The U.S. Department of Labor is asking the Washington Western District of Washington Court to dismiss a lawsuit. According to the suit, the department is failing to protect Washington farmworkers’ wages and labor conditions.Read More
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Lurking within the deep, blue waters that lap along the Washington state coastline and into the Puget Sound, algal blooms burst in colorful explosions when the sun shines across the surface, giving these aquatic plants life.
But these brightly colored blooms sometimes pack a dangerous punch. Read More
(Credit: Dan Newhouse, Jerrod Sessler and Tiffany Smiley campaigns) Listen (Runtime 1:09) Read Washington state voters face a choice: Re-elect incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of the few House […]Read More
An industrial lot in Walla Walla where two fires occurred on Monday. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Read A string of fires broke out in Walla Walla over the past […]Read More
There are legal barriers to studying cannabis, but CBG derived from hemp was used for Carrie Cuttler’s study on how this newer cannabinoid affects humans. In this Aug. 21, 2019 […]Read More
Virginia Hislop, of Yakima, recently participated in the commencement ceremony at Stanford University. She earned a master’s degree in education in 1941. (Credit: Annie Warren / NWPB) watch Listen (Runtime […]Read More
Department of Ecology State of Washington. Read Air Quality WA Site Map With the 2024 wildfire season underway, the Washington Department of Ecology is launching an enhanced air quality monitoring […]Read More
Mule deer in tall grasses and forbs, Iwetemlaykin Heritage Site, Wallowa Valley, Oregon. (Credit: Leon Werdinger / Alamy Stock Photo) watch Listen (Runtime 0:59) Read A fatal disease for deer […]Read More
The Gwen Fire has burned nearly 30,000 acres in the Clearwater Canyon near Juliaetta so far. In this photo taken July 31, 2024, the Rivaura Estate Vineyard and Winery can […]Read More
The Walla Walla Downtown Farmers Market is held on Saturdays. (Credit: Downtown Walla Walla Foundation) Read By Susan Shain | NWPB Walla Walla’s Downtown Farmers Market has been running for […]Read More
CAFÉ volunteers prepare boxes of supplies for agricultural workers, ensuring community support during extreme weather conditions. Pictured left to right, Yesenia Perez Ana Sanchez, Angelica Garcia-Macias, Joanna Sanchez, and Stephanie […]Read More
Moving cattle out of a forest recently outside of Burns, Oregon. (Credit: Sabrina Maki) Listen (Runtime 4:33) Read Exhaustion and frustration: Ranchers in southeast Oregon are battling wildfire. Like many […]Read More
If you’re under 18 in Idaho, a new state law says you can no longer get any kind of health care outside of emergency treatment without consent from a parent. NWPB’s Rachel Sun reports.Read More
Investigadores de Idaho y Oregón participaron en una investigación para mejorar la base de datos sobre la ocurrencia de incendios, conocida en inglés como Fire Ocurrance Database o FPA-FOD. Esa herramienta contiene datos históricos de más de dos millones de incendios forestales ocurridos en Estados Unidos. Read More
Tacoma For All and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 367 announced plans to bring an initiative to Pierce and Thurston county voters next year. The groups are calling the initiative a workers’ bill of rights. Read More
In Skagit County, a nonprofit that houses a number of animals, including exotic ones, is in continued legal battles. A law firm that advocates for animal rights is claiming the organization may have violated the Endangered Species Act, by, as the law firm claims in its complaint, the illegal euthanization of wolves. Read More
Researchers from Idaho and Oregon participated in research to improve the Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database, or FPA-FOD, which contains historical data on more than two million wildfires in the United States. These improvements might be the key to better predicting wildfires in the Northwest.Read More
John Mangan ran I-91, KVTI for nearly 30 years. (Credit: Kevin Mangan) Listen (Runtime 4:01) Read In the spring, the South Sound lost an airwaves icon. John Mangan ran the […]Read More
Palouse Habitat for Humanity volunteers attach a wooden ramp to the back door of a house. (Credit: Jennifer Wallace) Listen (Runtime 3:49) Read About 6 miles west of Pullman, Washington, […]Read More
Darren Ogden, a biologist with NOAA, watches as technician Riley Krieg nets sockeye salmon to put them into a tank on a truck. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NWPB) Watch Listen […]Read More
Bryan Kohberger, right, is escorted into a courtroom for a hearing in Latah County District Court on Sept. 13, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. (Credit: Ted S. Warren / AP Photo) […]Read More
Stories of recovery: Patients talk about pairing medication assisted treatment with provider support
Six years ago, if you had told Jamie Cline that today, she would be the mom of a toddler, working at a doctor’s office and completing her bachelor’s degree, she would have thought you were nuts.
