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MMIWP gathering for healing in Seattle, 2022. (Crédito: Johanna Bejarano / NWPB)

MMIWP: Comunidades indígenas siguen alzando sus voces en la búsqueda de sus seres queridos

Al comenzar el mes nacional de concientización sobre los casos de mujeres y personas indígenas desaparecidas y asesinadas (MMIW/P), las familias siguen llamando la atención sobre las barreras y los retos que experimentan al abordar la crisis en Washington.

News Roundup – What's Happening In Central Washington?

Central Washington is an agricultural powerhouse. In the summer, it’s often dominated by headlines of fires (and smoke) affecting the region. But from the Columbia River to Cascade Crest, from Canada to Oregon, there’s a lot going on. NWPB Yakima Valley correspondent Esmy Jimenez talks with news manager Scott Leadingham about deeper stories she's covering.

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that he is rescinding the requirement for state employees to get their COVID-19 shot as a condition for keeping their jobs

Washington ends COVID-19 vaccine requirements for state employees

Washington State employees will no longer be required to get a COVID-19 vaccination in order to keep their jobs.

Daniel Legeer of Lacey, Washington, was arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm under a new law that requires gun dealers to report failed background checks. He believes he is an unintended target of the new law. CREDIT: AUSTIN JENKINS

It's A Crime To Lie And Try To Buy A Gun, Now People In Washington Are Being Prosecuted

A new Washington state law designed to crack down on felons, domestic abusers and others who lie and try to buy a gun is already resulting in prosecutions.

Judge Salvador Mendoza Jr investiture to the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit.

First Eastern Washington judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sworn in

Judge Salvador Mendoza Junior is the first Latino in Washington to receive his investiture as a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

A snow-machine rider takes a snowpack reading as part of Community Snow Observations, a NASA-sponsored citizen science project. CREDIT: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY

Snowpack Has Drastically Declined In The West This Century

There’s a lot less snow in the western U.S. than there was a century ago. That’s according to new research that found dramatic declines in snowpack as the seasons have gotten warmer.

Bogus Social Media Threat At Spokane High School Linked to Identical Threat Made In Yakima

A threat written on a bathroom wall forced school officials in Spokane to place a high school on modified lockdown Friday. But the lockdown was a precaution because it wasn’t clear there was a threat at all.

A portrait of Dr. Richard Eggleston smiling at the camera

Washington court grants Eggleston preliminary injunction following appeal

The Washington Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted an emergency injunction to Dr. Richard Eggleston, a Clarkston ophthalmologist, who came under fire for opinion columns questioning, among other things, COVID-19 and pandemic death counts.

A women in a blue and red plaid shirt stands in front of a blue river. She is holding two gray rocks on top of each other. in the background, on the other side of the river, there are rocky hills and a blue sky.

Could the Northwest's basalt rocks help slow climate change?

(Runtime 3:53)On the banks of the Columbia River, tall columns of rock poke out from the cliffs.“So you see all of these black rocks that are on either…

Jura primer juez del este de Washington en el Tribunal de Apelación del Noveno Circuito

El juez Salvador Mendoza Jr. es el primer latino de Washington en recibir su investidura como miembro del Tribunal de Apelaciones de los EE.UU. para el Noveno Circuito.

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