Courtney Flatt
Senior CorrespondentCourtney Flatt has worked as an environmental reporter at NWPB since 2011. She has covered everything from environmental justice to climate change.
She began her journalism career at The Dallas Morning News. Later, she earned her master’s in convergence journalism at the University of Missouri and developed a love for radio as a producer at KBIA, an NPR member station in Columbia, Missouri.
In her free time, Courtney enjoys exploring the outdoors. You can find her hiking, kayaking or biking all over the Northwest.
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A court settlement with the city of Quincy will help fix reported issues with a water treatment plant – and contribute to environmental projects. -
Demolition of a controversial land bridge in the Tri-Cities is expected to start next month. -
The Northwest is being called on to help Colorado. That state has been trying to increase its gray wolf numbers by moving wolves from more robust populations a few at a time. -
Power outages in parts of Washington can last for days at a time. So, leaders with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation got a state grant to help build microgrids. -
If you live in the Columbia Basin, right now is the time to plant native plants. They can be a good option for Eastern Washington’s dry climate. -
As the saying goes: whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting. But in Walla Walla, people are now working together to find solutions to the region’s water problems. -
Washington regulators want your thoughts on jet fuel that could be made from things like oilseeds or greases. -
Washington state regulators have recommended striking dozens of planned wind turbines from a massive wind farm outside the Tri-Cities to avoid viable ferruginous hawk nests in the middle of project. -
If you’ve tried to boat or fish on the lower Yakima River lately, you might have noticed matted weeds clogging the waterway. Now, work is underway to get it under control. -
Scientists have developed a new way to study really small fish. They’ve designed a tag that’s about the size of a grain of rice.
