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Doctors are needed everywhere — but especially in rural and historically underserved populations. Washington State University hosted an event to show students how they can get into medicine.
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Lauren Gallup/NWPBTacoma is seeking to improve connections across the city with repairs to sidewalks, pedestrian crossings and other improvements to arterials. -
Courtesy photoHabitat for Humanity Spokane secures $6.5 million in state funds to expand affordable housing. -
Olivia Anderson/The Lewiston TribuneFour months after a program for severely mentally ill people was defunded in Idaho, the state’s Legislature moved to temporarily bring back funding for assertive community treatment, or ACT.
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Some Northwest sweet cherries and early asparagus fields got whacked by unseasonably warm temperatures, followed by recent freezing temps. -
At Hanford, several 7-foot tall containers of radioactive tank waste that have been bound up into glass by a new factory were disposed of in an engineered landfill this week. -
The Walla Walla Community College board of trustees voted in favor of a motion to close its Clarkston campus in June 2028 if it does not acquire new, significant and sustainable funding. -
On Wednesday morning, Washington state declared a statewide drought. -
Just a quarter of those arrested between October and early March had criminal records, according to new data. -
After layoffs at Whitman College, remaining employees at the university began talking about forming a union. -
An Idaho law that goes into effect in July will make it a crime for transgender people in the state to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity. -
A new Washington state law will help immigrant workers know when the records proving they can legally work in the U.S. are about to come under federal review. -
The Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes view their traditional foods as something that deserves the utmost respect. So, they’re striving to repurpose their food waste. -
Business leaders in the Tri-Cities said it’s getting harder to bring new, large developments to town because there isn’t enough power to go around.
