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Gritman takes over Lewis-Clark State College clinic for students and staff
Gritman Medical Center will now serve more people in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley after taking over a student clinic.

La Ciudad de Pasco y Seattle Sounders celebran el fútbol en el este de Washington
La Ciudad de Pasco y los Seattle Sounders realizarán el domingo la All-Pasco Soccer Celebration. Con el evento, se dará apertura a dos nuevos minicanchas de fútbol en el área de Tri-Cities.

City of Pasco, Seattle Sounders hold eastern WA soccer celebration
The city of Pasco and the Seattle Sounders will host the All-Pasco Soccer Celebration on Sunday. The event celebrates the opening of two new soccer mini-pitches in the Tri-Cities area.

Walla Walla Community College buys land to grow its Farm to Fork program
Holland Gallaway, an agriculture student at Walla Walla Community College, with cattle owned and raised as part of the college’s Farm to Fork program. (Credit: Daniel Biggs / WWCC) watch

Training center in Oregon teaches wind technicians from around the US
The first new wind technicians to pass through Avangrid’s National Training Center in Sherman County, Oregon. (Credit: Avangrid) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read When Juan Flores started his first job fixing

Next phase of housing, zoning changes being considered in Tacoma
In season four, episode 19 of the sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” actor Bradley Whitford plays a city council member in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. Whitford tells Amy Poehler’s character, Leslie Knope, “City council isn’t about making everyone happy. In fact, every decision you make is going to make a lot of people very unhappy.”
Right now, the Tacoma City Council is considering a set of planning commission recommendations under the second phase of Home in Tacoma, the housing action strategy the city has been implementing over the last few years.

Whitman County reports two cases of pertussis
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is circulating across Washington, with two cases reported in the student population at Washington State University on Tuesday.

Residents of senior mobile home park fight 44% rent increase
Sharon Sweeney, left, and Beverly Barksdale, right, are among the Rancho Villa residents who are fighting back against changes made by their park’s new owners. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB)

Maria Chávez speaks at public libraries in north central Washington
Author and professor Maria Chávez will present at several events throughout the region. (Courtesy of Maria Chávez) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read Maria Chávez, an author and professor of political science

Nonprofit releases screech owl as part of outdoor education for kids
Washington State University wildlife veterinarian Dr. Marcie Logsdon, left, shows children and parents Sawyer, a Northern saw-whet owl on Sept. 19, 2024, in Moscow, Idaho. (Credit: Ted S. Warren /

Art exhibit showcases Washington’s shrub-steppe ecosystem
Shrub-steppe habitats are threatened in Washington state. (Credit: Richard Droker / Flickr Creative Commons) watch Listen (Runtime 0:58) Read Driving through central Washington might look like scrubland from the highway.

Aerial attacks help tamp down Washington fires this season, Oregon sees record-breaking year for acres burned
This wildfire season for the first time, local firefighting agencies across Washington were able to call in aerial resources from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources without having to wait crucial minutes to begin full suppression.
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