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Idaho kindergarten vaccine rates appear to have fallen from year prior
Idaho continues to report some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. This past school year, data submitted in the fall showed that, on average, 70% of Idaho kindergarteners had received all their recommended vaccinations.
How can you attract pollinators to your garden?
What are the ways people can attract pollinators to their gardens this spring?
New sensors could show your wildfire smoke exposure immediately
Sensors developed in part by Washington State University could test your smoke exposure before health problems crop up.
Oregon leaders agree the Lower Umatilla Basin’s nitrates are a crisis. But the funds aren’t there
By Alejandro Figueroa (OPB) and Antonio Sierra (OPB) For years, Oregon state agencies, local governments and committees have hashed and rehashed plans to clean up a decades-long nitrates pollution problem in northern Morrow and Umatilla
Nearly two-year Gorge shooting investigations now to prosecutors, suspected shooter trial set for July 23
The shooting occurred at a high-profile event in Grant County. On summer nights, The Gorge Amphitheatre becomes the largest city in the county.
Alano Club of Wenatchee hosts open house to share about recovery services
The Alano Club of Wenatchee offers resources like peer support and education assistance to its clients.
Coexisting with wildlife: When to help and when to walk away
A number of animals who arrive at wildlife rescues are brought in throughout the springtime. When should wild animals be left alone or given help?
Federal funding cut a program that would place mental health professionals in rural schools
A program that helps put mental health professionals in south central Washington schools is losing federal funding and will be discontinued.
Unpacked: Wenatchee nonprofit teaches lowrider bike building, culture
Host Phineas Pope and Wenatchee reporter Renee Diaz dig into a recent article on lowriders and high hopes.
Inside a ‘life changing’ class at the Washington State Penitentiary
Unlike what’s typically offered at prisons, “inside-out” classes allow incarcerated and non-incarcerated students to learn with and from each other, engaging in dialogue and forming relationships. Whitman College has tried to offer one of these classes every semester since 2016.
‘The Aunties’ storytelling program highlights Indigenous voices in Yakima, across the US
Three Native American women will share their own stories to a crowd at Yakima’s Capitol Theatre this Thursday as part of a storytelling program called “The Aunties.”
Are Washington hospitals ready for the state to enforce their staffing plans?
Washington hospitals must start complying with a new staffing law by July 1, or eventually face financial penalties from the state.
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