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Tacoma City Council moves forward with zoning changes
The next phase of Tacoma’s attempts to address housing shortages will soon be implemented, as the Tacoma City Council has voted unanimously to adopt the second phase of the Home in Tacoma zoning package.
The package of changes to city zoning standards aims to create more opportunities for different types of housing across the city, including by allowing more units to be developed on a standard city lot.
Nursing union at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center votes to ratify updated contract after months of bargaining
Nurses at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston have voted to ratify a new union contract, the hospital announced this month.
Mountain bike nonprofit cultivates new trails for riders
Volunteers gather for a trail dig on Moscow Mountain. (Credit: Phineas Pope / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:32) Read On a cloudy Sunday morning, a large group of volunteers with axes,
‘Feria Linda’ helps vineyard workers shine
One of Feria Linda’s volunteer manicurists works on a vineyard worker’s nails. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 3:34) Read The Milton-Freewater Community Building looked like the backstage of
University of Idaho polling location sees Election Day difficulty
Huge voter turnout and same-day registration caused long delays at UI Student Rec Center
Popular horse facility quarantined after equine herpes causes two animals to be euthanized
Horses have become ill in Spokane County, Washington, from a deadly variant of equine herpes. This horse is from the Tacoma area, and is healthy. (Credit: Anna King / NWPB)
Tri-Cities activists plan to file lawsuit challenging approval of Horse Heaven Clean Energy Center
A view of the Horse Heaven Hills. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee recently signed off on a new renewable energy project that could be built along roughly 24 miles of ridgelines
Moscow takes center stage in podcast focused on Christian Nationalism
Anna King and James Dawson (Credit: Connor Henricksen / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 7:52) Read Anna King: Why should we listen to your podcast and why should people care right now?
Housing developers file lawsuit against the city of Walla Walla
A sign near the proposed site of the Cottonwood Road development. (Credit: Jenna Heffernan) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read A group of developers have filed a lawsuit against the city of
Pertussis on the rise in the Northwest
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise throughout Washington state, Oregon and Idaho this year.
With a view of the Columbia River, a basket weaving class helps heal
Chestina Dominguez explains to the Saturday wa’paas class why weaving is important to her. Dominguez, an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation, was taught to weave by her maternal grandmother
Multilingual programs in Washington schools promote bilingualism and biculturalism
Guadalupe Zavala teaches her first graders about time in Spanish at Lewis and Clark Elementary School (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 3:52) Read By Reneé Diaz, NWPB &
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