Northwest News
Northwest News
![Rattlesnake Mountain, known as Laliik by Tribes of the Columbia Basin, is incredibly important to Tribal nations. Now, the Biden Administration has announced its intention to work closely with Tribes on managing and protecting the southeast Washington mountain.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4348-500x500.jpg)
Rattlesnake Mountain soon to be co-managed between feds and Tribes
Rattlesnake Mountain, known as Laliik by Tribes of the Columbia Basin, is incredibly important to Tribal nations. Now, the Biden Administration has announced its intention to work closely with Tribes
![Students with handmade signs hold a rally around a table inside a building on the WSU campus. Many students are raising their fist in the air.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ASE-Students-WSU-sit-in-500x500.png)
Unionized WSU students stage sit-in at Chancellor’s office, strike still possible
WSU students staged a sit-in at Chancellor Elizabeth Chilton’s office on Monday, December 4, 2023. The table is meant to symbolize the students bringing the bargaining table to Chilton and
![](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Tribal-Crisis-Counselor-Susan-David-500x500.jpg)
‘Native and Strong’ lifeline celebrates one year anniversary
Washington’s Native and Strong lifeline hit its one-year anniversary this November. Since then, the lifeline for, and by, Native American and Alaska Native people has answered over 4,000 calls.
![The poured glass appears emerald green, just before it’s lidded and transported to an export bay at Hanford in southeast Washington. Hanford officials are celebrating this first container of glass to be poured from the Waste Treatment Plant at the radioactive cleanup site. (Courtesy: Bechtel)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/PHOTO-1-HANFORD-500x500.jpg)
Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant churns out first container of clean test glass
The poured glass appears emerald green, just before it’s lidded and transported to an export bay at Hanford in southeast Washington. Hanford officials are celebrating this first container of glass
![Two canids at the Predators of the Heart facility in Anacortes. The organization now goes by Because We Matter Exotic Animal Rescue. (Courtesy: Debbie Sodl / Because We Matter Exotic Animal Rescue)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DSC_6374-500x500.jpg)
Nonprofit for exotic animals in Anacortes could be forced to close
Whether an organization housing a variety of animals in Anacortes, Washington will continue operating is in the hands of the Skagit County Board of Commissioners — with a decision expected Dec. 12.
The nonprofit, Predators of the Heart, is appealing an October decision by the Skagit County hearing examiner denying POTH a special use permit to house animals the county restricts under its “potentially dangerous animals” law. The Skagit County Board of Commissioners will decide on the appeal.
![A sunrise over blue mountains. The mountains are dotted with evergreen trees.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_20200808_200117-500x500.jpg)
Thousands of Northwest jobs could come from new Forest Service plan
A sunrise over the Rocky Mountains from Rocky Ridge Campground in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests on August 8, 2020 (Credit: Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :59) Read A
![Shana McConville Radford is taking on the newly-formed position of tribal affairs director with the state of Oregon](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_0283.jpg)
Oregon joins Washington in having a full time tribal affairs director on governor’s staff
Shana McConville Radford is taking on the newly-formed position of tribal affairs director with the state of Oregon. (Courtesy of Shana McConville Radford) Listen (Runtime :57) Read Oregon Gov. Tina
![](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/WanaBana_1-500x360.png)
Two ID children confirmed to have elevated blood lead levels after consuming recalled applesauce
Photo via Food and Drug Administration Read Two Idaho children tested for elevated blood lead levels after eating recalled cinnamon applesauce products. The affected children live in Elmore and Ada
![Two deer stand in front of the D Reactor at Hanford. (Courtesy of Washington State Department of Ecology)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HANFORD-2-500x500.jpg)
Hanford managers and watchdogs hold first in-person cleanup dialogue meeting since before pandemic
The last in-person public meeting about Hanford cleanup was in Richland in 2019. (Courtesy of Washington State Department of Ecology) Listen (Runtime :56) Read The public can ask questions and
![On May 25, a number of supporters of the Tacoma For All initiative for tenant protections, rallied in front of the City Hall building. Photo by Lauren Gallup.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DSC_0624-500x500.jpg)
Tacoma tenant protections measure passes — now what?
The final release of election results for Pierce County showed a victory for those who have been pushing for a set of progressive tenant protections in Tacoma.
“We feel really proud of what we’ve achieved. It was a real David versus Goliath kind of fight,” said Ty Moore, campaign manager for Tacoma For All, the group behind the initiative.
Citizens’ Initiative Measure No. 1 passed with 50.43% of the vote, a difference of just 370 votes. There was quite a strong push against the measure — $371,175.84 in expenditures were reported from “No on Tacoma Measure No. 1,” according to the Public Disclosure Commission. That’s triple what Tacoma For All spent.
![](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/6559af2bcef9c.image_-500x500.jpg)
‘I went into medicine to help my community’: Nez Perce doctor speaks on rural health care and building a future for the next generation
Kim Hartwig speaks on being a Native woman working in medicine, how to make rural health care work and building a future for the next generation.
![Two Native American protestors hold red signs with the names of Indigenous victims.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP23126862597381-500x500.jpg)
More federal support on the way for solving Eastern Washington MMIP cases
Ella Adams, left, holds a sign in memory of her mother, Catherine Eneas, as Dominic Whalawitsa holds a sign for his aunt Gail Teo during the third annual march and
Connect With Us
Mission
Northwest Public Broadcasting strives to bring programs of the Northwest by the Northwest and for the Northwest that engage, enlighten and entertain.
Ethics
Northwest Public Broadcasting embraces the ideals of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics.
In all things we do, we strive to seek truth and report it; minimize harm; act independently and fairly; and be accountable and transparent to the public.
Additionally, we seek to inform, engage, enlighten and entertain the public while keeping in mind the highest standards outlined by the NPR ethics handbook.