George Fox University will launch the first three-year bachelor’s degree programs in Oregon this fall.

Officials in Snohomish county are leveraging recently approved federal funds to help with flooding recovery and the future risk.

They opened in-person centers THIS WEEK [April 29] where people can apply for federal support.

KNKX’s Anna Marie Yanny has more.

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Protests are being held across the Pacific Northwest today [[FRI]] in honor of International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day.

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This May Day [FRI] marks the 20th year anniversary of one of the largest immigration protests in U.S. history — Called the Great American Boycott or A Day Without an Immigrant. KUOW’s Gustavo Sagrero, has more on today’s demonstrations.

[This is a developing story, watch for updates.]

[Family reunification area set up after Tacoma High School stabbing

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LEDE: It’s May Day today. In Seattle, a march and rally are happening at noon

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And on hand will be the Seattle Singing Resistance

They’re a new group inspired by the anti-ICE movement in Minnesota.

As Anna Boiko-Weyrauch [ANN-uh BOY-koh WHY-rock] reports, they’re just one example of how Minnesota-style organizing is influencing the Pacific Northwest.

Six transgender Idahoans are suing to stop a new law that criminalizes people using bathrooms that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth— including in private businesses.

According to the C-D-C, if you’re a person of Native American descent, you’re almost three times more likely to have type 2 diabetes than a white adult. But many regional tribes now offer diabetes management programs to help their patients fight those odds. N-W-P-B’s Rachel Sun reports from Nimiipuu (NEE-mee-poo) Health in Lapwai (LAP-way), Idaho.

OPTIONAL OUTRO (NON-OPTIONAL FOR NWPB HOSTS): This story is part of N-W-P-B’s efforts to report not just on problems, but on how our communities are seeking solutions.

A company with links to the parent company of Facebook will lay off more than five dozen employees at a central Oregon data center. KLCC’s Zac Ziegler reports: