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Homicides in Clearwater, Nez Perce Counties possibly tied to Boise inmate escape
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
![A group of elk runs from Yakama Nation hunters on the Hanford Reach National Monument in December 2023.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4238_edited-1-500x500.jpg)
A return after seven decades: Inside the Yakama Nation’s elk hunt on the Hanford Reach
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
![Pinot noir grapes at Oregon State University's Woodhall Vineyard undergoing smoke experiments.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GRAPE-COATING-1-500x500.jpeg)
Oregon researchers hope to provide new tools to help wine growers address climate change, smoke
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
![A close up photo of the embankment failure under the eastbound lanes of I-82 near Wapato.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/I-82-Embankment-Failure-under-eastbound-lanes-500x500.jpg)
I-82 closed for more than a week, once it opens a bigger fix looms ahead
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
![Stevie Haberman plays piano with singer Mary Lou Gnoza and Gary Danielson.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MaryLouGnoza.StevieHaberman.Emerald-of-Siam-show.-RichlandWA.AnnieWarren021024-3-500x500.jpg)
Funny Valentine: Two inseparable Northwest musical performers reflect on their nearly 30-year friendship
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
![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. (Credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP23004613559416-500x500.jpg)
Judge denies appeal in Kohberger case, trial date could be more than a year out
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.
![Workers in yellow hardhats and orange vests construct modular timber homes in a warehouse.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MMT-Modular-Assembly_1-500x500.jpg)
New congressional tax package has incentive for more Northwest housing
Modular homes are assembled at Mercer Mass Timber in Spokane Valley, Washington. An expansion of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit could fund more housing construction projects in the Northwest
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King Road House, where four University of Idaho students were killed last fall, has been demolished
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
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The cow that stole Christmas: Nearly 20 years since mad cow disease was first discovered in Washington state, one family still struggles
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
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King Road House in Moscow to be demolished December 28
The house on King Road where four university of Idaho students were killed last fall will be demolished in late December, according to the university. (Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen
![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 on managing and protecting the southeast Washington mountain.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4348-500x500.jpg)
Rattlesnake Mountain soon to be co-managed between feds and Tribes
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
![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 to be poured from the Waste Treatment Plant at the radioactive cleanup site. (Courtesy: Bechtel)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/PHOTO-1-HANFORD-500x500.jpg)
Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant churns out first container of clean test glass
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