Sockeye salmon like these are among the salmon species in peril. (Credit: Aaron Kunz) Listen (Runtime 2:57) Read For Northwest tribes, removing the four lower Snake River dams means more… Continue Reading Tribal members gather Read More
A group of hikers on the Iron Goat Trail in Washington. (Credit: Jon Hathaway via Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 3:37) Read The Cascade Mountains are full of stories. Some… Continue Reading A ‘haunted hike’ brings Washington disaster to Read More
Jeremy, Stella and Manaia Wolf, members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, collect fresh fir boughs in the Rainwater Wildlife Area near Dayton, Wash. The fir boughs… Continue Reading How some Read More
Interior of an empty courtroom with gavel and sounding block on the desk. (Credit: Getty Images) Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read After years of investigation, Washington’s attorney general has charged the… Continue Reading 48 Read More
Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Courtesy: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Listen (Runtime 0:57) Read Federal officials are considering several possibilities to bring grizzly bears to Washington’s North Cascades.… Continue Read More
Yakama Nation biologist Dave’y Lumley shows Aleeyah McJoe, 7, an adult lamprey at the Yakama Nation’s Willamette Falls Lamprey Celebration. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime 0:59)… Continue Read More
Kids and caretakers watch a “Madeline” DVD in the basement of the Columbia County Library on a hot Tuesday afternoon. (Credit: Courtney Flatt, Northwest News Network.) Listen (Runtime 0:58) Read… Continue Reading Measure to Read More
A giant tortoise on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos. (Courtesy of Courtney Flatt.) Listen (Runtime 1:13) Read Northwest researchers have discovered that turtle shells can help track radioactive material… Continue Reading Read More
A Western gray squirrel. (Courtesy of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.) Listen (Runtime 0:57) Read Washington’s Western gray squirrels are in trouble. So much so that state officials… Continue Reading Washington may Read More
La biblioteca del condado de Columbia, en el sureste de Washington, se encuentra a menos de una cuadra de la calle principal de Dayton, en un edificio histórico de ladrillo rojo que alberga más de 30.000 libros. Read More
After the Vogt family toured sites Maui Monday, they headed back to their resort – and traffic stopped. Flames jumped the highway, said mom, Kara Vogt. (Courtesy of Ryan Vogt)… Continue Reading For one Washington family, vacation in Read More
The Ol’ Crimson flag waves during an ESPN College GameDay. (Courtesy: Ol’ Crimson Booster Club) Listen (Runtime 0:50) Read Every ESPN College GameDay, somewhere in the crowd you can see… Continue Reading WSU alumni, Read More
Prineville Hotshots construct handline along the edge of the Newell Road Fire in south-central Washington. (Credit: Newell Fire Information, Facebook) Read As new, large fires have started in Oregon and… Continue Reading Drought Read More
The Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River. (Courtesy: Bonneville Power Administration) Listen (Runtime 0:45) Read Several conservation and fishing groups say the Snake River dams are making the river… Continue Reading Groups Read More
Yakama Nation biologist Dave’y Lumley shows Aleeyah McJoe, 7, an adult lamprey at the Yakama Nation’s Willamette Falls Lamprey Celebration. (Credit: Courtney Flatt.) Listen (Runtime 4:15) Read On the banks… Continue Reading Tribes celebrate as lamprey Read More
Edward-Asher Parodi, 4, of Orofino, Idaho, is helping to raise money for Jared Allen’s Home for Wounded Warriors by competing in a national mullet contest. There are almost 30 contestants… Continue Reading Mullet Mania: Northwest Read More
Biologists are catching as many northern pike as they can in Lake Roosevelt, the reservoir held back by the Grand Coulee Dam. CREDIT: Courtney Flatt Listen (Runtime 0:54) Read Right… Continue Reading Biologists prepare for Read More
File photo of solar panels. (Credit: Sarah Swenty / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read Not everyone loves renewable energy development, but a new project in Washington… Continue Reading Solar development maps: Where is there Read More
A gray wolf. Credit: William Campbell Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read Northwest wolves could soon be on their way to Colorado. Wildlife managers there say they need to bring wolves to… Continue Reading Will some Northwest wolves call Colorado home?Read More
The Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River. CREDIT: BPA Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read At a Congressional hearing in Richland, Wash., designed to defend the four Lower Snake River dams… Continue Reading Congress members dive into Northwest dams debateRead More
Markeeta Little Wolf and her husband Mike Hubbard come to American 35 every Saturday. Mike Hubbard has a pizza named after him, called “Mr. Hubbard’s Saturday” (Credit: Courtney Flatt /… Continue Reading As Read More
Ira Stevenson preps salmon filets for the salmon bake after a First Salmon ceremony at Chief Joseph dam in north central Washington. (Credit: Courtney Flatt.) Listen (Runtime 4:04) Read The… Continue Reading For tribes, Read More
A fire burned an estimated 1,000 acres on the Hanford nuclear reservation this weekend. The fire is now 100 percent contained, according to a Department of Energy spokesperson. (Courtesy: Benton… Continue Reading Fire at Hanford nuclear Read More
Blake Foraker grills gene-edited German-style sausages at Washington State University. Credit: Connor Henricksen Listen (Runtime 3:58) Read At a barbecue on campus last week, flames licked a set of sausage… Continue Reading WSU researchers Read More
A view from the edge of the cliff where the Goldendale Energy Storage Project could be built. An underground tunnel would carry water from a upper reservoir to a reservoir… Continue Reading Federal regulators want public input Read More
While hiking, Nancy Lust, with Friends of Rocky Top, watches a truck dump waste into a landfill in Yakima County. Lust lives near the landfill and has fought to learn… Continue Reading Underground fire, harmful fumes prompt cleanup Read More
An illustration of a potential floating wind turbine under the water. Credit: University of Maine Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read With the climate rapidly changing, researchers are trying to find ways… Continue Reading NW scientists study the Read More
A cross country skier follows a trail on the Sunny M Ranch property in the Methow Valley. The Methow Conservancy hopes to purchase the land this summer. Credit: Courtney Flatt… Continue Reading Conservation Read More
It’s been more than a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Thousands of fighters and civilians have died. With no clear end in sight, Ukrainian forces are taking all the help they can get – including from surveillance drone pilots, trained in Washington’s Methow Valley. Read More
File photo of solar panels. Credit: Sarah Swenty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read In the Pacific Northwest, conversations about renewable energy can get pretty heated. Residents… Continue Reading Washington Read More
A mule deer lying in the grass. (Russ Parman via Flickr) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read An animal advocacy group alleges Washington State University broke federal law after several animals died… Continue Reading Animal advocacy Read More
Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read Grizzly bears in Washington’s North Cascades could gain habitat as the climate warms, according… Continue Reading Read More
Forested area in Washington. CREDIT: Connor Henricksen Listen (Runtime 1:07) Read In the eyes of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, one big thing is missing from the state’s… Continue Reading Read More
Late afternoon light catches smoke from the Cold Springs Fire near a structure that appeared to be empty long before the fire, Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, near Omak, Washington. CREDIT:… Continue Reading Artificial Read More
A warning light blinks on a wind turbine at night. Credit: naql, Flickr Creative Commons Listen (Runtime 1:09) Read Tri-Cities area residents have called the blinking red lights on top… Continue Reading Washington bill would Read More
The Washington State Capitol building in Olympia. CREDIT: Austin Jenkins/N3 Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read You’ve probably heard of state flowers or state trees. In addition to such flora, Washington soon… Continue Reading No bones Read More
A combine harvests barley Friday, Aug. 24, 2007, near Moscow, Idaho. Credit: Ted S. Warren/AP READ When you think of heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, you might picture industrial smoke stacks… Continue Read More
A view from the edge of the cliff where the Goldendale Energy Storage Project could be built. An underground tunnel would carry water from a upper reservoir to a reservoir… Continue Reading Goldendale energy Read More
There’s a lot of misunderstanding when people talk about wolf management, according to a new study out of the University of Washington. Continue Reading Study: people mean different things when they talk about managing Read More
Tree climber Phil Chi does one last safety check before he climbs to the top of a whitebark pine tree. Credit: Courtney Flatt Listen (Runtime 0:59) Read The West’s iconic… Continue Reading Whitebark pines – the Read More
A moose was spotted for the first time in Mount Rainier National Park. Credit: Mount Rainier National Park Service LISTEN (Runtime: 1:05) READ For the first time, a moose has… Continue Reading Moose spotted for the first time in Mount Read More
LISTEN (Runtime: 4:12) READ Music poured out of the small sanctuary at Shalom United Church of Christ in Richland, Washington. Piano keys evoked dripping, melting glaciers. Drum beats became the… Continue Reading How one Read More
A silhouette of a forest fire. Credit: Egor Vikhrev, Unsplash LISTEN (Runtime: 1:02) READ Many states are failing to adequately budget for wildfire costs before, during and after fires, according… Continue Reading Many states fail to Read More
Scientists are studying old wildfires to find what forest treatments slowed the flames – and what treatments didn’t work so well. Researchers are looking closely at the Schneider Springs fire, the largest wildfire in Washington in 2021. Continue Reading Read More
Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service LISTEN (Runtime: 1:11) READ Federal officials are taking another look at bringing grizzly bears into the North Cascades.… Continue Read More
Cathy McMorris Rodgers gives her victory speech after claiming an eighth term as a US Representative for Washington’s 5th District. Credit Emily Schwing/N3 LISTEN (Runtime: 1:05) READ If U.S. Rep.… Continue Read More
Jennifer Garcia with her daughter, Hannah, 2. Garcia found out the soil in her yard tested high for arsenic. It’s left over from pesticides sprayed before the 1950s on this… Continue Reading Does your soil have Read More
More eyes are on ballots in the Tri-Cities area this election, according to reports from the Benton County auditor. Continue Reading Ballot drop box observers seen monitoring voters in the Tri-CitiesRead More
Jevencia Marshall, 2, peers into a tank of juvenile lamprey at the Screech at the REACH event Friday. CREDIT: Courtney Flatt, Northwest News Network. LISTEN (RUNTIME: 1:00) READ As a… Continue Reading Spiders, Read More
For 90 days, an oil leak went undetected by the Army Corps of Engineers at Little Goose Dam in southeastern Washington. CREDIT: Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Flickr Creative Commons… Continue Reading Hundreds of gallons Read More