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A young baseball player wearing a black ball cap grins toward the right of frame. They wear two necklaces, one silver metal and one green bead, and a botanical tattoo of leaves encircle their neck. They crouch, with a baseball mitt in one hand. In the background a field of blurred out grass is visible.

Palouse Gay Baseball: A queer space of one’s own

As the United States sees an increase in the number of anti-gay, anti-trans laws, one group of LGBTQ+ people on the Palouse is making its own space for queer joy and community

A woman sits on a brown horse. She wears a bright blue t-shirt, a black cowboy hat and blue jeans. The horse is behind a white horse who is mostly out of frame and another brown horse. Two red vehicles are parked in the parking lot where they stand. In the distance is a grassy hill with green trees beneath a light, blue sky.

What we learned from COVID: Melyssa Andrews

(Runtime 1:23)When COVID-19 reached the Inland Northwest, few people could have predicted how profoundly it would change their lives. NWPB’s Rachel Sun…

Oluwaseyi (Seyi) Arogudade poses for a photo with a copy of the Bengal Pur, which she works for, Thursday at the Lewiston High School Library. (Credit: August Frank / The Lewiston Tribune)

What we learned from COVID: Oluwaseyi Arogudade

When COVID-19 reached the Inland Northwest, few people could have predicted its profound changes. NWPB’s Rachel Sun interviews local residents about how the pandemic changed their mental health, lives and perspective. This is the first in a four-part mini series.

Analysis Ranks Idaho Washington 6th Highest for Mental Health Problems

A new report by the pharmaceutical provider NiceRx ranked Washington and Idaho sixth and seventh respectively for states with the highest prevalence of…

Phlebotomist Elizabeth Joss at the Lewiston Vitalant clinic. (Courtesy: Vitalant)

Blood banks in need of donations

Many blood banks have dangerously low supplies. Rachel Sun reports.

How Reliable Are COVID-19 Tests? Depends Which One You Mean

What types of tests are available for the coronavirus, and how accurate are they? Here's a handy guide to the field.

Graphic showing excess deaths and COVID-19 deaths in Washington in 2020 above a normal year

More Than Half Of Washingtonians Surveyed Say They've Delayed Getting Health Care This Year

An online survey conducted out of Whitman College found more than half of Washingtonians say they have delayed medical visits this year. The findings underscore widespread concerns about disruptions to health care during the pandemic.

Becca Ewing-Ford sits in her jogger Wednesday Oct. 19 at East City Park in Moscow. Photo by Rachel Sun

Community care providers 'in crisis' waiting for promised funding

(Runtime 4:01)Every day, when Lorie Ewing wakes up, she has a job she knows she’ll be doing from 8 a.m. until the time she goes to bed: caretaking for her…

Revenda Bebawi, a military dentist based in Stuttgart, Germany, helps comfort a nervous child during a free dental clinic in El Paredon, Guatemala. Dentists from around the world traveled to the remote fishing village to treat people’s teeth. Photo credit: Sara Schilling / Tri-City Herald

‘Dentistry For Good’ In Guatemala, One Tooth At A Time

In the U.S., access to good dental care is relatively easy to come by. Dentists are able to catch and treat problems quickly. But in developing countries…

Before listening to her playlist, Lorraine was not able to communicate with anyone, even her husband. Within an hour and a half she was asking for her husband. STAFF AT PULLMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Unlocking The Mind With Music

A program at Pullman Regional Hospital is using the power of music to tap deep into the memories of dementia patients. Music & Memoryis a national program…

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