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Families Gathered For Healing And Justice For MMIWP
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The Fight For Legacy Forests, Part Seven: Where Timber Goes, And The People Behind The Industry
Washington is the second largest producer of timber in the United States, according to the state department of commerce, and it is the third largest manufacturing industry in the state. In the seventh story of the Fight for Legacy Forests series, NWPB’s Lauren Gallup visits a timber mill in Centralia to find out what people working in the timber industry think of harvesting changes in Washington. Continue Reading The Fight For Legacy Forests, Part Seven: Where Timber Goes, And The People Behind The Industry
CHAS Staff Say Unhoused Patients Need More Affordable Housing, Mental Health Services
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Scientists Head To Sea To Learn More About Ocean Conditions
The place where salmon spend most of their lives also is the place scientists know the least about: the ocean. Continue Reading Scientists Head To Sea To Learn More About Ocean Conditions
Volcano Lodge And Developed Campground Okayed In Mount St. Helens National Monument
The U.S. Forest Service has okayed a plan to develop what would be the first overnight tourist facilities within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, including camping, cabins and a lodge. Continue Reading Volcano Lodge And Developed Campground Okayed In Mount St. Helens National Monument
Families Honor Their Loved Ones During MMWIP Awareness Day
MMIW/P’s families gathered at Toppenish to honor loved ones. Photo: Johanna Bejarano. Read Family members joined in Toppenish to honor their relatives on the Missing… Continue Reading Families Honor Their Loved Ones During MMWIP Awareness Day
Expanded Free School Meals To End This Summer
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Pullman Regional Names Incoming CEO
Matt Forge was named Pullman Regional Hospital’s incoming CEO After more than a year of searching, the Pullman Regional Hospital Board of Commissioners has named… Continue Reading Pullman Regional Names Incoming CEO
Pandemic Relief Expiring Means Northwest Children Will Miss Healthy School Meals
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Rehearsing For ‘The Big One’ On A Room-Sized Chess Board
Close to 200 federal, state and tribal emergency preparedness planners gathered around a giant map of the Pacific Northwest this week to rehearse and critique the federal response plan for “The Big One.” The three-day Cascadia earthquake discussion exercise partially replaced a much bigger planned dress rehearsal that was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading Rehearsing For ‘The Big One’ On A Room-Sized Chess Board
Washington Attorney General Announces $476M Settlement With Opioid Distributors
Three large opioid distributors will pay the state of Washington $476 million as part of an agreement to end litigation that began more than three years ago. Continue Reading Washington Attorney General Announces $476M Settlement With Opioid Distributors
Big Factory For Electric Car Battery Materials Coming To Moses Lake, Washington
San Francisco Bay area company Sila Nanotechnologies purchased a vacant factory in Moses Lake, Washington, and announced plans Tuesday to open a big operation there to produce advanced battery materials to power electric cars. Continue Reading Big Factory For Electric Car Battery Materials Coming To Moses Lake, Washington
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