New Map Shows Hotspots Of Environmental Health Hazards For Washington...
The Environmental Health Disparities map shows concentrations of pollution combined with demographics to color code risk areas. CREDIT: WASHINGTON DEPT. OF HEALTH Read On A new online tool by the...
View ArticleYakima County Gets Stay-At-Home Order As President Trump Declares Emergency...
Jess White, a registered nurse at UW Northwest, demonstrates to another nurse how to properly remove a mask on Thursday, March 12, 2020, at UW Medicine's drive-through testing clinic in Seattle....
View ArticleCentral Washington Non-Profits Adjust To Provide Critical Spanish-Language...
Non-profit adult education provider La Casa Hogar shifted operations online and canceled its 25th anniversary celebrations, scheduled in May, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, staff are working to...
View ArticleYakima, Tri-Cities Eye Modified Phase 1, But ‘We Have To Remain Vigilant’...
The Governor's Office and state Department of Health are encouraging Washington residents to use facial coverings through a #MasUpWA campaign. CREDIT: Washington Governor's Office READ ON BY ENRIQUE...
View ArticleWhere To Get Masks And Testing In Yakima County As Coronavirus Cases Near 8K
Gov. Jay Inslee visited Yakima June 16, 2020, as the county's coronavirus numbers continue to grow at a rate that suggests it will be hard for it to move beyond Phase 1 of reopening. The Health...
View ArticleBreweries, Wineries In Tri-Cities And Yakima May Need To Close Under...
File photo. Jacob Young, then-owner of Old Schoolhouse Brewery, in Winthrop, Washington, serves food to his customers. He says when there's little smoke and fires are far away, he sees more patrons....
View ArticleUnderground fire, harmful fumes prompt cleanup plan for Yakima landfill
While hiking, Nancy Lust, with Friends of Rocky Top, watches a truck dump waste into a landfill in Yakima County. Lust lives near the landfill and has fought to learn more about what's getting...
View ArticleLandfill fire in Yakima is one step closer to being put out
While hiking, Nancy Lust, with Friends of Rocky Top, watches a truck dump waste into a landfill in Yakima County. Lust lives near the landfill and has fought to learn more about what's getting...
View ArticlePacientes de COVID persistente necesitan más recursos en el centro de Washington
En Washington, la única clínica especializada en pacientes de COVID persistente está en Seattle. (Crédito Tela Moss NWPB.) ESCUCHE...
View ArticleLong-COVID patients need more resources in central Washington
The only clinic specializing in Long-COVID patients is in the Norm Maleng Building at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. (Credit: Tela Moss / NWPB) Listen...
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