Fire crews continue firing wildfires to keep on high alert in the Northwest.Read More
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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland celebrated with Gov. Jay Inslee, state, local, and Native American tribal leaders break ground at the new passage facility Wednesday, July 24, 2024 […]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
Multiple fires in Latah and Nez Perce counties in Idaho forced the evacuation of Juliaetta, Myrtle, Cherryland, and Arrow areas Thursday night.Read More
Department of Ecology State of Washington. Read Air Quality WA Site Map With the 2024 wildfire season underway, the Washington Department of Ecology is launching an enhanced air quality monitoring […]Read More
En un barrio de Richland poco queda de los mensajes de odio distribuidos hace un par de semanas. Los vecinos dicen que esos mensajes no tienen lugar allí y las autoridades siguen investigando lo ocurrido. Read More
Barbara Slott stands near some flowering plants that will provide nectar for monarch butterflies. (Credit: Karen Richards / KLCC) KLCC | By Karen Richards A small nonprofit in rural Douglas […]Read More
Washington state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to keep gray wolves’ endangered status. (Credit: William Campbell) Listen (Runtime 0:54) Read Gray wolves will keep their endangered status in Washington state. […]Read More
In a Richland neighborhood, little remains of hateful messages left recently. Neighbors said those messages have no place there and investigators are still looking into what happened. Read More
Everyone watching fires around Washington this week held their breath as about 600 lightning strikes hit the landscape across the state.
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources, who, alongside agency partners, prepared for those conditions this week by pulling in out-of-state resources and pre-positioning crews. The lightning strikes ignited at least two Read More
At a Lower Snake River dams forum in the Tri-Cities, Chuck Bender, who said his family members are tugboat operators, fell to his knees in front of U.S. Rep. Dan […]Read More
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation holds a hearing to examine the need to protect Americans’ privacy in Washington, D.C., on July 11. (Credit: Renee Bouchard / […]Read More
Tumbleweeds are torched at the Hanford cleanup site in southeast Washington in the early part of this year. (Credit: U.S. Department of Energy) Listen (Runtime 4:35) Read Fire Chief Nickolus […]Read More
Andrew Pogue, co-founder of Fair Isle Brewing in Seattle, reaches for fireweed leaves on a foraging trip. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:46) Read One craft brewery in […]Read More
Volunteers supporting the Idaho open primaries ballot initiative gather at Ivywild Park in Boise, Idaho, on April 27. (Credit: Kyle Green / AP Photo) Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read This November, […]Read More
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
El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. actualizó las tasas de pago para los trabajadores agrícolas temporales, conocidos como H2A, en el estado de Washington. Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor updated the prevailing wage rates for temporary agricultural workers in Washington state. The move came after Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a farmworker’s union in Skagit County, sued the department last May for failing to protect local workers’ wages and labor conditions.Read More
Dry, hot and windy conditions have communities on alert for wildfire danger across the Pacific Northwest. Those conditions propelled fire growth over the weekend, and more of the same weather is expected this week. Read More
From left to right, Charles Atkinson, Jeff Ostenson, Mary Big Bull-Lewis and Twa-le Abrahamson answer questions from the crowd after the film “Fish War.” (Credit: Reneé Dìaz / NWPB) Listen […]Read More
Four days a week, Kevin Ruby’s team is responding to calls and, often complaints, about people experiencing homelessness in Tacoma.
“We always are trying to put people in touch with resources,” Ruby said. “It's just the resources right now, this week, last week, this time of year in general, include a lot more often water, cooling shelters, transportation to cooling Read More
The Columbia River west of the Gorge as it heads toward Portland and out to the Pacific Ocean. (Credit: Amelia Templeton / OPB) Listen (Runtime 1:01) Read After more than […]Read More
A view of the Mount Pilchuck fire lookout in Washington. (Credit: Ham Hock / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen (Runtime 1:04) Read It’s bone dry and blisteringly hot across Washington state, […]Read More
The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium welcomed a new member into its marine family last month: a California sea lion pup.
