The city of Tacoma loosened restrictions on what kinds of housing can be built in its neighborhoods. Now, people can build duplexes, triplexes and other multi-unit dwellings in areas that used to be only for single-family homes.
The city’s Home in Tacoma initiative was implemented to help address the region’s housing crisis. The flexibility of more units on single lots is Read More
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Cherry growers say the threat of deportations under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is keeping the migrant workforce they rely on this time of year from showing up to work. They describe an increasingly urgent labor crisis that could leave cherries rotting in the field, and farmers holding the bill.Read More
A medida que comienza la temporada de incendios forestales en el estado de Washington, activistas están trabajando para asegurarse de que las personas que solo hablan español reciban información importante durante las emergencias.Read More
At a town hall in East Wenatchee, a brown dog named Ruffles Lackey made the rounds, inviting attendees to rub her belly. Ruffles, an animal-assisted crisis response dog, was there to comfort community members coping with stress and grief. Read More
A Pasco-based animal rescue is helping rehome and foster dogs from an animal hoarding case out of Whitman County. Read More
Less than two years ago, the administration of President Joe Biden announced what tribal leaders hailed as an unprecedented commitment to the Native tribes whose ways of life had been devastated by federal dam-building along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. The deal, which took two years to negotiate, halted decades of lawsuits over the harm federal dams had Read More
“The amount of information that comes out of this colony is unprecedented. It's amazing. It has contributed to nine different topics of discovery for the whole species. So, it's pretty incredible.”Read More
Cash donations were raised by local businesses in the Wenatchee Valley to help support the mother of the three Decker girls.Read More
El Concejo de Sunnyside nombró a Jim Bridges como el nuevo administrador interino de la ciudad durante su reunión ordinaria de esta semana.Read More
El invierno pasado, la Universidad de Idaho realizó cambios en las oficinas de sus campus que estaban relacionadas con los temas de diversidad, equidad e inclusión.Read More
Moshi Ramen Bar, a restaurant that had a reputation as being a home away from home for some of Tacoma’s queer community, has closed. Read More
It's hotter and drier across much of the Western United States. How is that impacting fire season?Read More
Sunnyside City Council appointed Jim Bridges as the new interim city manager during the regular meeting on Monday.Read More
New statewide grants are helping people find ways to improve the air in their communities.Read More
U.S. Reps. Dan Newhouse and Kim Schrier and other members of the Washington Congressional Delegation held a moment of silence this week on the House floor for the deaths of the three Decker sisters. Read More
The Sunnyside City Council is expected to appoint a new interim city manager after placing its current one, Mike Gonzalez, on administrative leave, citing an investigation. Another interim city manager is expected to be appointed Monday.Read More
This past winter, the University of Idaho made changes to its offices on campus that concern diversity, equity and inclusion.Read More
A climbing group is hosting a free event on Saturday for children who are blind or partially sighted.Read More
Authorities are continuing the search for Travis Decker. His three daughters were found dead Monday near a campsite near Leavenworth following a multi-day search for the girls.Read More
Outside the Pierce County council building on a sunny early June afternoon, people gathered waving rainbow flags while listening to pop hits like Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.”
They were commemorating a moment in the county’s history: the first time the pride flag has flown outside the government building. Read More
The Idaho Department of Education wants school districts to create new programs to prepare students, starting in seventh grade, for jobs that are needed in the state. Read More
As wildfire season begins in Washington state, advocates are working to ensure that people who speak Spanish get important information during emergencies. Read More
Lewelyn Dixon, her family and a growing community of supporters received good news Thursday afternoon — Dixon would be released from the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. Read More
A nearly two month long study is underway at the Hanford cleanup site, in southeast Washington state. Read More
The Idaho Department of Education wants school districts to create new programs to prepare students to work in local industries.Read More
The doors to the Washington State Library in Tumwater could close to the public later this year. That’s because the Washington Secretary of State’s Office will likely be reducing staff; 47 employees have received notices that they could be laid off due to reductions in state and federal funding. If that happens, the public won’t be able to access rare items stored in Read More
One man in Clarkston, Washington, is a caregiver at work and at home. What does a day look like for him?Read More
Direct care workers play an essential role in the lives of millions, but support for the people doing those jobs is limited.Read More
According to an online court and game finder, Pickleheads, there are more than 700 pickleball courts in Idaho, over 1,900 in Washington and 1,250 in Oregon. Read More
The Red Cross will close its Lewiston blood donation center on August 2. The center had been there for 27 years.Read More
Celina McKenney has bills to pay, and a lot of people rely on her to pay them. As co-executive of Share and Care House, a nonprofit in Pierce County that provides permanent supportive housing to over 140 people, McKenney oversees the money coming in and going out. One of the many things her organization does is pay for clients’ leases. Read More
A pipe organ that’s over a century old has been bringing silent cinema back to life at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center.Read More
Biologists say removing a 550-foot causeway in Richland would be a big help for struggling salmon in the Yakima River. Read More
If you’ve ever had a dream – but also a budget – you know it can be hard to make things happen. One Kennewick woman is making her dreams of renovating an old horse trailer a reality, while at the same time helping high school girls get a jump start on welding careers. Read More
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., questions U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer as he testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) […]Read More
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
The Benton-Franklin Health District is reporting a sharp rise in norovirus.Read More
The Walla Walla Housing Authority closed its waitlist for Housing Choice Vouchers, also known as Section 8, earlier this month.Read More
$1M National Science Foundation grant could help researchers plan for wildfire-related power outages
The grant will help researchers develop a wildfire simulator and a tool that predicts power outages. The tool will help them study Northwestern landscapes, characteristics of communities and ignition sources.Read More
Idaho continues to report some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. This past school year, data submitted in the fall showed that, on average, 74.8% of Idaho kindergarteners had received all their recommended vaccinations.Read More
What are the ways people can attract pollinators to their gardens this spring?Read More
Sensors developed in part by Washington State University could test your smoke exposure before health problems crop up.Read More
By Alejandro Figueroa (OPB) and Antonio Sierra (OPB) For years, Oregon state agencies, local governments and committees have hashed and rehashed plans to clean up a decades-long nitrates pollution problem in northern Morrow and Umatilla […]Read More
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
The Alano Club of Wenatchee offers resources like peer support and education assistance to its clients.Read More
A number of animals who arrive at wildlife rescues are brought in throughout the springtime. When should wild animals be left alone or given help?Read More
A program that helps put mental health professionals in south central Washington schools is losing federal funding and will be discontinued.Read More
Host Phineas Pope and Wenatchee reporter Renee Diaz dig into a recent article on lowriders and high hopes. Read More
Unlike what’s typically offered at prisons, "inside-out" classes allow incarcerated and non-incarcerated students to learn with and from each other, engaging in dialogue and forming relationships. Whitman College has tried to offer one of these classes every semester since 2016. 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