Dozens of citizenship ceremonies were canceled across the Pacific Northwest. They're the final step to becoming a U.S. citizen.

One cafe in Washington state is opening its doors to help people make connections in-person — through speed-friending. It’s like platonic speed-dating.

College leaders at Walla Walla Community College’s Clarkston campus say financial pressures have been building for years.

Refugees and immigrants in the U-S can have a hard time adjusting to a new place. But there's a nonprofit in the Tri-Cities that’s aiming to help.

B5, a nonprofit in the Tri-Cities, provides free English classes and citizenship classes for refugees and immigrants.

Across the United States, bird species are on the decline. But in Washington, one program is hoping to create more habitat for birds — using ranches.

The president says ICE agents are being stationed at airports to help reduce long wait times. Here's a look at what they're authorized to do.

Hundreds of immigrants have been arrested at immigration courthouses. It is unclear whether the federal government's admission could lead to some of those arrests being overturned.

The roots music maverick did something rare in the streaming era: landed an album that's only available on CD, cassette and LP — without his name on the sleeve — in the top five of the albums chart.

Quinceañeras are a traditional Latin American celebration of a girl's 15th birthday that marks her coming of age into becoming a young woman. In March the Wenatchee Convention Center filled with colorful ball gowns, families dancing and dozens of businesses ready to showcase services for this milestone celebration.

Every winter, Tacomans embark on a treasure hunt. The seekers are looking for Monkeyshines.

On this edition of PNW Bites, host Jordan Eby brings you a regionally inspired recipe for hazelnut mug cake.

For the first time in the event’s history, an Indigenous sovereign nation will formally be a part of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup.

Farmworkers who believe they were discriminated against by their former employer, Cornerstone Ranches, can now seek compensation through a $1 million settlement secured by the Washington state Office of the Attorney General.

From Wenatchee, Washington, to Owyhee, Oregon, farmers and ranchers are making tough choices about water. Poor winter snowpack throughout the region is to blame. Farmers and ranchers are looking at a dry spring, summer and fall irrigation season.

Holden Village might be closed for more than a year after winter landslides shut down access to the location.

Washington has now enlisted the help of a critter to remind people to keep the state’s roads clean.

Finding a place to toss your trash on the streets of Tacoma is getting a little easier.

“We’re losing firefighters. The numbers are going down,” said Riston Bullock, a 13-year veteran with the Nez Perce crew. “We need people at the shop ready to go when those fires start.”

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.

It's hotter and drier across much of the Western United States. How is that impacting fire season?

Among leading cancer-related deaths for young people, mortality has decreased. But there’s one outlier.

Almost three months after cuts to acute behavioral health services in Idaho, three former patients who used the service have died.

A Virginia-based lobby group is trying to change Idaho state funding for the state’s largest medical education program. They want to make it contingent on adopting policies that are against diversity, equity and inclusion programs. But educators who run the program say they already follow state law.

Melinda Kupers has worked for the state agency for 35 years —  in prisons, community corrections, reentry centers and graduated reentry. On a daily basis, she said working for the Washington state Department of Corrections is brutal.“ Our community corrections staff are out in the community with guns on their hips, arresting people, going into homes,” Kupers said.

Former Sunnyside City Manager Mike Gonzalez announced Monday on LinkedIn that he was offered back his job at the city.

About 8% of the student population walked out on Monday morning