the small appliance repair station and knife sharpening station at a Repair Cafe in Moscow, Idaho. (Credit: Phineas Pope / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:47) Read On a Sunday […]Read More
John Halliday, a speaker and artist, is giving talks about Native American resilience across Washington state. (Courtesy of John Halliday) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read In the coming weeks, artist John […]Read More
A Free the Vote Washington coalition sign in Richland, Washington. The coalition is encouraging people with past felony convictions to register to vote, which has been their right since a […]Read More
Every October in the backyard of a Bothell home, a team of workers swarm around millions of blue orchard mason bees, to harvest the hibernating bees.
The company, Rent Mason Bees, quickly takes apart and cleans the wooden nesting blocks that gardeners and farmers across the state use in the spring to house these tiny pollinators. The company offers this service as part Read More
The U.S. Navy recently located the deceased Growler crew east of Mount Rainier. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :53) Read Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with […]Read More
Dayton, the seat of Columbia County. (Credit: Jennie Dickinson / Port of Columbia) Listen (Runtime :59) Read A 4-bedroom Victorian for just under $200,000. An updated 3-bedroom for just over […]Read More
Sojourners’ Alliance building in Moscow, Idaho. (Credit: Phineas Pope / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read Sojourners’ Alliance, a nonprofit organization in Moscow, Idaho, provides transitional housing, shelters and resources for […]Read More
Vestidos con coloridos trajes tradicionales, miembros de la comunidad se reunieron en el Filipino Community Hall of the Yakima Valley, en Wapato, para celebrar su inclusión en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos.Read More
Old Hotel Art Gallery Director Samantha Copas shares a laugh with her daughter, Ava Copas, 10, while leading a summer arts class. The gallery hosts arts and crafts classes for […]Read More
North Central Washington Libraries hosted a virtual talk with Erika L. Sánchez, the author of “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” on Oct. 10. (Credit: Reneé Dìaz / NWPB) […]Read More
Community members dressed in colorful and traditional clothes gathered at the Filipino Community Hall of the Yakima Valley in Wapato to celebrate its designation as a national historic landmark.Read More
Sarah Moffitt, education coordinator for Tri-State Steelheaders, pours salmon eggs into a tank at Davis Elementary School. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :59) Read It’s “egg day” at […]Read More
Award-winning poet Ricardo Ruiz focuses on telling the stories of his community, for his community. NWPB’s Rachel Sun interviewed Ruiz about that work, and his approach to collaborative storytelling through poetry.Read More
El galardonado poeta Ricardo Ruiz se centra en contar las historias de su comunidad, para su comunidad. Read More
Students and Pullman community members gathered Monday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and issue statements of support for Palestinian people. Read More
Un estudio reciente del Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos, USDA por sus siglas en inglés, dice que la inseguridad alimentaria en las zonas rurales está empeorando. El año pasado, 18 millones de hogares no tenían un buen acceso a los alimentos. Read More
Students watch as Peggy Jenkins, of Palouse Pathways, presents at a college exploration event at the Neill Public Library in Pullman, Washington. (Credit: Phineas Pope / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 00:59) […]Read More
Esta semana, el Concejo de la Ciudad de Bellingham votó a favor de disolver su Consejo Asesor de Inmigración, IAB por sus siglas en inglés. La ciudad creará un nuevo grupo de trabajo para apoyar el cumplimiento de la Ley Keep Washington Working.Read More
This week, Bellingham’s City Council voted to dissolve its Immigration Advisory Board. The city has now created a new work group to support its compliance with the Keep Washington Working Act.Read More
The food pantry at Inland Oasis in Moscow, Idaho. (Credit: Phineas Pope / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:33) Read Inland Oasis in Moscow, Idaho, is tucked behind a tax office and […]Read More
Kommuna Lux, a band from Ukraine, is playing shows throughout the Northwest. (Credit: Natalia Shevtsova / Kommuna Lux) Listen (Runtime :59) Read A band from Ukraine is taking the stage […]Read More
Eastmont High School’s multilingual teacher Joanne Johanson reviews compound sentences with her students on Wednesday. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read By Reneé Diaz and Jenni […]Read More
Whitman County Public Health announced there are now 18 confirmed cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in the student population at Washington State University.Read More
Democratic incumbent Maria Cantwell and Republican challenger Raul Garcia faced off in Spokane. Read More
Award-winning poet Ricardo Ruiz will do a reading from his poetry book, “We Had Our Reasons,” this Friday in Lewiston.Read More
(Credit: Urban Seed Education / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read Last month, the number of opioid overdoses in Walla Walla spiked to 124% more than the local monthly […]Read More
Joe Tice, the Tukwila Pantry’s executive director, stocks tables with canned goods at the food bank in Tukwila, Washington. (Credit: Lance Cheung / USDA) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read Before she […]Read More
One of the electrical switchyards at Grand Coulee Dam. (Credit: Bureau of Reclamation) Listen (Runtime 0:56) Read There’s a transfer happening at Grand Coulee Dam. After years of planning, the […]Read More