But, she is doing all of those things. On top of all of that, Cline is also nearly six years into recovery from drug addiction. Read More
Kaiwin Clements, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, holds freshly picked huckleberries in the shape of a heart. (Credit: Merle Kirk) Watch Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read […]Read More
Fire crews continue firing wildfires to keep on high alert in the Northwest.Read More
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland celebrated with Gov. Jay Inslee, state, local, and Native American tribal leaders break ground at the new passage facility Wednesday, July 24, 2024 […]Read More
Creator and host Alec Cowan’s shadow during a tour of the Sunday Mine Complex, a complex of five uranium mines in the Big Gypsum Valley near Paradox, Colorado, on Feb. […]Read More
Multiple fires in Latah and Nez Perce counties in Idaho forced the evacuation of Juliaetta, Myrtle, Cherryland, and Arrow areas Thursday night.Read More
En un barrio de Richland poco queda de los mensajes de odio distribuidos hace un par de semanas. Los vecinos dicen que esos mensajes no tienen lugar allí y las autoridades siguen investigando lo ocurrido. Read More
Barbara Slott stands near some flowering plants that will provide nectar for monarch butterflies. (Credit: Karen Richards / KLCC) KLCC | By Karen Richards A small nonprofit in rural Douglas […]Read More
Washington state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to keep gray wolves’ endangered status. (Credit: William Campbell) Listen (Runtime 0:54) Read Gray wolves will keep their endangered status in Washington state. […]Read More
In a Richland neighborhood, little remains of hateful messages left recently. Neighbors said those messages have no place there and investigators are still looking into what happened. Read More
Everyone watching fires around Washington this week held their breath as about 600 lightning strikes hit the landscape across the state.
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources, who, alongside agency partners, prepared for those conditions this week by pulling in out-of-state resources and pre-positioning crews. The lightning strikes ignited at least two Read More
At a Lower Snake River dams forum in the Tri-Cities, Chuck Bender, who said his family members are tugboat operators, fell to his knees in front of U.S. Rep. Dan […]Read More
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation holds a hearing to examine the need to protect Americans’ privacy in Washington, D.C., on July 11. (Credit: Renee Bouchard / […]Read More
Tumbleweeds are torched at the Hanford cleanup site in southeast Washington in the early part of this year. (Credit: U.S. Department of Energy) Listen (Runtime 4:35) Read Fire Chief Nickolus […]Read More
Andrew Pogue, co-founder of Fair Isle Brewing in Seattle, reaches for fireweed leaves on a foraging trip. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:46) Read One craft brewery in […]Read More
Volunteers supporting the Idaho open primaries ballot initiative gather at Ivywild Park in Boise, Idaho, on April 27. (Credit: Kyle Green / AP Photo) Watch Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read This […]Read More
A national report from Senator Maria Cantwell’s office shows abortion bans are having far-reaching impacts across states with and without abortion bans. NWPB's Rachel Sun reports.Read More
El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. actualizó las tasas de pago para los trabajadores agrícolas temporales, conocidos como H2A, en el estado de Washington. Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor updated the prevailing wage rates for temporary agricultural workers in Washington state. The move came after Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a farmworker’s union in Skagit County, sued the department last May for failing to protect local workers’ wages and labor conditions.Read More
Dry, hot and windy conditions have communities on alert for wildfire danger across the Pacific Northwest. Those conditions propelled fire growth over the weekend, and more of the same weather is expected this week. Read More
From left to right, Charles Atkinson, Jeff Ostenson, Mary Big Bull-Lewis and Twa-le Abrahamson answer questions from the crowd after the film “Fish War.” (Credit: Reneé Dìaz / NWPB) Listen […]Read More
Four days a week, Kevin Ruby’s team is responding to calls and, often complaints, about people experiencing homelessness in Tacoma.
“We always are trying to put people in touch with resources,” Ruby said. “It's just the resources right now, this week, last week, this time of year in general, include a lot more often water, cooling shelters, transportation to cooling Read More
The Columbia River west of the Gorge as it heads toward Portland and out to the Pacific Ocean. (Credit: Amelia Templeton / OPB) WATCH Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read After more […]Read More
A view of the Mount Pilchuck fire lookout in Washington. (Credit: Ham Hock / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read It’s bone dry and blisteringly hot across Washington state, […]Read More
The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium welcomed a new member into its marine family last month: a California sea lion pup.
Already, Pepper is a spicy and playful pup, said Jen DeGroot, curator of marine mammals and birds at the zoo. Read More
Supreme Court decision may affect city policy, but until it does, unhoused residents and advocates say they’re busy with day-to-day challengesRead More
Elaine Harvey, Jeremy Takala, Simone Anter. J.D. Reeves/High Country News Read B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster | High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News. When Yakima Nation leaders […]Read More
Columbia Basin potatoes move on a belt during harvest in 2021. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read For two years, Northwest farmers didn’t have enough potatoes for […]Read More
This file photo from June 17, 2023, shows Sub Focus performing at the Gorge Amphitheatre. (Credit: Northwest News Network file) Listen (Runtime :53) Read This past holiday weekend turned fiery […]Read More