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A multiuse trail connecting Dayton and Waitsburg may happen after all. Four years ago, two Port of Columbia commissioners effectively froze the project amid a backlash. Now, two newer commissioners are taking another look at it.
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@c1vrgr1/InstagramA Seattle raccoon with a peculiar deformity becomes an overnight phenomenon after going viral on Instagram. -
Courtesy: Isaac MeythalerSeventh-day Adventist churches across the Inland Northwest are helping their neighbors for free, no strings attached, through the Serve One More program. -
Erick Bengel/NWPBA federal grant of more than $1 million will keep the Walla Walla Center for Children & Families' Head Start program afloat through December, but the funding process has led to staff losses and caused uncertainty for low-income families.
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Beginning next month, people can apply for permits to build cottage housing in unincorporated residential areas in Pierce County. -
For the first time, the United States Forest Service authorized the use of N95 respirators for federal wildland firefighters. -
Washington tribes and environmental organizations sued the federal government Tuesday, arguing that recent changes to Endangered Species Act rules defy scientific research and pave the way for the destruction of important wildlife habitat. -
The Pierce Transit Board voted Monday to send a measure to the November ballot that would increase the amount people pay in sales tax for transit funding. -
Some drinking water in Kennewick still has high levels of “forever chemicals.” Since 2024, the city has found PFAs chemicals above state standards. -
An engineer in Mosier, Oregon, is developing a new way to keep property safe during wildfires. He’s tested his wildfire sensors out on his land and at prescribed burns. -
A nonprofit's food bank that distributes food to 13 pantries in five counties is seeing an uptick in pantry visitors while receiving far less food to give out. -
About 87% of all fresh U.S. pears come from the Northwest, according to the Pear Bureau Northwest. But many pear farmers in the Northwest say they’re going into deep debt or are getting out of the business. -
Drastically fewer sockeye are returning to the Upper Columbia than expected. That’s why Washington isn’t allowing sockeye fishing this season there. -
In the November general election, voters in Pierce County will decide if they want an ombuds to oversee the county sheriff’s office.
