Avery Cooper

Unpacked: Survey shows economy, climate change are top of mind for Northwest voters

Northwest Public Broadcasting recently asked listeners and readers what they value the most going into the 2026 mid-term election. NWPB's Avery Cooper sat down with News Director Tracci Dial to discuss the results.

Erik the Peanut Guy in the stands behind home plate at Gesa Stadium pumping up the crowd.

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For Erik the Peanut Guy, baseball is a family legacy

Avery Cooper

A story of a baseball fanatic and his family legacy beyond his work and the game of baseball.

A woman named Sarah Hurlburt shows off the kale growing in her backyard garden in Walla Walla County.

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Unpacked: How a Walla Walla nonprofit is addressing a food shipment shortage

Avery Cooper, Erick Bengel

A conversation about the Blue Mountain Action Council's efforts to use gleaning to address a food shipment shortage.

Goats eat their way through thick bushes on a hill in Spokane, Washington, on July 27. The landowners hired the goats’ owner, Craig Madsen, to bring them to work on the hill because it is too steep for the heavy equipment they use to manage brush on other parts of their property.

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Unpacked: Using goats as a fire mitigation tool

Avery Cooper, Rachel Sun

How are goats being used as a fire mitigation tool in the Northwest?