Rachel Sun
Journalist, Health CareRachel Sun is a multimedia journalist covering health care and other stories around the Northwest with a special interest in reporting on underrepresented groups. Sun writes and produces radio and print news stories as part of a collaborative agreement between Northwest Public Broadcasting, The Lewiston Tribune, and the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
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In the mid-20th century, nuclear fallout from bomb testing in Nevada spread across several western states. Now, self-proclaimed “downwinders” in Idaho are eligible for compensation. -
Idaho law enforcement officials say they’re worried about how cuts to certain mental health treatment programs will affect their departments. -
Health care providers in Idaho say Medicaid budget cuts that went into effect this month could cost a lot more than they save the state. -
Gas prices dropped to under $3 a gallon nationally, which is the lowest since May of 2021. But in the Northwest, those changes are less pronounced. -
As wildfires intensify each year, land managers say fighting them isn’t always possible; but teaching communities how to use fire as a mitigation tactic might be what’s needed to prevent disasters -
Nov. 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day dedicated to honoring the lives of transgender people who were killed or died by suicide. -
A majority of small family farms in the United States operate with high-risk profit margins. Four years ago, Roni Ryan started goat yoga at her farmstead in Poulsbo, Wash., and it’s been a major source of income since then. But with an increasing number of challenges, even adorable baby animals may not keep her farm in the black. -
The Trump administration says it will distribute partial benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. -
Halloween is a time for ghost stories, and Angie Senter has two of them from her time at Washington State University. This month, she shared those stories with NWPB. -
Every year, a tiny town in the inland Northwest reinvents itself for a spook-tacular weekend known as Haunted Palouse.
