News
-
Anna King/NWPBWhat will set off your New Year? If you’ll be making a toast to 2026 – you should know, the Northwest is home to new and interesting sparkling wines. -
Courtesy: Jonathan LewisA plan to add back-up power to a hospital in south-central Washington could be back on track. A judge ordered the federal government to give back grants to hundreds of projects that reduce natural disaster risks. -
Brian Vega/NWPBUp to 800,000 LED lights cover the park this year. Included with that is the lighted arch walkway, bright dancing penguins, a lighted igloo — and even a fireplace to warm up.
Local Programs
Arts & Culture
Reeder's Movie Reviews: Song Sung Blue
The new movie from producer-director-writer Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Coming 2 America) really wants you to like it, until it dares you to feel otherwise.
Reeder's Movie Reviews: Avatar: Fire and Ash
If you’re planning a return visit to Pandora, bring your imagination and your patience.
PNW Bites: Loaded potato stacks
On this edition of PNW Bites, host Jordan Eby brings you a regionally inspired recipe for loaded potato stacks.
PNW Bites: Winter apple salad
On this edition of PNW Bites, host Jordan Eby brings you a regionally inspired recipe for winter apple salad.
Bikers, skateboarders zoom around Kennewick’s new pump track. It’s the first in the area
Imagine a small-scale roller coaster but for bikes and skateboards. That’s called a pump track. Kennewick officially opened the first one in the Tri-Cities.
Reeder's Movie Reviews: Eternity
So, you probably wouldn’t think of pondering eternity as a casual, much less comedic, exercise. Yet that’s what you get in Eternity, which wants to balance fantasy, romance, pathos and humor.
Reeder's Movie Reviews: Hamnet
In writer-director Chloé Zhao’s heartbreaking new film, love is transformed twice, first by grief and then by art. It’s an exquisite conceit, thoughtfully realized and superbly acted.
A project seeks the history of Latinas in central Washington
A new project at Washington State University Tri-Cities is documenting the history of Latinas in central Washington. It will be a lasting archive of stories of immigrant life and resilience.
New NWPB short documentary explores shipwrecks off the Northwest Coast
Part of the Northwest Coast is often referred to as the “Graveyard of the Pacific.” That's because it's home to thousands of shipwrecks. NWPB's Anna King talks with host Phineas Pope about our new short documentary, "Wrecked: Sinking Ships & Colliding Cultures on the Northwest Coast."
Wrecked: Sinking ships and colliding cultures on the Northwest Coast
Historian Coll Thrush’s book titled “Wrecked” traces the history of iconic shipwrecks on the Pacific Northwest Coast and what impacts the wrecks have had on the Indigenous communities there.
Kids
Explore Together / Exploremos Juntos
Explore Together is our program just for kids ages 2–8 and their families. Join us at community events, get hands-on with STEAM activities and make lasting memories together.
Ask Dr. Universe
See Dr. Universe answer your most baffling science questions.
PBS Kids
Educational games and videos from Curious George, Wild Kratts and other PBS KIDS shows!
NWPB Events
