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Inland NW Health Care Providers Reassess After 2-Year Anniversary of COVID

By Rachel Sun March 17, 2022

More Americans have been getting less than seven hours of sleep a night in the past several years, especially in professions such as health care. CREDIT: ER Productions Limited/Getty Images

Inland NW health care providers reassess how they provide care following 2 years of the COVID pandemic Listen NWPB’s Rachel Sun reports on how Inland NW health care providers have been impacted after 2 years of the COVID pandemic / Runtime – 1:43 Read It’s been almost two years since the first COVID-19 case was… Read More

Unusually High Temperatures With Hazy Conditions Expected To Persist In Inland Northwest

By Rebecca White July 14, 2021

Air quality monitors across the Inland Northwest have been trending to moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups to full unhealthy levels over recently, with that trend expected to continue. CREDIT: Washington Smoke Blog

Temperatures in the Inland Northwest are still hotter than normal, and this week the region will also be more prone to fire danger and smoky air due to drought and wind. Continue Reading Unusually High Temperatures With Read More

Storm Packing A Punch Batters The Northwest From West To East, Causing Deaths, Power Outages

By NWPB News January 13, 2021

Crews remove a large ponderosa pine that fell on a vehicle, killing a woman during a windstorm Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 in Spokane, Wash. CREDIT: Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review via AP

A powerful wind storm rolled through the Pacific Northwest Tuesday night through Wednesday afternoon, causing the deaths of at least two person and leaving a trail of damage -- including a highway shut down after a landslide and a tractor-trailer that was nearly blown off a bridge. More than 500,000 people lost power. Read More

Census Canvassers Fan Out In The Inland Northwest Ahead Of September Deadline

By Doug Nadvornick August 11, 2020

About 3,000 census "enumerators" began knocking on doors recently in eastern Washington. CREDIT: U.S. Census Bureau

Canvassers have been out in North Idaho the past few weeks. They will be working between now and the end of September to follow up with people who haven’t filled out census forms. Continue Reading Census Canvassers Fan Out In The Read More

When The Pandemic Came To The Inland Northwest — 102 Years Ago

By Nicholas Deshais April 3, 2020

Volunteers wearing gauze masks at a street kitchen in Cincinnati serve food to children of families afflicted by the flu pandemic in the winter of 1918-1919.

The year was 1918 – the last time a pandemic reached Spokane. A century has passed, and the Inland Northwest and the world are once again contending with quarantine and the powerful role public health officials can play in times of outbreak. Continue Read More