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Ocean Shores firefighter/EMT Kara McDermott spends more time than usual behind to wheel of these ambulances as overwhelmed hospitals routinely divert incoming transports.

Trickle-Down Effects From Overcrowded Hospitals: Ambulances Scarce And A House Burns

Tom Banse September 22, 2021

A white bag filled with biochar made by C6 Forest to Farm.

How Residents In The Methow Valley Are Hoping To Prevent Wildfire By Creating BioChar

NWPB News September 22, 2021

Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2019 as part of a fundraiser for an outdoor leadership program for young people with physical and sensory disabilities.

Programs For Disabled And Disadvantaged Washington Youth Imperiled After Lieutenant Governor Cancels Funding Amid Ethics Probe

Austin Jenkins September 21, 2021

Six Dogs Sickened Or Dead Near Tri-Cities, All Thought To Have Contact With Columbia River

Anna King September 17, 2021

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Old photo of Thomas J. Dryer, creator of the Oregonian Newspaper

Past As Prologue: Gendered Epithets In Pacific Northwest Politics And Beyond

NWPB News September 9, 2021

Musicians at the Pacific Baroque Festival

The Pacific Baroque Festival in Victoria Returns With Music That Reassures And Comforts

Gigi Yellen September 3, 2021

Passing the Baton: Teachers And Their Music

NWPB Music August 26, 2021

The Arts

Reeder’s Movie Reviews: Shang-Chi

Steve Reeder September 3, 2021

Reeder’s Movie Reviews: The Night House

Steve Reeder September 1, 2021

Reeder’s Movie Reviews: Reminiscence

Steve Reeder August 26, 2021

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Travelers wearing protective face masks wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration screening at LaGuardia Airport in New York last month. U.S. aviation regulators are calling on the nation's airports to crack down on the defiantly unmasked.

TSA Is Doubling Fines For Those Who Refuse To Wear A Mask While Flying

NPR News September 10, 2021

The monorail at Expo '86 in Vancouver, Canada, the last time a Northwest city hosted the global cultural gathering. Seattle, Portland and Spokane have hosted as well. CREDIT: Colin Rose, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vancouver Expo ’86: Remembering Cascadia’s Last Great World’s Fair 35 Years Later

NWPB News July 15, 2021

Sharon Rivera adjusts flowers at daughter Victoria's grave at Calvary Cemetery in New York City in 2020. Her daughter, 21, died of a drug overdose in 2019. According to new CDC data, drug overdose deaths soared to more than 93,000 last year. Kathy Willens/AP

Drug Overdoses Killed A Record Number Of Americans In 2020, Jumping By Nearly 30%

NPR News July 14, 2021

President Biden walks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the Capitol on Wednesday as he arrives to discuss the latest progress on his infrastructure agenda. CREDIT: Andrew Harnik/AP

President Biden Makes A Push For Democrats To Unite Around $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan