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People all over are coming down with all sorts of sickness as the weather gets colder.

Students are back in school and a lot more indoor gatherings are happening.

Doctors say now is the time to get updated on your vaccines for the flu and other respiratory illnesses.

“So then, when you give yourself that little bit of a window and you have that immunity established by middle of October, it's actually really great because that's typically when we get into a lot of the holidays.” That was Rocky Sulkoske, a registered nurse at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, Idaho.

Health leaders say influenza cases usually start to pick up around November before peaking in February.

Go to NWPB.org for news on other sicknesses being reported around the northwest, plus tips on how to protect yourself and others.

Stay safe and healthy out there.

A growing program at Walla Walla Community College is, well, growing.

The school is buying more than 70 acres of farmland near its campus that will first be used for its Farm to Fork program.

Students get their hands dirty with hands-on training, doing the whole food system cycle, growing produce, feeding livestock, harvesting it all.

Walla Walla CC's president Chad Hickox says it's real world experience, allowing them, even encouraging them, to make mistakes.

“...intentionally fail.

Do something that they think is going to be wrong and see if they can potentially recover.” Love that approach.

Soil sciences, agriculture and culinary students are all going to be working the dirt.

To find out where the funding came from, go to our website for the full article.

Also on the website, check out Rachel Sun's audio postcard from Moscow Mountain.

Get the details on what very well could be a great fall hike for you.

Here's a quick listen.

“I wonder if that log was just sitting here...

Sitting and dipping your feet?” You'll also find a beautiful picture of the view from the top.

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I'm Tracci Dial with your NWPB Weekly News Now.

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