In late autumn on the cusp of cool winter days, snow comes early to Washington when thousands of aloft avians, snow geese, land here in a flurry of white feathers.
“We call it a snow storm, they just will move as one,” said birder Julie Hagen. “It's just this chaotic whirlwind of birds, they move like a cloud and then they just lift up in the air.” Read More
Afiche sobre los síntomas del golpe de calor o enfermedad del calor. Crédito: www.weather.gov. Listen (Runtime 0:59) Read Altas temperaturas se esperan en todo el país durante el verano, pero… Continue Reading Trabajadores agrícolas Read More
Poster about heat related illness. Credit: www.weather.gov. Listen NWPB’s Johanna Bejarano reports on heat prevention (Runtime 0:52) Read High temperatures are expected across the country but not as severe in… Continue Reading Farmworkers To Receive Heat Stress Read More
Farmworkers' March Returns To Skagit County Continue Reading Farmworkers’ March Returns To Skagit CountyRead More
This week in the sixth story of “The Fight for Legacy Forests” series, Lauren Gallups reports on how some communities are worried about losing money from timber harvests, which pay for services they need. Read More
After several days of strikes and negotiations, tulip workers in Skagit County reached an agreement with Washington Bulb / Photo by: Edgar Franks/Familias Unidas por la Justicia Listen NWPB’s Johanna… Continue Reading After Read More
A strike by tulip workers in Washington State has been suspended pending new negotiations Listen NWPB’s Johanna Bejarano reports on new negotiations that led to the suspension of a strike by… Continue Reading Tulip Workers In Washington State Read More
La huelga de los trabajadores del tulipán en el estado de Washington se ha suspendido a la espera de nuevas negociaciones. Sabine Ojeil / Unsplash Listen Johanna Bejarano, de NWPB,… Continue Reading Trabajadores del tulipán en WA suspenden huelgaRead More
A strike by tulip workers in Washington enters its third day Read Skagit County tulip farmworkers entered a third day of a strike in Mount Vernon on Thursday. According to… Continue Reading WA Tulip Worker Strike Enters Third DayRead More
La huelga se produce a una semana de comenzar el Festival en el Tulipanes del Valle de Skagit. Alessandro Segala / Unsplash Read Los trabajadores agrícolas de tulipanes del condado… Continue Reading Huelga de trabajadores del tulipán en Read More
The rehearsal of the Skagit Valley Chorale, a community choir made up mostly of retirees and not associated with the church where they practiced, happened two weeks before Gov. Jay Inslee shut down the state. The choir had taken the precautions known at the time, such as distancing themselves and sanitizing. But someone had the virus. Read More
Skagit County Sheriff's Office Detective Anne Weed broached the idea for a partnership months before the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police ignited the national debate about reform. Weed said two existing mental health clinicians from Compass Health are now being "embedded" with regular patrol deputies. They get assigned the 911 calls involving people acting out Read More
Bill Talbott, a 56-year-old Washington state man, has been found guilty of murdering Tanya van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook. A jury in Everett returned a verdict after two days deliberating over a cold case murder from 1987. Read More
On Friday, jurors heard about the mysterious final days of a young Canadian couple killed in 1987 — as well as the novel method authorities used to finally make an arrest three decades later. Continue Reading Trial Begins In Read More