Already, Pepper is a spicy and playful pup, said Jen DeGroot, curator of marine mammals and birds at the zoo. 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
Elaine Harvey, Jeremy Takala, Simone Anter. J.D. Reeves/High Country News Read B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster | High Country News This story was originally published by High Country News. When Yakima Nation leaders […]Read More
Columbia Basin potatoes move on a belt during harvest in 2021. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read For two years, Northwest farmers didn’t have enough potatoes for […]Read More
This file photo from June 17, 2023, shows Sub Focus performing at the Gorge Amphitheatre. (Credit: Northwest News Network file) Listen (Runtime :53) Read This past holiday weekend turned fiery […]Read More
Temperatures across the Northwest will be soaring to highs of 110 degrees in certain areas, according to the National Weather Service. (Credit: National Weather Service) Listen (Runtime :46) Read High […]Read More
A couple of blocks off U.S. Route 12 in Walla Walla, Blue Mountain Heart to Heart has been treating people with substance use disorder for over a decade. But, for years, the nonprofit was unable to quickly offer a proven treatment for opioid use disorder: medication-assisted treatment.
Staffers would have to arrange for patients to get an assessment with a trained Read More
An illustration of rats on a treadmill. (Illustration by Rocio del Pilar Benavides / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read If you’ve ever tried to lose any body fat, you may […]Read More
A cold case victim from nearly 50 years ago has been identified. The Yakima Police Department spoke about the case on July 2. Read More
Casi 50 años después, la víctima de un homicidio sin resolver fue identificada en Yakima. Read More
The VA clinic in Building 18 has been closed down, several weeks after staff and patients raised concerns about the building’s deteriorating conditions. (Caroline Walker Evans for Cascade PBS) by […]Read More
Listen (Runtime 1:13) Frank Lipera and his 87-year-old mother Anna Lipera, Anna King’s great-grandmother, fry clams Sicilian-style in a cast iron skillet at the family’s beach house near Gig Harbor, […]Read More
Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington state visited TriState Health in Clarkston last week, along with local leadersRead More
Mike Shull, left, Mary Crick, middle, and Della Farance speak at a table in the Garden Terrace common room. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 4:13) Read In […]Read More
Dan Koditschek, with the University of Pennsylvania, watches Spirit the robot as it walks from rocks to snow on Mount Hood. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 4:20) Read […]Read 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
La caquexia crónica, una enfermedad neurológica siempre mortal que afecta a los ciervos y alces. Preocupa mucho a cazadores, ecologistas y aficionados a las actividades al aire libre. Una investigación usa organoides del cerebro humano para estudiar la posible transmisión de animal a humano.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
Más de 20 personas se unieron a una demanda contra BNSF Railway en relación con el incendio forestal del Túnel Cinco, o Tunnel Five en inglés. El año pasado, ese incendio quemó más de 500 acres cerca de la frontera con Oregón.Read More
Aircraft flying over the Tunnel Five fire in the Columbia River Gorge. (Credit: InciWeb) Listen (Runtime 1:51) Read More than 20 people joined a lawsuit against BNSF Railway related to […]Read More
“Fish War” screens at the Numerica Performing Arts Center on Thursday. (Credit: North Forty Productions) Listen (Runtime 0:56) Read WENATCHEE— A documentary highlighting tribal leaders who stepped forward as environmental […]Read More
By: Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News Network A judge decided Friday to press pause on part of Washington’s new “parents bill of rights” law. It comes as the American Civil […]Read More
Wenatchee Pride will host a Pride festival this weekend. (Courtesy: Wenatchee Pride) Listen (Runtime 0:58) Read On Saturday, Wenatchee Pride will host its annual Pride festival at Memorial Park in West […]Read More
A ballot from the March 2024 primary election in Washington state. (Credit: Johanna Bejarano / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 7:53) Read In preparation for the general election this November, Northwest Public […]Read More
