Over 50 laid-off Boeing employees are getting their jobs back.

Host lead-in: Some Boeing employees are heading back to work after losing their jobs earlier this year. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Gallup reports.

Small hospitals in Washington state are facing a difficult economic future. As OPB's Erik Neumann reports, their finances will likely become worse because of the federal budget bill passed by Congress last week.

Host lede: A report from this past flu season has details about flu vaccine rates for health care employees. N-W-P-B’s Rachel Sun has more.

Washington state’s Distressed Hospital Grant program gives money to hospitals that are in financial trouble. The program offers some insight about which facilities could be most affected by Medicaid cuts under the recently-passed Republican budget bill.

One of Oregon’s biggest employers is permanently cutting more than 500 positions. Global chipmaker Intel notified state officials about the layoffs today/yesterday [[TUES]]. Kyra [[KYE ruh]] Buckley reports.

This year’s count of homeless people showed decreasing numbers across the region.

This year’s tally of homeless people showed a decline in numbers across Southwestern Oregon and far Northern California.

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LEDE: It’s official. The federal government has withdrawn plans to recover imperiled salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin. [N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt explains.] [SOQ 0:52]

The recently-passed state budget includes funding for a number of projects in western and central Oregon, including millions for the planned Lane Stabilization Center. KLCC’s Zac Ziegler reports: