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![A grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/grizzly_bear_in_field_at_yellowstone_national_park-_usfws_-500x500.jpg)
More grizzlies coming to the North Cascades
Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Listen (Runtime 0:58) Read Grizzly bears will be brought into Washington’s North Cascades. After more than 30 years
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Farmworkers gather for annual march, call for better working conditions
Farmworkers gathered in Mount Vernon for the Annual Farmworkers March. They walked in support of flower farm workers, calling for better working conditions in the fields.
![Yakima Valley Libraries celebrate Día, a children and books day. (Credit: Yakima Valley Libraries)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Yakima-Valley-Libraries-children-and-book-day-celebration-500x500.jpg)
Yakima Libraries celebrate Día, a children and books day
Libraries in the Yakima Valley will celebrate Día, a children and books day, on Saturday. The event fosters multiculturalism, languages and reading, while promoting childhood importance and well-being.
![A photo from the "Higher Ground" queer art and ephemera exhibit showing a group of people dancing. (Credit: June T. Sanders)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_04_16_Photograph_LivingroomDancing-1-500x500.jpg)
‘Higher Ground’ exhibit explores queer life on the Palouse
A new exhibit of queer art and ephemera at Washington State University is showcasing LGBTQ+ lives and experiences in the rural Palouse region.
![This is the Sunnyside School District boundary map available on the Sunnyside School District website.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sunnyside-School-District-Boundaries-500x500.jpg)
ACLU to challenge Sunnyside School District Board elections
The Sunnyside School District Board could be the next jurisdiction to face a lawsuit for violating the Washington State Voting Rights Act. A group has notified the District that the election system dilutes the Latino vote, and if it’s not fixed, the District could end up in court.
![FBI, county and police officials wait for the all-clear to collect evidence at the home of Elias Huizar, 39, where his 17-year-old girlfriend, Angelica Santos, was found dead.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3d8b950d-d1ea-443d-a0fb-d53861c98f18-500x500.jpg)
West Richland double-murder, kidnapping suspect shot at police, officials say
FBI, county and police officials wait for the all-clear to collect evidence at the home of Elias Huizar, 39, where his 17-year-old girlfriend, Angelica Santos, was found dead. (Credit: Anna
![Farmworkers in the Skagit Valley tulip fields. (Credit: Brad Smith / Flickr)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/459968040_8e21a38785_c-500x500.jpg)
New funding to build farmworker housing in the Pacific Northwest, nationwide
The United States Department of Agriculture is soliciting applications for funding to build farmworker housing nationwide.
In the Pacific Northwest, leaders hope the money can address gaps in farmworker housing. The Pacific Northwest is in a housing crisis and that impacts rural small businesses and agricultural producers, as well as farmworkers, said Helen Price Johnson, who is the Washington State Rural Development director for the USDA.
![The Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco is piloting a new program that could lead the country in cleanly disposing of deicing wastewater using worms. (Credit: BioFiltro)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BioFiltro-April-2024-500x500.jpeg)
Worms eating airport deicer fluid could be greener approach to airline waste
The Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco is piloting a new program that could lead the country in cleanly disposing of deicing wastewater using worms. (Credit: BioFiltro) Listen (Runtime 0:57) Read To
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AMBER Alert canceled for Tri-Cities boy, double murder suspect self-inflicts gunshot after police pursuit
Updated at 4 p.m.: The manhunt for Elias Huizar is over. The missing boy was not harmed, according to police. Investigators say Huizar shot himself after a police pursuit in
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Rural Alzheimer’s, dementia patients face disparities in access to care
New research shows that people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias who live in rural areas often have trouble seeing a neurologist.
![At the Pierce County Elections Center, staff confirm ballots have the correct information to be counted accurately. (Credit: Pierce County Auditor's Office)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/53299055855_8bd2000dd6_c-500x500.jpg)
Looking ahead to the election, answering your questions
The skepticism in how elections work and their accuracy has become a hot topic on social media, at the dinner table and in the news.
Kyle Haugh, Pierce County elections manager, said since 2016, there’s been a spike in interest in how elections are administered.
![Semi Bird, a former Richland school board member, speaks to reporters Saturday, April 20, 2024, after Republican party delegates vote to endorse him as the party's candidate. (Credit: Scott Greenstone / KUOW)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-22-132300-500x500.png)
‘We’re making history.’ Washington GOP endorses MAGA candidate Semi Bird for governor
By: Scott Greenstone, KUOW Former Richland school board member Semi Bird was endorsed by a majority of the roughly 1,800 delegates gathered in Spokane for the Washington State Republican Party
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