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This ‘Ready to Rent’ course is preparing people to exit homelessness
Dustin McCauley fills out a worksheet as Ricky Aguilar teaches the Ready to Rent course. (Credit: Susan Shain / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 1:02) Read On a rainy Wednesday, Ricky Aguilar
Trash piling up, wildfires too big to fight: What wild lands might look like without workers
Mountain peaks are reflected in the waters of Lake Colchuk, located in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area. Smoke from a nearby wildfire hangs in the air. (Credit: Theresa Rivers) Listen
Bills to allow some, regulated access to psilocybin unlikely to move forward
Washington state lawmakers still can’t pass bills to allow for some legal access to psychedelics.
With Feb. 21 as the cutoff for bills to move out of policy committees, two pieces of legislation that would have allowed regulated and supervised access to psilocybin for adults won’t be moving forward — Senate Bill 5201 and House Bill 1433. The bills faced opposition from state psychiatric and medical groups, as well as advocates for psychedelics.
Incremento de impuesto ayudará a financiar piscina de Sunnyside
El Concejo de Sunnyside aprobó un aumento del 2% en el impuesto de servicios públicos. El incremento ayudará a abrir la piscina de la comunidad este año.
WSU students protest Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
Washington State University students protested the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns during a protest on Wednesday. (Credit: Connor Henricksen / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 0:58) Read About 100 students gathered at Washington
A utility tax increase will help fund Sunnyside’s community pool
Sunnyside’s City Council has approved a 2% utility tax increase to keep the community pool open this year.
Washington’s Senator Patty Murray said Hanford safety in jeopardy, she’s ‘really, really worried’
(Credit: Anna King / NWPB) About a dozen federal workers have been fired from the Hanford site in southeast Washington state. Hanford is the contaminated legacy of plutonium manufacturing during
Snake River water, recreation studies look at the river’s future
People listen to an introductory presentation on the water supply study findings at an open house-style meeting in Pasco. After they listened to the presentation, they could look at posters
Idaho bills could bring Bible reading, Ten Commandments to public schools
The Idaho state flag hangs in the Idaho State Capitol in Boise. Two different bills in the Idaho Legislature could bring Bible reading and the Ten Commandments to public schools.
Joven futbolista de Washington, ahora en la Liga MX
Chris Aquino, un joven futbolista de Tri-Cities, está jugando en México. El ex centrocampista del Tacoma Defiance forma ahora parte del FC Juárez Sub-23, que juega en la Liga MX, la liga mexicana de fútbol.
Smart Transit director says he’s working to improve vehicle maintenance, customer communication
Smart Transit buses are parked on Tuesday at the Moscow Intermodal Transit Center. (Credit: Liesbeth Powers / The Moscow-Pullman Daily News) Listen (Runtime 1:16) Read A three-day service outage earlier
This Yakima church is getting an upgrade to its energy infrastructure
Brothers Sephen and Davante Martinez watch a presentation by nonprofit Spark Northwest project manager Haya Muñoz, center, at St. Michael’s Episcopal Mission in Yakima. (Credit: Courtney Flatt / NWPB) Listen
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