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Pierce County raises pride flag outside county building for the first time

2 days ago | nwpb.org | Lauren Gallup

Outside the Pierce County council building on a sunny early June afternoon, people gathered waving rainbow flags while listening to pop hits like Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.”They were commemorating a moment in the county’s history: the first time the pride flag has flown outside the government building. It had been about a year since a controversy over the flag arose within the county council.
Washington woman released from ICE detention center in Tacoma

1 week ago | nwpb.org | Lauren Gallup

Lewelyn Dixon, her family and a growing community of supporters received good news Thursday afternoon — Dixon would be released from the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. The decision came during a hearing inside the center. While the court was in session, supporters of Dixon gathered outside to protest her detention and call for her release. Cheers erupted from the crowd and tears streamed down people’s faces when the news of her release broke.
What’s coming out of the stack? Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant must pass emissions muster

1 week ago | nwpb.org | Anna King

A nearly two month long study is underway at the Hanford cleanup site, in southeast Washington state. It’s looking at a new stack on the Waste Treatment Plant – and how to keep too many chemical emission nasties from coming out of it. The new study is meant to test the off-gas systems and a range of chemical scrubbers. This is all happening at the massive Waste Treatment Plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility.
Pickleball in Moscow: staying in shape and connected

1 week ago | nwpb.org | Phineas Pope

In Moscow, Idaho, Jim Craig says he thinks people are drawn to one particular sport because all you have to do is show up and play. “We’re a bunch of old people, we all get together, we play, we get tired, we go sit in the stands and we rest, and we tell each other all our medical problems,” he said with a laugh. Craig is talking about pickleball — a sport which has been gaining popularity for years. The Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SIFA) says it’s the fastest growing sport in America.
Red Cross to close Lewiston donation center after 27 years in LC Valley

2 weeks ago | nwpb.org | Rachel Margret Sun

The Red Cross will close its Lewiston blood donation center on Aug. 2. The organization has had a donation center in Lewiston for 27 years, 15 of which were at their current location. Matt Ochsner, regional communications director, said the center hasn’t been collecting blood in a cost-efficient manner. “We’ll continue our mobile operations in that area,” he said. From July 1, 2024 to May 21, the center collected around 843 units of blood. Last fiscal year, it collected 872 units.
Housing providers already feeling the impact waiting for federal funds amidst new Trump conditions

2 weeks ago | nwpb.org | Lauren Gallup

Celina McKenney has bills to pay, and a lot of people rely on her to pay them. As co-executive of Share and Care House, a nonprofit in Pierce County that provides permanent supportive housing to over 140 people, McKenney oversees the money coming in and going out. One of the many things her organization does is pay for clients’ leases. For over a decade, it has used funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
To remove a salmon-killing causeway, Richland votes to hand over management of a popular Columbia River island

2 weeks ago | nwpb.org | Courtney Flatt

For decades, a 550-foot causeway has connected the Richland shoreline to Bateman Island, a spot popular with local birders, hikers and fishers. However, the causeway blocks water flowing from the Yakima River into the Columbia. And that’s made the area popular for predators, looking for a tasty snack of migrating salmon. “ In one day (a Yakama Nation predatory biologist) caught 10,000 (bass and predation fish),” said Joe Blodgett, who manages the Yakama Nation’s Yakima Klickitat Fisheries Project.
Tri-Cities welding students take on trailer rebuild

2 weeks ago | nwpb.org | Courtney Flatt

For years, Carol Taylor has watched from her car window as a Kennewick man slowly turned an old school bus into a camping trailer. She said it now looks like a “luxury hotel.” By this time, she’d retired. Still, the 77-year-old wanted to get out and travel, but she didn’t want to sleep on the ground anymore. As the bus came together, she thought that she’d be able to do something similar. In fact, she’d done it before –– with four other campers. So, she started scouting around for parts.
Less irrigation water for some Yakima Valley farmers, wildfire season approaches

2 weeks ago | nwpb.org | Anna King

The Roza Irrigation District is shutting down its water starting on Tuesday. The shutdown could last for nearly two weeks depending on temperatures. The district, located in the Yakima Valley, is trying to save water for hotter months. The Roza Irrigation District is about 72,000 acres in size, running from Prosser up to east Selah.
Walla Walla closes housing voucher waitlist for the first time

2 weeks ago | nwpb.org | Susan Shain

The Walla Walla Housing Authority closed its waitlist for Housing Choice Vouchers, also known as Section 8, earlier this month. Though other cities, like Portland and Spokane, have had their waitlists mostly closed for years, this is the first time Walla Walla has done so. The housing authority said that rising rents are mainly to blame. The agency has a limited pool of money — and given that area rents have roughly doubled over the past decade, it’s been able to house fewer people.