A national report from Senator Maria Cantwell’s office shows abortion bans are having far-reaching impacts across states with and without abortion bans. NWPB's Rachel Sun reports.Read More
Supreme Court decision may affect city policy, but until it does, unhoused residents and advocates say they’re busy with day-to-day challengesRead More
Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington state visited TriState Health in Clarkston last week, along with local leadersRead More
El Mercado de Agricultores de Lewiston, Idaho, es uno de los aproximadamente 50 que funcionan en el estado, y ha ido creciendo. Se inauguró este mes con 51 vendedores, un gran paso respecto a años anteriores.Read More
Screenshots of panelists during a press conference on Thursday. Clockwise from top left: Susie Pouliot Keller, chief executive officer of the Idaho Medical Association; Dr. Duncan Harmon, a maternal fetal […]Read More
Lawmakers, including Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington, recently introduced a bill to try to sustain maternity wards in rural hospitals. But the additional funding might not be enough.Read More
The nonprofit health care provider, CHAS Health, plans to open an additional clinic in Lewiston, Idaho late next year and expand its services. Read More
This Jan. 25, 2012, file photo shows the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo) Read A leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion seems […]Read More
Summer is here, and that means farmers markets. NWPB’s Rachel Sun visited one market in Lewiston, Idaho and talked to vendors about their goods.Read More
Emergency room clinicians across Washington will now have access to a new resource to provide medications for opioid use disorder.Read More
An attorney representing unhoused Clarkston residents filed a motion Friday for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Clarkston.Read More
An internal investigation by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare shows state funds likely were used to reimburse for the purchase of harm reduction materials illegal in the state of Idaho.Read More
A Christian nonprofit started providing sexual education at Moscow High School through guest lectures late last week. The organization’s chief executive officer says they provide similar guest lectures at around seven other schools in the region.Read More
An assessment by the Asotin County Health District shows that mental health, housing and aging in place, along with substance use, are some of the largest health issues facing the community. Read More
Kathleen Bartholomew says nursing is an art. Read More
Idaho’s North Central Health District, which encompasses Latah, Nez Perce, Lewis, Clearwater and Idaho counties, has named a new director. Read More
That information includes IP address and search terms used in the company’s health encyclopedia.Read More
People living in north Idaho will have access to free health clinics this month. Read More
There are limited resources specific for children grieving a loss. One of the few in the Inland Northwest is the Willow Center in Lewiston, Idaho. Read More
Students in the Inland Northwest this week joined growing antiwar protests at schools across the country.Read More
A new exhibit of queer art and ephemera at Washington State University is showcasing LGBTQ+ lives and experiences in the rural Palouse region. Read More
New research shows that people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias who live in rural areas often have trouble seeing a neurologist. Read More
Idaho has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. On April 24th, the U-S Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case to decide whether Idaho’s ban violates a federal law mandating emergency care.Read More
Idahoans will gain access to fentanyl testing strips this year. Advocates say this could save lives, especially for first-time users.Read More
Four unhoused residents and a nonprofit that works with the homeless are suing the city of Clarkston.Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an amicus brief ahead of oral arguments for a Supreme Court case related to Idaho’s abortion restrictions. Rachel Sun reports.Read More
March is colorectal cancer awareness month. One soon-to-be medical graduate at Washington State University says he’s hoping to help raise awareness about screenings in his hometown before he graduates.Read More
The Lewiston-Clarkston valley, already known as one of the oldest population centers in the region, is even older than first thought. That could have big impacts in sectors including healthcare, transportation and housing.Read More
A Pullman charter school could lose its accreditation. This story was written in collaboration with Emily Pearce at the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Read More
Three new medical residents will be joining Pullman Regional Hospital’s Family Medicine program in June. Read More
Unhoused residents in Clarkston, Washington, are waiting to hear from the city. On March 7th, the attorney representing them requested modifications to an ordinance limiting where and for how long homeless people can camp. Read More
Residents in north central Idaho have the chance to influence what health and social service programs are available in their community through the end of March.Read More
Two portable toilets were installed at Foster Park in Clarkston on Friday morning after some unhoused residents started sleeping at the park following the closure of a homeless camp on February 12th.Read More
Unhoused residents in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley found bathrooms locked on Foster Park after they moved there from a camp that was closed Monday evening in Clarkston. NWPB's Rachel Sun reports.Read More
Houseless people living near the Walmart in Clarkston were notified on Wednesday that have just days to leave a camp they’ve stayed at since November.Read More
Glenn Johnson spent 20 years in his position as Pullman's Mayor before retiring this year. Johnson first moved to Pullman over 40 years ago, and has since served in numerous positions within the community and at Washington State University. He sat down with NWPB's Rachel Sun this week to talk about his time as mayor, and plans for the future.Read More
The world’s largest insurance company will pay $1.5 million in damages for illegally denying travel insurance claims in Washington related to mental health disorders.Read More
In the year and a half since the U-S Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion, Washington state has become a haven for non-residents seeking abortions. NWPB’s Rachel Sun reports. Read More
As a community grapples with what to do about the growing homeless population, unhoused residents say the grind of daily life makes it difficult to make progressRead More
The use of some drugs originally designated for Type Two Diabetes has grown in popularity for weight-loss. This creates a problem for diabetics who now have trouble getting their prescriptions filled. NWPB’s Rachel Sun has more. Read More
A new neurosurgery practice at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow is part of a larger expansion to increase services.Read More
In her new book, local woman recounts joys, successes and struggles of her life living with schizoaffective disorderRead More
A new cohort will start with 15 students who will train at Lewiston, Moscow, Kooskia, and other northern towns.Read More
Idaho ranks last out of all 50 states for physicians per capita, and the problem could get worse without intervention.Read More
Washington’s Native and Strong lifeline hit its one-year anniversary this November. Since then, the lifeline for, and by, Native American and Alaska Native people has answered over 4,000 calls.Read More
Photo via Food and Drug Administration Read Two Idaho children tested for elevated blood lead levels after eating recalled cinnamon applesauce products. The affected children live in Elmore and Ada […]Read More
Kim Hartwig speaks on being a Native woman working in medicine, how to make rural health care work and building a future for the next generation.Read More
Cerca de 105.000 personas tienen derecho a obtener un seguro médico en Washington. Esto se debe a que, por primera vez, los residentes indocumentados pueden adquirir un seguro médico a través de Washington Health Plan Finder.Read More
Around 105-thousand more Washington residents are now eligible to buy health insurance through the state. But for many, those plans are still too expensive.Read More
At Clarkston’s Valley Community Center, kitchen operations that would normally feed between 50 and 100 people on Thursday ground to a halt after a regional natural gas outage that made most of the kitchen unusable.Read More
