New state rules could expand public broadband in rural WA
A proposal from Washington's Public Works Board would limit the power of private companies' objections to stall public broadband projects.
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'Build this network': Mobile clinic brings healthcare to rural communities
FAIRFIELD, Wash. -- Not everyone has access to healthcare, so a community partnership is filling the need. The Range Community Clinic and Washington State University are bringing care to…
DNR transfers surplus fire engines to Eastern Washington fire districts
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Department of Natural Resources presented four Eastern Washington fire districts with surplus wildfire engines on Monday. It is part of the agency's effort to…
How Comcast and other telecoms scuttle rural WA broadband efforts
The state Public Works Board is considering changes after private internet companies successfully objected to local government initiatives.
Vaccine hesitancy continues in rural counties throughout Washington
With nearly six million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine already given in Washington, the state is on the way back to normalcy. But in some rural areas, vaccine hesitancy remains an issue.
Panhandle Health District gets $1 million grant to fight opioid crisis in rural counties
BONNER COUNTY, Idaho -- Drug overdoses killed more than 67,000 people in the United States in 2018, according to the CDC. Nearly 70% of those deaths involved opioids.…
$2 million in CARES Act funding to help with broadband issues in rural Idaho
The Idaho Commission for Libraries has been awarded $2 million in CARES Act funding to help boost broadband connections in small, rural communities.
Crews battle large grass fire in northwestern Kansas
There is a large grass fire in the northwestern corner of Kansas.
Republicans, Democrats really do occupy different worlds
In Philadelphia, the largest television market in Pennsylvania, the five most-watched cable shows among viewers with at least a four-year college degree include CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," MSNBC's "Hardball" and reruns of the cosmopolitan situation comedy "Modern Family."
