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The Indian boarding school at For Simcoe (Yakima Valley Museum)

Federal report on Indian boarding schools doesn’t tell full story, local experts say

The Indian boarding school at For Simcoe (Yakima Valley Museum)

August 18, 2024, 6:05am Latest News

A federal investigation has found that at least 973 Native American children died while attending boarding schools operated or supported by the U.S. government. Read story

Decades after being declared a superfund site, Bunker Hill Mine plans to reopen early next year

August 18, 2024, 6:02am Business

More than four decades after it closed amid environmental disaster, the Bunker Hill Mine is on track to reopen next year in one of the country’s largest superfund sites, this time with a vision for more responsible mining and stewardship. Read story

Forests around Stehekin have always burned. What lessons do they hold for a smoldering West?

August 18, 2024, 6:02am Latest News

They’re going to try to hold the wildfire off at Little Boulder Creek, using the cut as a natural firebreak. Read story

What is the law in Washington on u-turns?

If there’s no sign, can you make a U-turn on Washington roadways? Here’s what the law says

What is the law in Washington on u-turns?

August 18, 2024, 6:01am Latest News

Driving can be confusing and complicated. Sometimes, you might realize you’ve missed your turn, and you’re in a hurry to get back on track. Read story

Why WA is demolishing a 60-year-old family auto shop for salmon

August 18, 2024, 5:05am Northwest

Ron Ricker remembers hauling 5-gallon buckets full of small smooth stones — the right size for spawning salmon. It was 1961, and he was preparing to replace gas pumps over a stream through Lake Forest Park. Read story

Turmoil at Rainier View Elementary spurs investigation, but few answers

August 18, 2024, 5:03am Northwest

For years, Seattle Public Schools often pointed to Rainier View Elementary School when it wanted to show how it was improving academic outcomes for Black and brown students or to highlight good school leadership. Read story

Eelgrass (iStock.com)

Researchers discover eelgrass has a new superpower in Puget Sound

Eelgrass (iStock.com)

August 17, 2024, 1:01pm Life

Emerald green and resplendent with glittering baby fish and tiny crabs, eelgrass meadows are among the most productive and ecologically important places in Puget Sound. Read story

Here’s what experts say should you do if you see a cougar while hiking or biking

August 17, 2024, 6:05am Northwest

Earlier this week, a Bellingham resident reported a close run in with a cougar on Galbraith Mountain, during which the mountain lion ran right in front of a biker’s front tire, according to the social media post. Read story

The bones of an ice age mammal are being dug up near Kennewick, Wash. Registration for late summer and fall tours is open.

Check out mammoth bones being unearthed in Tri-Cities

The bones of an ice age mammal are being dug up near Kennewick, Wash. Registration for late summer and fall tours is open.

August 17, 2024, 6:04am Life

If you have not toured the Coyote Canyon Mammoth Site near Kennewick where the bones of an Ice Age mammoth are being unearthed, you have chances on eight more days this year. Read story

Matt Wissel of Wissel Farms stands in his cornfield July 2 near Lake Lowell in Nampa,Idaho. Wissel has seen new development in Nampa crowd out and replace existing farmland. (Sarah A.

Idaho is losing a farm a day. Farmers are aging. How will we feed a growing population?

Matt Wissel of Wissel Farms stands in his cornfield July 2 near Lake Lowell in Nampa,Idaho. Wissel has seen new development in Nampa crowd out and replace existing farmland. (Sarah A.

August 17, 2024, 6:04am Business

Matt Wissel grows vegetables and melons on about 80 acres in Nampa, just as his father and grandfather did. He runs his family’s farm, Wissel Farms, with his wife, Benita. Read story