Kyle Warden holds a crosscut saw attached to an American flag. He was a former lead wilderness ranger and was terminated on Sunday. He went to a protest at Memorial […]Read More
Washington state lawmakers still can’t pass bills to allow for some legal access to psychedelics.
With Feb. 21 as the cutoff for bills to move out of policy committees, two pieces of legislation that would have allowed regulated and supervised access to psilocybin for adults won't be moving forward — Senate Bill 5201 and House Bill 1433. The bills faced opposition from Read More
Sunnyside's City Council has approved a 2% utility tax increase to keep the community pool open this year.Read More
Chris Aquino, a young soccer player from the Tri-Cities, has begun playing in Mexico. The former Tacoma Defiance midfielder is now part of FC Juarez Under-23, which plays in the Mexican soccer league's Liga MX.Read More
El Museo REACH de Richland presenta una nueva exposición titulada “Migration to Community”, que destaca las contribuciones de los hispanos y latinos en Hanford. Read More
The Reach Museum in Richland is featuring a new exhibition called Migration to Community, which highlights the contributions of Hispanics and Latinos at Hanford. Read More
A home and outbuildings didn’t burn during a fast-moving fire. Some people are worrying more about homeowners policy cancellations in Washington state, as wildfire risk grows. (Credit: Bryan Flint / […]Read More
A group from Wenatchee gathered in Olympia to advocate for immigrant rights on Jan. 30. Clockwise from left, Liz Oropeza Palacios, Ivon Lopez Ramirez, Maria Gonzalez, Grace Mondragon and Zoe […]Read More
Seattle is one of the host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, the soccer party will extend to local communities, with fan zones coming to parts of Washington state. Read More
Autoridades municipales de Sunnyside, Washington, confirmaron que agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos están llevando a cabo operaciones en la ciudad.Read More
City officials in Sunnyside, Washington, confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are conducting operations in the city.Read More
Washington’s 24th Governor, Bob Ferguson, takes the oath of office in Olympia Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Credit: Jeanie Lindsay / KUOW) Read By Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News Network Washington’s new […]Read More
A person walks near the Legislative Building, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Credit: Ted S. Warren / AP) Read By Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News Network […]Read More
A federal judge in Eastern Washington granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit that
involves over ten Yakima County dairy producers.Read More
Heritage University will remodel its Kathleen Ross Center building. The university in Toppenish, WA will invest more than $2 million to improve its library and add a new center to help students get into STEM jobs.Read More
Aerospace company Boeing has announced another round of layoffs, this one impacting 396 workers in Washington state.
About half of the Boeing employees in Washington laid off in this round of cuts are members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace. Bryan Corliss, a spokesperson for SPEEA, said in recent months, his union has seen over 3% of Read More
Washington state’s legislative session begins on January 13, and several bills have already been prefiled. That includes one about enforcing federal immigration laws.Read More
Cases of avian flu among agricultural workers are raising concerns in the Northwest. The Washington State Department of Health has reported more than a dozen cases of avian flu among workers in recent months. Read More
La Oficina de Equidad del Estado de Washington y el Consejo de Logros Estudiantiles de Washington (WSAC, por sus siglas en inglés), apoyan el acceso de las personas a la educación a través de becas y financiación.Read More
The town of Sunnyside, Washington, in the Yakima Valley, looking south toward the Horse Heaven Hills. (Credit: Annie Warren / NWPB) watch Listen (Runtime 1:25) Read The Sunnyside City Council […]Read More
The Washington State Office of Equity and the Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) want to improve people’s access to education through grants and funding.Read More
On Nov. 13, a group of people gathered at a busy corner in Wenatchee, holding signs in support of immigrant rights on Wednesday (Credit: Reneé Dìaz / NWPB) Listen (Runtime […]Read More
Janet Krupin directs and stars in her new film “Sunset Road,” set on Red Mountain in Washington’s wine country. (Credit: Anna King/ NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:44) Read Sunset Road is […]Read More
November is Native American Heritage Month. In central Washington, different events celebrate these communities. On Friday, Nov. 22, Heritage University will host the award-winning actor Adam Beach in Toppenish His visit is closing out the university’s events recognizing the Native American communities’ contributions.Read More
A sign near the proposed site of the Cottonwood Road development. (Credit: Jenna Heffernan) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read A group of developers have filed a lawsuit against the city of […]Read More
Listen (00:56) Read U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, a Democrat, won re-election Thursday in Washington’s 8th Congressional District, defeating Republican challenger Carmen Goers. Schrier will return to Washington, D.C., in January […]Read More
Candidate Jerrod Sessler, a Republican, and incumbent Dan Newhouse, a Republican, are running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington’s 4th Congressional District position. (Credit: Sessler’s campaign website and […]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
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
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
As wildfire season winds down, crews around Washington and Oregon perform prescribed fires. 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
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
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
A health residency program in central Washington aims to make primary care more accessible for rural Hispanic and Latino/x/e communities.Read More
The city of Pasco and the Seattle Sounders will host the All-Pasco Soccer Celebration on Sunday. The event celebrates the opening of two new soccer mini-pitches in the Tri-Cities area.Read More
If you were to drive the farthest west you can in Washington, you’d reach Clallam County. That’s on the tip of the Olympic Peninsula, nestled between the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean. It’s a remote, wide county, where you can visit Olympic National Park and drive from sunny Sequim to rainy Forks. It’s a place known for its beauty and for its Read More
With Washington's primary election results in, eyes remain on key races throughout the state. On Thursday, the Office of the Secretary of State certified the Aug. 6 Primary results and ordered a statewide manual recount of the Commissioner of Public Lands race.Read More
Yakima Valley Libraries is celebrating 80 years as a library district. According to its website, the county library district was created around 1945.Read More
Normas federales para proteger de los riesgos del calor a los trabajadores en espacios interiores y exteriores se están estudiando al nivel nacional. Washington y Oregón ya cuentan con normas de este tipo para quienes laboran en entornos al aire libre.Read More
Federal rules for protecting outdoor and indoor workers from heat hazards are under consideration. Washington and Oregon already have such rules in place for outdoor workers.Read More
El distrito escolar de Sunnyside cambiará la forma de elegir a los miembros de su junta escolar. La medida se tomó tras un acuerdo entre el distrito escolar, la organización sin ánimo de lucro Empowering Latina Leaders and Action (ELLA), y American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), de Washington, para evitar la dilución del voto hispano o latino/e/x.Read More
Crew members unload equipment off of Lady Liberty in Stehekin (Credit: Reneé Dìaz / NWPB) Watch Listen (Runtime 1:07) Read The small, remote town of Stehekin is hard to get […]Read More
Left, Dan Newhouse (Credit: Dan Newhouse) Right, Jerrod Sessler (Credit: Jerrod Sessler) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse has fallen behind in votes against Donald Trump-endorsed challenger Jerrod […]Read More
Listen (Runtime 1:30) Read In Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary election, Washington state’s current Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Dave Reichert, a former U.S. Representative for Washington’s 8th Congressional District, emerged as […]Read More
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
(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
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
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
