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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JUNE 28 --Tulips adorn Riverfront Park in Spokane, Wash., in this April 29, 1999 photo. The World's Fair-Expo 74 turned an industrialized city center into Spokane's crown jewel known as Riverfront Park. In 1907, Spokane officials hired the famed Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm to create a park plan for the city. Three years later, city fathers narrowly convinced Spokane voters to approve a $1 million bond to buy land along the river and begin building neighborhood parks.

Are Expos still a thing? Next up: Osaka 2025

July 7, 2024, 5:27am Business

As Expo ‘74 50th Anniversary official celebrations wrap up this week, some are looking forward to the next world’s fair, coming to Osaka, Japan, in 2025. Read story

Culverts, large pipes under roadways, allow water to flow but may not allow fish to swim through. Culverts may block fish migration because the water flow is too swift, too shallow, or has a waterfall into or out of the culvert.

It’s a challenging drive to Washington’s ocean beaches as state spends billions to help fish

July 6, 2024, 12:31pm Latest News

It took 50 million years for salmon to evolve and only about 50 years to nearly wipe them out. Now, Washington’s native salmon and steelhead populations are getting a reprieve — one stream at a time. Read story

‘Oh my God. Why?’ World’s first rubber duck history museum opening in Washington

July 6, 2024, 12:07pm Entertainment

“I have done nothing but stare at rubber ducks for four or five months straight. I dream in rubber ducks at this point,” Krystal King told the Bellingham Herald on Monday, from her Point Roberts store. Read story

A family share a moment underneath the shade by Alki Beach in Seattle on May 10.

Picturing Seattle: Try this half-day tour of the city’s top photo ops

July 6, 2024, 6:05am Life

Maybe it has happened to you. Friends or relatives arrive in Seattle for a short visit. They want you to show them around. Read story

Japanese-built campground opens on Washington Coast

July 6, 2024, 6:03am Life

A Japanese style first-of-its-kind campground that aims to connect people with nature has opened on Washington’s Coast, and it’s about to set new standards for camping. Read story

Washington D.C. Roll Call report

July 6, 2024, 5:11am Northwest

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending July 3. Read story

More than a dozen moderate quakes off Vancouver Island over two days? What’s happening?

July 5, 2024, 5:35pm Northwest

A moderate earthquake hit the ocean floor Friday morning off the coast of Vancouver Island, the largest of more than a dozen quakes over the past two days about 300 miles west of Bellingham. Read story

Sherri Thompson, with her chihuahua 14-year-old Kiwahi, waits in her vehicle for the Cook Plaza cooling center to open on Friday, July 5, 2024, in Gresham, Ore. Thompson has lived in her car for three years, and can only run its air conditioning for about 20 minutes at a time as it causes the engine to overheat. A heat wave is spreading across Wester U.S., the national Weather Service said, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures.

A dangerous heat wave is scorching much of the US. Weather experts predict record-setting temps

July 5, 2024, 3:52pm Latest News

A slow-moving and potentially record-setting heat wave is spreading across the Western U.S., the National Weather Service said, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. The Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. are also sweltering, with oppressive heat and humidity expected to… Read story

An eviction resolution pilot program kept many from being evicted during the pandemic. Its state funding ended in June 2023, and evictions have since surged in Clark County.

Court fight over Vancouver case tests WA’s protections for tenants threatened with eviction

July 5, 2024, 2:40pm Business Free

When a tenant in Washington faces eviction, it’s possible they can reach a settlement agreement with their landlord that allows them to stay in their home. Read story

A gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn. Colorado is going to be reintroducing gray wolves.

Northwest ecosystems changed dramatically when wolves were nearly exterminated, study finds

July 5, 2024, 2:36pm Northwest Free

Ecosystems in the Northwest were heavily shaped by wolves before they were nearly wiped out of the region, a new study finds. Read story