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To help salmon on the Yakima River, causeway to be removed at Bateman Island
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
Ghosts stir town business
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
Hundreds of Whitman County ballots lost in the mail
Washington State U.S. Postal Service administration investigating where ballots that never reached voters have gone.
Washington projects $250M funding shortfall for homeless services
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
What issues matter most to young voters ahead of the election?
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 not to vote.
Wenatchee’s Migrant and Multilingual Night empowers families through learning tools
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
Prescribed fires help manage forests in the Northwest
As wildfire season winds down, crews around Washington and Oregon perform prescribed fires.
Seattle Veterans Affairs staffer alleges whistleblower retaliation
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 punished him for calling attention to leadership failures at the hospital and talking with press. According to Galuszka, the two suspensions he served mark the only discipline he has received in his seven years working for the VA. Prior to the suspensions, Galuszka said, he was not counseled by a supervisor or required to go through training.
What is Initiative 2109?
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
What is Initiative 2124?
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
Environmental group calls for fossil fuel divestment at WSU
Students at Washington State University held a protest on Wednesday to call for the university to financially divest from fossil fuel companies.
Organización ayuda a personas sin hogar en el Palouse
Sojourners’ Alliance, una organización sin ánimo de lucro de Moscow, Idaho, ofrece viviendas de transición, refugios y recursos a los habitantes de la zona.
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