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How Washington’s small airports are getting their flights back
The Walla Walla Regional Airport once again has two daily roundtrip flights that connect it to Seattle. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :59) Read During the pandemic, Alaska
Adults-only room in the works for a small library in northern Idaho
Idaho’s new law restricting what materials minors can read means small towns in Idaho have to come up with new rules, or risk legal action against them. (Credit: Johnny McClung
WA, local schools will not share student information with immigration enforcement
Information for parents is posted in the school lobby in both English and Spanish at Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Wenatchee. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime
Immigration is tied to food security, farmer says, and food security is tied to national security
Patrick Smith of Loftus Ranches relies on temporary workers to tend his crops. Immigration policy has broad impact, he says. Patrick Smith grows apples and hops at Loftus Ranches in
This bill could give Washington tribes, communities more say in wind, solar development
A new bill making its way through the Washington Legislature would require county and tribal approval for new wind and solar projects that go through the state’s Energy Facility Site
Man sentenced for crash that killed 3 women, 2 from Washington state
A man who killed three people while driving drunk, including two from the eastern Washington town of Clarkston, will serve 22 years in prison.
Workers at PeaceHealth feel their access to health care is limited with new insurer
When employees at PeaceHealth hospitals around the state need a prescription filled for themselves or a family member, they can get them filled at PeaceHealth pharmacies for lower costs. It’s one of the benefits of the health care organization’s insurance plan for its employees.
But in Bellingham, Washington, PeaceHealth workers can’t use that benefit. There isn’t a physical PeaceHealth pharmacy in the city.
Project 2025 and Hanford: What Trump’s second term could mean for WA’s toxic sludge
A gate and signs stand guard at one of the Hanford site’s tank farms. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 4:02) Read By Anna King and Jeanie Lindsay Traffic
Preparing your Northwest garden for spring
Washington State University Extension has tips to help make sure your garden is ready this spring. (Credit: Washington State University Extension) Read In the dark days of winter, it’s never
Child care subsidies in Washington could be impacted as state faces budget gap
People stand in RoseMary’s Place, a child care agency on the Columbia County Health System campus in Dayton, Washington. (Credit: Columbia County Health System) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read This year,
Two bills could make it easier for people in Washington state custody to vote, politically organize
A person walks near the Legislative Building, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Credit: Ted S. Warren / AP) Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read While people who
Labor shortages and deportation fears threaten Washington agriculture
A worker unloads apples from his picking bag at McDougall & Sons orchard on Oct. 10 in Douglas County. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read In
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