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The painting was intended to portray a school rivalry, but critics say the mural was racist.

Just minutes away from busy Pacific Avenue in Pierce County, the Franklin Pierce School district administration office sits inside a nondescript, gray building. Inside, a group of women are gathered in a conference room Thursday morning, eating brightly colored Pan Dulce, laughing and sharing their trials and tribulations. Blanca Sagastizado, a family resource navigator for the district, floats around the group of moms – hugging them, catching up and offering tea and coffee.

The effort involves tech leaders such as Alibaba, Baidu, eBay, Facebook and Instagram who have pledged to try to reduce trafficking across their platforms by 80 percent by 2020.

(Runtime 00:57)North Idaho College has been given another year to resolve issues outlined by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The…

At Northwest Trek in Eatonville, Washington, there are about 300 northern leopard frogs, named for their spotted skin, swimming around in four tanks and getting ready for their new home. The frogs are part of a conservation project that Northwest Trek is partnering with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Oregon Zoo and Washington State University on. The goal is to restore this native species, which became endangered in the state in 1999.

A family-owned apple and cherry orchard and fruit processing operation just agreed to pay about a half-million dollars in back wages to 437 workers.The…

(Runtime 1:04) The fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students captured the attention of many social media sleuths. One TikTok user has been…

Last year, Horizon Air was forced to cut back the number of flights to many Northwest cities because it didn’t have enough pilots. The Alaska Air Group subsidiary has stabilized its ranks and is slowly rebuilding service. But an industry-wide pilot shortage continues.

Native speakers from across the Northwest and Canada are in Spokane this week to speak Salish and learn from those who teach it.

Some students in rural central Washington are facing housing instability. School districts have programs to help students Still, resources can be far away and hard to get to. N-W-P-B’s Johanna Bejarano reports.