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![Greg Patton. 300 jumps in the Columbia River](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Greg_Patton_300-jumps-500x500.jpg)
El hombre que lleva 25 años lanzándose al río Columbia
Durante los últimos 25 años, Greg Patton ha pasado al menos unos momentos, cada mes, lanzándose al río Columbia.
![Three workers in orange vests and blue jeans stand on either side of a gray narrow trench. The two workers in the foreground of the picture are holding gray poles. Red and blue caution tape is draped into the trench. The trench in the foreground has gray cement in it. The third worker in the background is standing next to the spout on a cement truck. Gray cement is pouring down the spout into the trench.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WEB061124_underground_electric_line_flickrcc-500x500.jpg)
Federal grant to help people in northeastern Washington get hooked up to the power grid
Workers pour concrete into a transmission line trench and place caution tape into place for an underground electrical line. (Credit: Washington State Department of Transportation / Flickr Creative Commons) Listen
![United States Attorney Vanessa R. Waldref administered the oath of office to Assistant United States Attorney Bree R. Black Horse. (Courtesy of U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Washington)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AUSA-Bree-Black-Horse-swearing-in-500x500.jpg)
New Assistant U.S. Attorney speaks about work with Indigenous communities
Bree Black Horse has been working as the Assistant U.S. Attorney dedicated to prosecuting Missing and Murdered Indigenous People cases in the Northwest.
![Rainier cherries cling to the branch in the Ray French Orchard in Richland, Washington, on Monday.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_3570-500x500.jpg)
A good crop: Northwest cherry harvest starts to roll with some favorable warm weather
Rainier cherries cling to the branch in the Ray French Orchard in Richland, Washington, on Monday. (Credit: Anna King / Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime 3:26) Read The French family
![A blue sky over Moses Lake reflects making the entire lake look blue from the lakeside.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/061024_MosesLakeAlgalBloom-500x500.jpg)
Clay mixture could help prevent algal blooms in Moses Lake
Crews are treating Moses Lake so that it has a smaller chance of harmful algal blooms this summer. (Credit: EutroPHIX) Listen (Runtime 1:08) Read In 2018 and 2019, toxic algae
![The Wenatchee World Hosts a public forum on drug addiction at Pybus Public Market (Photo Jacob Ford/ The Wenatchee World)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PYBUS-1-500x500.jpg)
The Wenatchee World hosts expert panel on drug addiction and awareness
The Wenatchee World Hosts a public forum on drug addiction at Pybus Public Market (Credit: Jacob Ford / The Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 0:59) Read Each year Washington state continues
![Brandon Hopkins, a bee researcher with Washington State University, points May 15 with his hive tool to the new bee larvae cells where baby bees develop in the hive near Othello, Washington.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PHOTO-3-500x500.jpeg)
Fewer Northwest bees shipped to California’s almonds could be a buzzkill for Washington and Oregon crops
Brandon Hopkins, a bee researcher with Washington State University, points May 15 with his hive tool to the new bee larvae cells where baby bees develop in the hive near
![Wind turbines along a rural road. Washington will have to develop renewable energy projects to meet its carbon-free goals. A lot of that development will likely happen in rural areas. (Credit: Roy Harryman, Flickr Creative Commons)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/060724_ruralcleanenergy_RoyHarryman_Flickr-500x411.jpg)
Washington wants to hear rural communities’ thoughts on renewable energy
Wind turbines are pictured along a rural road. Washington will have to develop renewable energy projects to meet its carbon-free goals. A lot of that development will likely happen in
![Hotspots at the Lineage Logistics fire in Finley, Washington, flared up Tuesday because of high winds. The fire has been burning for seven weeks. (Credit: Benton County Fire District 1)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/060624_FinleyFireWinds-500x500.jpg)
Finley warehouse has burned for 7 weeks, Benton County Commissioners tell owners to fix it faster
Hotspots at the Lineage Logistics fire in Finley, Washington, flared up Tuesday because of high winds. The fire has been burning for seven weeks. (Credit: Benton County Fire District 1)
![Livingston Elementary School, Pasco WA.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Estudiantes-de-Livingston-Elementary-que-forman-parte-de-los-equipos-que-ganaron-una-competicion-nacional-500x500.jpg)
Ganadores nacionales de programación son de una escuela primaria de Pasco
Los alumnos de cuarto y quinto grado de la Escuela Primaria Livingston de Pasco han demostrado que son los mejores en programación. Recientemente derrotaron a más de 30 equipos de 11 estados en una competencia nacional.
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New website to help clinicians in WA prescribe medication for opioid use disorder
Emergency room clinicians across Washington will now have access to a new resource to provide medications for opioid use disorder.
![A man hugs another person in front of tents at a homeless camp in Clarkston.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/65c480130760c.image_-500x500.jpg)
Unhoused Clarkston residents file motion for preliminary injunction on camping ordinance
An attorney representing unhoused Clarkston residents filed a motion Friday for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Clarkston.
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