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Cars, ships, planes, fertilizer factories, refineries and steel mills are among the sectors that could be consumers of "green" hydrogen.

Pacific NW 'hydrogen hub' pitch to federal government treated as top secret

The states of Washington and Oregon have submitted a joint bid to the U.S. Department of Energy to get a share of $8 billion that Congress set aside to launch "Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs" around the nation. But good luck trying to learn what exactly the bi-state bid entails, other than the safe presumption that at least one industrial hydrogen production facility would be subsidized.

Police Chief James Fry stands before a wooden podium in his navy blue uniform in front of an American flag.

Twenty-eight-year-old Washington State University grad student arrested near Scranton, Pennsylvania, suspected of killing four University of Idaho students

Twenty-eight year old Bryan Kohberger, a Washington State University grad student, has been arrested for allegedly killing the four University of Idaho…

two people walking on an icy sidewalk one in the street

How walk audits make communities safer and healthier

(Runtime 3:52) In the dark, on a cold winter morning, sidewalks in Richland are covered with compact snow and ice. Three people walk along a block near a…

The Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia

No bones about it: Students seek a Washington state dinosaur designation

(Runtime 1:06)You’ve probably heard of state flowers or state trees. In addition to such flora, Washington soon could have more state fauna – a dinosaur.…

Driving a long gravel road on a tour of the Horse Heaven Hills. Fallow fields and wheat with mountains in the distance. (Credit: Dori Luzzo Gilmour / NWPB)

Clean energy project proposal in the Columbia Basin generates controversy and support

(Runtime 4:00)Scout Clean Energy, a renewable energy companyfrom Colorado, began looking at Horse Heaven Hills in 2016 as the prospective site for a clean…

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee walks through the Capitol building in Olympia, en route to deliver his annual State of the State address, Jan. 10, 2023

Gov. Inslee leans into housing and homelessness in 2023 State of the State address

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee emphasized housing construction and homelessness response during his 2023 State of the State address on Tuesday. The issue is a bipartisan priority for the state Legislature, but approaches differ among the lawmakers who convened in Olympia this week.

Cómo la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo sobre el aborto está cambiando el Noroeste: Lo que te puedes haber perdido

En los meses que siguieron a la anulación del caso Roe contra Wade, muchas personas—entre ellas pacientes, proveedores de atención sanitaria y organizadores del derecho al aborto—se enfrentaron a cambios extremos en sus vidas y sus medios de subsistencia. Estos son algunos de los cambios que se produjeron en nuestra región desde entonces.

A police officer in uniform wearing glasses stands behind a podium and in front of a background reading "Yakima Police" on his left is an American flag and a computer screen showing a map of where the suspect was found dead.

Shooting in Yakima, Wash. leaves three dead, then suspected shooter later found dead

Three people were fatally shot at a gas station early Tuesday morning in Yakima. After an all-day search by law enforcement, the suspect was found…

Voting in federal elections has been compulsory in Australia for the past 99 years. Australia is frequently held up as a model by supporters of universal voting

What if voting were not just a right, but a legally required duty?

Numerous Democrats in the Washington Legislature are backing a new proposal to make voting in elections compulsory. Citizens are required by law to cast ballots in about 25 counties, but in no other U.S. states.

A Plazas Comunitarias graduate receives her adult education certificate. (Credit: Consulate of Mexico in Seattle)

Plazas Comunitarias to help Hispanic immigrants in Yakima complete their basic education

Age is not an obstacle for Hispanic immigrants wanting to complete their basic education. Now, the Mexican government is partnering to offer an adult education program in Yakima. The program seeks to give families the tools to improve their life.

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