Ocean conditions look better than they have in years, which could be good news for salmon.
The Western U.S. could get a much-needed boost to water supplies in 2022, but significant catch-up is still needed to offset the lingering impacts of drought.
SEATTLE — When the next major earthquake hits the Pacific Northwest, a system launched last spring should give some advance warning, as emergency alerts go out and cell phones buzz. But how well the system functions might depend on whether that quake is the so-called “really big one,” and wh…
La Nina has apparently arrived in the Northwest, signaling a shift to cooler weather and more promising snowpacks, Washington State Climatologist Nick Bond said Thursday.
Ecology's water resources manager Dave Christensen said Monday that the department's interpretation of water law differs from what it has heard from animal owners.
Animal health officials are warning poultry farms to protect their flocks from bird flu, a virus striking Europe, Asia and Africa and that has the potential to hit the U.S.
ILWACO — For the first time in seven years, Washington commercial crab fishermen are preparing to pull pots during the first week of December.
LONG BEACH — Dungeness crabbers will get their earliest season start in seven years. Coast-wide meat recovery tests have been good, and levels of the marine toxin domoic acid are low in Pacific Northwest waters ahead of the 2021-22 season.
The La Nina expected to shape the West's winter has strengthened in the past month and almost certainly will stay through at least March, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center forecast that the La Nina will peak at moderate strength from November through January. The center hedged a little, estimating a 13% chance that the La Nina will diminish before winter.
SEATTLE (AP) — Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed to help the Northwest’s endangered killer whales.
ILWACO — Tuna landings are still trickling into local ports, capping what has been a calamitous season for commercial albacore fishermen across the Pacific Northwest. With only weeks remaining in the commercial season, some fishermen have already declared it one of the worst in decades.
More renewable energy development and less room for energy conservation are two of the biggest changes in the draft of the new regional power plan.
A rural area east of Blaine, Wash., near the Canadian border has become the focus of efforts to find and destroy Asian giant hornet nests.
CORVALLIS — Rather than ocean oxygen levels improving as they usually do this time of year, hypoxia off the Pacific Northwest coast is as bad as it’s been at any point in 2021, according to collaborative research by Oregon State University, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife and Or…
NORTHWEST COAST — The National Science Foundation has funded a multi-institutional team led by Oregon State University and the University of Washington to work on increasing resiliency among Pacific Northwest coastal communities.
The USDA is taking comments on what to call food cultivated from animal cells, asking how labels should distinguish between beef on the hoof and beef from a lab.
The Washington Supreme Court will hear arguments Sept. 28 on whether an $18 million fine against food companies for illegal campaign activities was a politically motivated assault on political speech.
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The Western U.S. could get a much-needed boost to water supplies in 2022, but significant catch-up is still needed to offset the lingering impacts of drought.
SEATTLE — When the next major earthquake hits the Pacific Northwest, a system launched last spring should give some advance warning, as emergency alerts go out and cell phones buzz. But how we…
La Nina has apparently arrived in the Northwest, signaling a shift to cooler weather and more promising snowpacks, Washington State Climatologist Nick Bond said Thursday.
Ecology's water resources manager Dave Christensen said Monday that the department's interpretation of water law differs from what it has heard from animal owners.
Animal health officials are warning poultry farms to protect their flocks from bird flu, a virus striking Europe, Asia and Africa and that has the potential to hit the U.S.
ILWACO — For the first time in seven years, Washington commercial crab fishermen are preparing to pull pots during the first week of December.
LONG BEACH — Dungeness crabbers will get their earliest season start in seven years. Coast-wide meat recovery tests have been good, and levels of the marine toxin domoic acid are low in Pacifi…
The La Nina expected to shape the West's winter has strengthened in the past month and almost certainly will stay through at least March, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sa…
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center forecast that the La Nina will peak at moderate strength from November through January. The center hedged a little, estimating a 13% chance that the La Nina wi…
SEATTLE (AP) — Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed to help the Northwest’s endangered killer whales.
ILWACO — Tuna landings are still trickling into local ports, capping what has been a calamitous season for commercial albacore fishermen across the Pacific Northwest. With only weeks remaining…
More renewable energy development and less room for energy conservation are two of the biggest changes in the draft of the new regional power plan.
A rural area east of Blaine, Wash., near the Canadian border has become the focus of efforts to find and destroy Asian giant hornet nests.
CORVALLIS — Rather than ocean oxygen levels improving as they usually do this time of year, hypoxia off the Pacific Northwest coast is as bad as it’s been at any point in 2021, according to co…
NORTHWEST COAST — The National Science Foundation has funded a multi-institutional team led by Oregon State University and the University of Washington to work on increasing resiliency among P…
The USDA is taking comments on what to call food cultivated from animal cells, asking how labels should distinguish between beef on the hoof and beef from a lab.
