Today's headlines:
- Washington wants to get rid of “forever chemicals” in firefighting foam. So it’s shipping the foam to an incinerator in Utah.
- Washington National Guard members are monitoring levees.
- The Canada lynx is classified as "endangered" in Washington. The state wants to know whether residents think it should keep those protections.
- Chewelah couple donates 100‑acre tree farm to WSU Extension Forestry.
- Washington Utilities Commission says Avista owes customers a refund for its coal investment-fueled rate increase.
- Nearly a week after wind gusts knocked out power for many across the Inland Northwest, electricity has been restored.
- WSU football takes home the prize after its first Famous Idaho Potato Bowl appearance.
And Monica Carrillo-Casas, SPR's rural reporter and Murrow News Fellow, brings us the story of an Adams County labor advocate making a difference for farm workers in Othello.
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SPR News Today is a production of Spokane Public Radio.
Reporting today was contributed by Courtney Flatt, Jennifer Wing, Owen Henderson, Monica Carrillo-Casas and Doug Nadvornick.
The show is hosted and produced by Owen Henderson.
