Umatilla

(Runtime 3:35 ) For over 30 years, Native American Heritage Month has been federally recognized. Northwest Public Broadcasting reporters are interviewing…

Umatilla County is home to two large state prisons, which hold more than 3,500 inmates between them. The petitions are a last resort for inmates who need things like medical equipment and procedures that have been denied.

Flood waters in southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon are starting to recede. But this relatively good news follows days of bad news and inundated towns – along with collapsed bridges, dozens of helicopter rescues and washed-out roads. It’s all caused by recent heavy rainfall and fast-melting snow.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has issued an emergency proclamation for 20 counties as major flooding inundated Washington and Oregon.

A decommissioned chemical weapons depot and a lone biologist might be the last hope for a population of burrowing owls.