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People traveled from across Washington state to rally outside of a Tacoma Safeway store in support of farm workers Monday afternoon. The United Farm Workers and their supporters are calling on Windmill Farms in Sunnyside to recognize the unionization efforts and give workers a contract. The union said workers have been trying to get recognition for two years.

(Runtime 4:05)OLYMPIA, Wash. — People carried cardboard cutouts of colorful monarch butterflies and waved flags from different countries. They were…

(Runtime 1:02) A group of developers have filed a lawsuit against the city of Walla Walla.The group, Cottonwood Investors, said that Walla Walla’s City…

Tours of an allegedly haunted hospital first helped to breathe new life into Colfax’s downtown nine years ago. Now, ghost hunters’ curiosity about the hospital’s residents beyond the grave are helping to save the historic building

Award-winning poet Ricardo Ruiz focuses on telling the stories of his community, for his community. NWPB’s Rachel Sun interviewed Ruiz about that work, and his approach to collaborative storytelling through poetry.

The Pasco City Council unanimously decided to dissolve the Downtown Pasco Development Authority, after a public hearing this week. The Authority had been examined for months, and a state audit questioned its administrative management.

You probably no longer bat an eye when an electric car passes by on the road. More novel battery-powered vehicles are soon joining the parade to help operators achieve their sustainability goals. Electric ferries are coming to Puget Sound and hybrid electric airplanes are being tested in Washington. Now, several Pacific Northwest fire departments have ordered their first electric fire trucks.

Connor Henricksen reports on how conservation efforts in one Washington town may be preserving more than the land and the environment / Runtime - 4:17…

Covering a bill making its way through Olympia that could impact the voting rights of 26,000 people.

A new package about the program at the restaurant Oak. Feeding Our Friends provides free meals for the Pullman community.