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  • 1 week ago | nwpb.org | Rachel Margret Sun

    A pilot apprenticeship program for direct support professionals, or DSPs, may soon help more people develop workforce skills for caring for people with disabilities. The apprenticeship program will be run through Lewis-Clark State College, in collaboration with organizations across Idaho that provide DSP service. Some of those include locations near Coeur d’Alene, Boise, Idaho Falls and Pocatello, said Doug Cruthirds, director of Workforce Training at LCSC.

  • 1 week ago | nwpb.org | Lauren Gallup

    The city of Tacoma loosened restrictions on what kinds of houses can be built in its neighborhoods. Now, people can build duplexes, triplexes and other multi-unit dwellings in areas that used to be only for single-family homes. The city’s Home in Tacoma initiative was implemented to help address the region’s housing crisis. The flexibility of more units on single lots is meant to vary the kinds of homes people can rent or buy. By doing so, the city hopes that will decrease costs.

  • 3 weeks ago | nwpb.org | Johanna Bejarano

    The City of Sunnyside is expected to have a new interim city manager appointed after placing its current one on administrative leave, citing an investigation. The city council voted 5-2 to put Mike Gonzalez on non-disciplinary, paid administrative leave during a study meeting on Monday, June 2. The Council upheld its  decision two days later during a special meeting Wednesday. Gonzalez’s leave lasts 30 days.

  • 3 weeks ago | nwpb.org | Diana Romero

    This past winter, the University of Idaho made changes to its offices on campus that concern diversity, equity and inclusion. The Idaho State Board of Education adopted a resolution on Dec.18, 2024.

  • 3 weeks 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.

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