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Power outages in parts of Washington can last for days at a time. So, leaders with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation got a state grant to help build microgrids.
Loren Benoit / Wenatchee World
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Megan Farmer/KUOWA federal program that helps young people from migrant families attend college abruptly halted this year after the Trump administration eliminated funding for migrant education. -
Caitlin Like/For OPBThe Trump administration is making unprecedented demands of colleges in the Northwest and across the country. -
Renee Diaz / NWPBOn Friday, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson announced that households that were scheduled to receive their monthly benefits between Nov. 1 and Nov. 7 have received 100% of their SNAP benefits for the month.
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The government shutdown means Hanford — the nation’s largest environmental cleanup site — gets more complicated, quickly. -
An affordable housing complex has put a financial strain on the YWCA Pierce County. The nonprofit attributes the strain to Tacoma’s Landlord Fairness Code. -
The Trump administration says it will distribute partial benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. -
A new project at Washington State University Tri-Cities is documenting the history of Latinas in central Washington. It will be a lasting archive of stories of immigrant life and resilience. -
There’s a new Amazon delivery station in Pullman, and it’s part of a $4 billion push to get orders to rural areas faster. -
Saturday is the beginning of Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. The holiday honors loved ones who have died. -
If you live in the Columbia Basin, right now is the time to plant native plants. They can be a good option for Eastern Washington’s dry climate. -
A new $25 million ‘Rails, Keels and Wheels’ grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology will fund new electric vehicles to lower diesel pollution across the state. -
Halloween is a time for ghost stories, and Angie Senter has two of them from her time at Washington State University. This month, she shared those stories with NWPB. -
About 3,700 farms closed in Washington within five years. Today, farmers are struggling to keep their farms open. They point to high labor costs, government regulations and market pressures, causing some to consolidate operations or sell off land and end production.
