Washington state has already declared some areas in drought. There’s not enough snowpack in many areas, and much of it is melting out faster than expected.Read More
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The shooting occurred at a high-profile event in Grant County. On summer nights, The Gorge Amphitheatre becomes the largest city in the county.Read More
Three Native American women will share their own stories to a crowd at Yakima’s Capitol Theatre this Thursday as part of a storytelling program called “The Aunties.” Read More
Propietarios de pequeños supermercados del Noroeste, que venden productos hispanos y latinos, ha seguido de cerca los cambios en los aranceles a productos de otros países. Según la Americas Society/Council of the Americas, el 9 de abril el presidente Trump anunció que todos los países enfrentarían un arancel base del 10% durante 90 días.Read More
“At the end of the day, the consumer pays the consequences." - Alejandro Jiménez, owner of Kabana King supermarket Latino small business owners in the Northwest have been closely monitoring changes in tariffs from other countries. Read More
Suspensión de los programas Early Head Start y Head Start afecta a siete Inspire Development Centers en el centro de Washington, dejando a más de 400 niños sin apoyo educativo después de que la financiación federal nunca llegara. También provocó el despido de más de 70 personas.Read More
Student visas are being revoked at universities around the nation. (Credit: Pixabay) watch Listen (Runtime :58) Read Four students at the University of Idaho and three students at Washington State […]Read More
Snow melts in drops off bare blueberry bush twigs at a sprawling farm in Franklin County in Washington state. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) watch Listen (Runtime 2:47) Read At […]Read More
Bryan Kohberger, right, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, sits with Anne Taylor, left, one of his attorneys, during a hearing in Latah […]Read More
Last year’s unharvested grapes go to the birds in the Columbia Basin. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :57) Read Winter-weathered wine grape canes are sheared from cordons and […]Read More
Many USDA researchers working in the Northwest are fired, worked on everything from hops to potatoes
Francisco Gonzalez, a Ph.D. researcher at the U.S. Department of Agriculture who was stationed at Washington State University’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, has been fired by […]Read More
(Credit: Anna King / NWPB) About a dozen federal workers have been fired from the Hanford site in southeast Washington state. Hanford is the contaminated legacy of plutonium manufacturing during […]Read More
FILE – In this 2010 file photo, chickens stand in their cages at Maine Contract Farming in Turner, Maine. Another farm in Franklin County, Washington has had to recently euthanize […]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
Rev. Miriam Gentle is the pastor at Northwest United Protestant Church in Richland, Wash. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:27) Read Religious leaders east of the Cascades in […]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
The U.S. Navy recently located the deceased Growler crew east of Mount Rainier. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :53) Read Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with […]Read More
Creator and host Alec Cowan’s shadow during a tour of the Sunday Mine Complex, a complex of five uranium mines in the Big Gypsum Valley near Paradox, Colorado, on Feb. […]Read More
A field of WSU’s new variety, Bush wheat, growing near Lynden, Washington. (Credit: Washington State University) Listen (Runtime 1:05) Read Editor’s Note: Northwest Public Broadcasting acknowledges that all of what’s […]Read More
Brandon Hopkins, a bee researcher with Washington State University, points May 15 with his hive tool to the new bee larvae cells where baby bees develop in the hive near […]Read More
Fly, you die: Northwest bees that fly during mild winter weather less likely to survive until spring
Brandon Hopkins, 42, with Washington State University, stands in front of the university’s bee colonies at a facility in Othello, Washington, where he and a team were examining the hives. […]Read More
The sun sets on Friday, June 17, 2022, at the Freedom Rodeo in Basin City. (Credit: Megan Farmer / KUOW) Read May 13, 2024 Northwest Public Broadcasting and KUOW have […]Read More
Jim Willard shows “bud break” on an old block of concord grapes eight miles north of Prosser, Washington. The baby leaves and buds start pushing out to become grown vines […]Read More
A 2021 aerial photo of Hanford’s 200 Area, which houses the tanks and under-construction Waste Treatment Plant, in southeast Washington. (Credit: U.S. Department of Energy) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read There […]Read More
FBI, county and police officials wait for the all-clear to collect evidence at the home of Elias Huizar, 39, where his 17-year-old girlfriend, Angelica Santos, was found dead. (Credit: Anna […]Read More
