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![Maria Garibay, center, asks Anabella Cardoso, far left, with Esperanza, about social services and health care, while at CAFÉ's Pachanga & Mercadito resource fair with her son, Martin, and daughter, Yadhira, Saturday in Wenatchee. (Credit: Loren Benoit / Wenatchee World)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CAFEPHOTO1-500x500.jpg)
CAFÉ Pachanga & Mercadito: Wenatchee’s market celebrates Latino culture and health care access for all
Maria Garibay, center, asks Anabella Cardoso, far left, with Esperanza, about social services and health care, while at CAFÉ’s Pachanga & Mercadito resource fair with her son Martin and daughter
![A grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/grizzly_bear_in_field_at_yellowstone_national_park-_usfws_-500x500.jpg)
Officials clash over North Cascade grizzly bear reintroduction
A grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. (Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Listen (Runtime 1:22) Read In a recent heated committee hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse,
![The Stemilt Growers facility in East Wenatchee. (Credit: Douglas County Assessor's Office)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Stemlitgrowers.jpg)
Fruit storage contractor faces fines after Wenatchee worker’s death
The Stemilt Growers facility in East Wenatchee. (Credit: Douglas County Assessor’s Office) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read Two central Washington companies, Pace International and Stemilt Growers, face a combined $650,000 in
![Jade Stellmon sits with her son, Hamilton Stellmon, and daughter, Tk, in their Moscow home on Friday. Hamilton Stellmon is currently taking a health class at Moscow High School where a guest speaker from the nonprofit Palouse Care Network was approved to provide guest lectures on sex ed. (Credit: Rachel Sun / NWPB)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sex-ed-2-500x500.jpg)
Christian nonprofit teaching sex ed at local public high schools
A Christian nonprofit started providing sexual education at Moscow High School through guest lectures late last week. The organization’s chief executive officer says they provide similar guest lectures at around seven other schools in the region.
![Fire crews spray water on rubble at the Lineage Logistics fire in Finley, Washington. The fire started on April 21. (Credit: Benton County Fire District 1)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/052124_BCFD1-Finley-Fire-500x500.jpg)
Tri-Cities’ largest warehouse fire still smoldering, spitting out potentially toxic smoke
Fire crews spray water on rubble at the Lineage Logistics fire in Finley, Washington. The fire started on April 21. (Credit: Benton County Fire District 1) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read
![For the past 25 years, Greg Patton has spent at least a few moments each month jumping in the Columbia River. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/052124CF_300thjump-500x500.jpeg)
‘The water’s nice today’: One man’s quest to jump in the Columbia River for 25 years
For the past 25 years, Greg Patton has spent at least a few moments each month jumping in the Columbia River. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network) Listen (Runtime
![Richard L. Lenhart Act celebration in Pasco, WA.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/El-representante-estatal-Mark-Klicker-republicano-de-Walla-Walla-fue-el-principal-promotor-del-proyecto-de-ley-en-la-Camara-500x500.jpg)
Pasco celebra ley que penaliza entrar sin autorización a buses escolares
Miembros de la comunidad, conductores de buses escolares y legisladores se reunieron en el Centro de Transporte Richard L. Lenhart de Pasco para celebrar la ley Richard L. Lenhart, que tipifica como delito entrar sin autorización en los autobuses escolares públicos.
![Heather Jefferson, Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation, part of "The Aunties: Women of the Salish Sea" at Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham, Washington, on Nov. 11, 2023. (Credit: Mark Caicedo / Indigenous Performance Productions, ArtsFund)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IPP-AuntiesBham2023-11-10024-500x500.jpg)
Second year of funding to the arts sees more recipients throughout Washington
Catherine McKinney is a sister of a person with developmental delays. She knows firsthand the joys and challenges families face when seeking opportunity and community for their loved ones.
At Clallam Mosaic, where she is the program and communications director, McKinney helps families like hers find community through recreational programs that range from martial arts to quilting. Since 2019, the organization on the Olympic Peninsula has expanded its arts offerings.
![Group of people sitting for picture to celebrate the act passing.](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Richard-L.-Lenhart-Act-celebration-in-Pasco_WA-500x500.jpg)
Pasco celebrates school bus trespassing law, inspired by murder of local driver in 2021
Community members, school bus drivers, and legislators gathered May 16 in Pasco to celebrate the passage of the Richard L. Lenhart Act. The Act, signed into a law by Gov. Jay Inslee in March, makes it criminal to trespass on public school buses.
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Asotin County assessment shows needs in mental health, housing, substance use treatment
An assessment by the Asotin County Health District shows that mental health, housing and aging in place, along with substance use, are some of the largest health issues facing the community.
![Vote sticker icons stacked on top of each other. (Credit: Pixabay)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/poll-7036668_1280-500x500.jpg)
Are ballot rejection rates going up in Mason County? Data says no.
A few months from now, people across Washington state will vote in this year’s general election. Most will vote by mail, with the ballot mailed to them from their county auditor.
Voters will fill out their ballots, sign the envelopes and drop them off in a ballot box or send them in the post, where a team of election workers will accept those ballots and send them over to a machine to be counted.
![A banner for Community for the Advancement of Family Education's, known as CAFÉ, cultural event centered around sharing health care resources hangs on a fence near the intersection of Mission Street and Lewis Street Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Wenatchee. The event will be on Saturday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 766 South Mission Street. (Wenatchee World/Jacob Ford)](https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CAFE-1--500x500.jpg)
CAFÉ highlights health care resources through cultural events
A banner for Community for the Advancement of Family Education’s, known as CAFÉ, cultural event centered around sharing health care resources hangs on a fence near the intersection of Mission
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