Community

One cafe in Washington state is opening its doors to help people make connections in-person — through speed-friending. It’s like platonic speed-dating.

At a town hall in East Wenatchee, a brown dog named Ruffles Lackey made the rounds, inviting attendees to rub her belly. Ruffles, an animal-assisted crisis response dog, was there to comfort community members coping with stress and grief.

By Mia Gallegos | FāVS NewsGonzaga University has transformed Ash Wednesday, a significant Catholic holiday, into an interfaith experience open to all.Ash…

In Eastern Oregon and across the nation, cattle mutilation has been puzzling and concerning ranchers and law enforcement for decades. Now, a new film is highlighting the communities trying to solve this mystery.

(Runtime 3:34)The winter sun is shining through large windows onto a table filled with art supplies in the River Arts Kamiah studio space on Main Street…

Palouse Patchers, a local nonprofit, offers a beginner course in quilting that runs the length of the school year.

(Runtime 4:01) When Chestina Dominguez was little, her maternal grandmother, her kuthla, wanted to teach her to weave.“I never wanted to learn. I always…

At food establishments across Redmond, diners this month will find a unique accompaniment to their orders; poems.Penned by local writers as well as poets from international Cities of Literature, the poems expound on community, harvest and lineage. Redmond’s poet laureate, Ching-In Chen, is leading the project, called Read Local Eat Local, It kicks off on Thursday Sept. 19 in conjunction with the Downtown Redmond Art Walk.

By: Jeanie Lindsay, Northwest News NetworkPeople running for office in Washington will begin submitting official paperwork next week to get on the ballot…

Residents in north central Idaho have the chance to influence what health and social service programs are available in their community through the end of March.