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Forested area in Washington. CREDIT: Connor Henricksen

Washington bill could allow Department of Natural Resources to sell carbon credits

(Runtime 1:07)In the eyes of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, one big thing is missing from the state’s climate policies. Recent laws…

Current Washington law already includes background checks and waiting periods for gun sales, but lawmakers are considering legislation to apply those rules to all new gun sales and transfers

Northwest lawmakers, courts weigh new rules on gun sales

Washington lawmakers are weighing bills to place new restrictions on the sale and transfer of guns as new gun laws in Oregon make their way through the courts.

Terry and Kwasi Buffington at NWPB. (Credit: Connor Henricksen / NWPB)

A civil rights veteran settles on the Palouse

(Runtime 2:03) Living on the rolling hills of the Palouse is a woman who has deep roots in the civil rights movement. Terry Buffington is a trove of…

Conversations with farmers in the Skagit Valley, seen here from Samish Overlook, inspired a Democratic state legislator to propose to bar foreign entities from buying Washington croplands

Lawmaker proposes ban to keep foreign entities from buying Washington forest and farmland

Legislators in Washington state are joining more than a dozen other states that are considering whether to restrict or ban foreign entities from buying farmland. The initial hearing on Olympia's version of the foreign ownership restrictions however drew more criticism than support on Tuesday.

President Biden delivers a speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland a day after his secret visit to Ukraine. Biden promised further U.S. support for Ukraine as it continues fighting Russia's invasion

Biden says U.S. support for Ukraine 'will not waver' in Poland speech

A day after his secret visit to Kyiv, President Biden promised that Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia.

Demonstrators stand on the steps of the Washington Statehouse to show their support for House Bill 1397 a week before its first scheduled committee hearing

WA bill meant to safeguard foster children appears to have died in committee

A bill inspired by the case of missing child Oakley Carlson is stalled in the Washington Legislature. But supporters hope it can still be revived.

Campo de manzanas. (Crédito: Matthew Rumph en Unsplash).

Flexibilidad de horas extras agrícolas no avanzaría en esta legislatura

El proyecto de ley 5476 del Senado, destinado a autorizar a los empresarios agrícolas a elegir 12 semanas al año en las que no se aplicarían los salarios por horas extraordinarias hasta que los trabajadores completaran más de 50 horas, no ha avanzado en la Legislatura de Washington.

Three students with backpacks walk on pavement lightly covered in snow in front of a brick building with a green roof.

Moscow planting garden, creating scholarships in memory of slain students

(Runtime 3:10) After four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in an off-campus house last November, the small, college town of Moscow was…

Lawmakers behind a new bill to do-over Washington's search for a new commercial airport site say it fixes "mistakes" made with the initial process

New commercial airport site search in WA would get do-over under bill moving through legislature

A bill that would effectively do-over Washington's search for a new commercial airport has passed a key committee vote in Olympia.

Debby Carscallen, emergency medical service division chief for the Moscow Fire Department, says over the past five years it's gotten harder to recruit volunteer EMTs and firefighters. At the same time, call volume has increased. (Credit: Rachel Sun / NWPB and The Lewiston Tribune)

Volunteer firefighter, EMT shortage straining local departments

(Runtime 1:12) Local emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and firefighters say increased call volumes and fewer available volunteers have left them…

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