July 26, 2024, 6:02am Northwest
As the Washington State Department of Transportation spends billions of dollars removing concrete and metal pipes that block spawning salmon, another state agency is finally finishing a strategy to fix all the state’s fish migration barriers. Read story
July 26, 2024, 5:58am Northwest
Poet Ian Ramsey is staying at the Coldwater Lake visitor center for nearly a week as part of the Mount St. Helens Institute’s first poet in residence. Read story
July 26, 2024, 5:57am Northwest
Longview voters will decide in November whether to approve a sales tax to hire additional patrol officers for the Longview Police Department. Read story
July 25, 2024, 5:49pm Newsletter
The U.S. government will invest $240 million in salmon and steelhead hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest to boost declining fish populations and support the treaty-protected fishing rights of Native American tribes, officials announced Thursday. Read story
July 25, 2024, 5:32pm Northwest
Ending an eight-year legal battle, chemical giant Monsanto has agreed to a $160-million settlement with Seattle for its part in polluting a river that runs through the heart of the city with toxins that posed a threat to humans, fish and wildlife, the city attorney’s office said Thursday. Read story
July 25, 2024, 1:25pm Latest News
A California man under arrest Thursday was accused of starting the state's largest wildfire of the year by pushing a burning car into a gully as other fires scorched the Pacific Northwest. Read story
July 25, 2024, 10:50am Latest News
House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris's role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job. Read story
July 25, 2024, 10:01am Election
Environmental issues will be a centerpiece of Washingtonians’ ballots this fall, now that an initiative to protect the use of natural gas and to unravel recently passed energy regulations and laws has qualified for the ballot. Read story
July 25, 2024, 9:39am Latest News
After their nests were destroyed, 15 orphaned baby barn owls from central Washington found their new home in Washington State University’s Horticulture Center. Read story
July 25, 2024, 7:51am Northwest
A suspicious device found north of Chinook Middle School last week closed an area street for three hours, according to Lacey police. Read story
