Courtney Flatt
ReporterCourtney Flatt is a Richland-based multi-media correspondent for Northwest Public Broadcasting and the Northwest News Network focusing on environmental, natural resources and energy issues in the Northwest. She began her journalism career at The Dallas Morning News as a neighbors editor. There, she also wrote articles for the Metro section, where she reported on community issues ranging from water security to the arts. Courtney earned her master’s in convergence journalism at the University of Missouri and developed a love for radio and documentary film. As a producer at KBIA-FM she hosted a weekly business show, reported and produced talk shows on community and international issues. Her work took her from the unemployment lines, to a Methamphetamine bust, to the tornado damage aftermath in Joplin, Mo.
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For the Nez Perce Tribe, connections to culturally important first foods, like salmon and berries, are deeper than just nourishment. Tribal members say these foods are fundamental to their life, language and identities. But, toxic environments can threaten these foods. -
There’s a simple item that helps babies born very early survive. It’s something one Richland resident found out that babies at nearby hospitals needed: beanies. So she decided to help crochet some very tiny hats. -
Some people in Northeastern Washington aren’t hooked up to the electric grid. But a new federal grant will help people in those remote places access electricity for the first time. -
As the water heats up, you might start to see lakes – and sometimes rivers – close because of toxic algal blooms. The blooms can make people sick and kill pets. But, a Central Washington team hopes they can solve the problem. -
Washington will have to develop renewable energy projects to meet its carbon-free goals. A lot of that development will likely happen in rural areas. That’s why the state wants to hear from rural residents. -
Smoke is still making people sick in Finley, Washington. A fire at a massive warehouse there has been smoldering for seven weeks. -
June is Pride month. For queer people in the Walla Walla Valley, life hasn’t always been easy. A new oral history project, “Sweeter Than the Onions: Stories of Queer Resilience in Walla Walla,” documents their experiences over the last 50 years. -
A historic tree in Thurston County could soon meet its end. A group of advocates are trying to save the Davis Meeker Garry oak in Tumwater, Washington, after the city deemed the tree unsafe. -
In a recent heated committee hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, argued against bringing grizzly bears to the North Cascades. -
Call it determination. Call it follow through. Or just call it pure stubbornness. One Tri-Cities man has found a way to beat the heat and the cold. He’s jumped in the Columbia River for 300 months straight