Barley, a Jersey cow, and some of her herdmates on pasture last spring at Steensma Dairy & Creamery. (Credit: Steensma Family Dairy & Creamery) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read Some Northwest […]Read More
Northwest dairy cattle eat rations out of a feed bunk. (Credit: Washington State Department of Agriculture) Listen (Runtime :58) Read Experts say they are not sure how the highly-pathogenic avian […]Read More
A snapshot of the Hanford cleanup site showing the various groundwater plumes across the site. (Credit: U.S. Department of Energy / Office of Environmental Management) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read A […]Read More
At the top of a hill, a tractor with a 17-foot wide planter plugs seed potatoes into the sandy ground at the Ice Harbor Hilltop Farm east of Burbank. (Credit: […]Read More
This image provided by Boise Police Department shows Nicholas Umphenour (left), who has been identified by police as the man suspected of shooting corrections officers at a Boise hospital in […]Read More
A group of elk runs from Yakama Nation hunters on the Hanford Reach National Monument in December 2023. (Credit: Star Diavolikis / Yakama Nation) Listen (Runtime 3:50) Read A video […]Read More
Erin Whorton, a hydrologist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, measures snow on South Cascade Glacier in Washington. (Credit: Erin Whorton / NRCS) Listen (Runtime :58) Read The snowpack in […]Read More
Workers clear canals of debris in preparation for spring irrigation season in the Roza Irrigation District. (Courtesy: Dave Rollinger) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read A story in plot points: a federal […]Read More
The Northport Bridge over the Columbia River in Washington state near the border with Canada. Portions of the upper Columbia River and its upland areas may be designated a Superfund […]Read More
Pinot noir grapes at Oregon State University’s Woodhall Vineyard undergoing smoke experiments. (Credit: Sean Nealon / OSU) Listen (Runtime :54) Read Researchers are developing special coatings to protect Northwest wines […]Read More
Contractor crews working to remove more of the eastbound lane concrete panels. (Credit: WSDOT) Listen Read (Runtime 1:02) The major failing irrigation culverts that run under Interstate-82 between Yakima and […]Read More
Stevie Haberman plays piano with singer Mary Lou Gnoza and Gary Danielson. (Credit: Annie Warren / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 4:33) Read The Emerald of Siam is the night spot for […]Read More
Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is escorted to an extradition hearing at the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. […]Read More
Listen (Runtime :59) Read When you think your weather’s been bad in the Northwest, think of the residents of Corbett, Oregon. John Jordan lives there, on the blustery cusp of […]Read More
A washing machine was abandoned on the side of the road outside Kennewick. The Washington State Department of Transportation has noticed an uptick in appliances and other junk that’s illegally […]Read More
An icy parking lot near Brighton, Oregon. Many people have fallen, or had pipes burst in the cold and icy weather. (Credit: Tracci Dial / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :57) Read […]Read More
Watch Listen (Runtime 4:05) Read In the quiet intention of morning, Mike Easton runs his floured hands over sheets of wide pasta. It makes a rhythmic shhhhhhhhhhh, shhhhhhhhhhhh shushing sound, […]Read More
Demolition of the King Road House in Moscow, Idaho began shortly after 6 a.m. local time on December 28, 2023. (Credit: Julie Scott) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read The house where […]Read More
Sergio Madrigal and his wife, Rosa, stand outside the farm they owned, until recently, near Sunnyside, Washington. (Courtesy: Anna King / Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime 2:56) Read It has […]Read More
Cloe McMichael, 22, sets the table in the longhouse in Mission, Ore. ahead of the annual Indian New Year ceremony, which is celebrated on the Winter Solstice. The feast is […]Read More
Rattlesnake Mountain, known as Laliik by Tribes of the Columbia Basin, is incredibly important to Tribal nations. Now, the Biden Administration has announced its intention to work closely with Tribes […]Read More
The poured glass appears emerald green, just before it’s lidded and transported to an export bay at Hanford in southeast Washington. Hanford officials are celebrating this first container of glass […]Read More
Shana McConville Radford is taking on the newly-formed position of tribal affairs director with the state of Oregon. (Courtesy of Shana McConville Radford) Listen (Runtime :57) Read Oregon Gov. Tina […]Read More
The last in-person public meeting about Hanford cleanup was in Richland in 2019. (Courtesy of Washington State Department of Ecology) Listen (Runtime :56) Read The public can ask questions and […]Read More
Freshly picked red delicious apples gather in a bin. Northwest red delicious and galas are again shipping to India after tariffs were lifted. (Courtesy: Washington Apple Commission) Read Many Northwest […]Read More