The Washington Supreme Court will hear arguments Sept. 28 on whether an $18 million fine against food companies for illegal campaign activities was a politically motivated assault on political speech.
LONG BEACH PENINSULA — Several local restaurants are searching for a new wholesale food supplier after a distributor unexpectedly severed delivery services to the Long Beach Peninsula last week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Kurt Schrader (OR-05) on July 14 announced that a joint Community Project Funding request they supported to protect endangered s…
When the recent heat wave broiled the Northwest, some meteorologists started to question the validity of historical climate comparisons, as our past is increasingly disconnected from our prese…
LONG BEACH — The Coast Guard officially suspended its search for a missing 14-year-old boy, now presumed to have drowned after being swept offshore Monday afternoon, May 31, in Long Beach.
ILWACO — The halibut action is heating up off the Washington and Oregon coast.
ASTORIA — In 1943, in the midst of World War II, Navy ships and amphibious seaplanes moored in a sheltered harbor east of Astoria, then known as Naval Air Station Tongue Point.
SEATTLE (AP) — The Biden administration has halted its predecessor’s decision to sell the federal archives building in Seattle, following months of opposition from people across the Pacific No…
MOUNT VERNON — News of the successful maiden flight of the NASA helicopter on Mars was cause for celebration for two Ilwaco High School graduates.
OLYMPIA — In a time of reckoning about historical monuments, Washington state lawmakers found a bipartisan path to change out a prominent statue. A bill signed by Gov. Jay Inslee earlier this …
The outlook is bleak for wild Chinook salmon in a changing ocean.
An ongoing La Nina enhances chances that late winter and early spring in Washington will be cool and wet, the federal Climate Prediction Center forecasted Thursday.
PACIFIC OCEAN — By now, just about everyone has heard of “the Blob” — a mass of warmer seawater blamed for steadily declining salmon and steelhead populations along the West Coast, along with …
When thick, the surface layer of the ocean acts as a buffer to extreme marine heating — but a new study from the University of Colorado Boulder shows this “mixed layer” is becoming shallower e…
COLUMBIA RIVER — A new federal rule gives states and tribes greater flexibility to kill double-crested cormorants to help migrating salmon.
Asian giant hornets are entering their "slaughter phase," and the Washington State Department of Agriculture has set up an emergency phone line for beekeepers to report in-progress attacks on hives.
The Trump administration has signed off on a new operations plan for 14 dams in the Columbia River Basin that commits to improving fish passage and habitat, but does not call for breaching dam…
A La Nina has formed and is expected to make winter in Washington and the Idaho panhandle wetter and colder than average, the federal Climate Prediction Center said Thursday.
LONG BEACH — The Old Farmer’s Almanac has released its winter forecasts, saying Western Washington can expect more rain than normal, with warmer temperatures and less snow.
CANNON BEACH — After what the city called one of the worst years for July 4 fireworks, the City Council unanimously voted Sept. 1 to ban all fireworks.
PACIFIC COUNTY — What happens in the minutes and hours after the Cascadia Subduction Zone ruptures along the state’s outer coast is shown in alarming new simulations released Aug. 26 by geolog…
Odds increasingly favor a La Nina weather pattern taking hold by fall, upping the chances for a cold and wet Northwest winter, the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center says.
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ILWACO — The West Coast Dungeness crab fishery doesn’t just support the most valuable annual harvest of seafood on the West Coast, it’s a fishery that just keeps on giving.
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CORVALLIS — Massive freshwater river flows stemming from glacier-fed flooding at the end of the last ice age surged across eastern Washington to the Columbia River and out to the North Pacific…
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ILWACO — The commercial Dungeness crab season officially commenced over the weekend, ending a delay that stalled an early December start.
LONG BEACH — Dawnya Davis used to sneak into her older brother’s bedroom to play Tomb Raider on a Sony PlayStation.
SOUTH BEND — Preparations are in full swing for Cascadia Rising 2022. Pacific County Emergency Management Agency Director Scott McDougall is one of many emergency management directors amping u…
ILWACO — There’s the frugal albacore fisherman gearing up for another go on a Canadian boat named after an American animated film.
Field burning in Oregon's Willamette Valley would help bird's population increase, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan states.
Artist, sound engineer and adventure traveler Blu Fortner is adding “farmer” to his resume with his first commercial crop of hemp seed.
On Oct. 3 AccuWeather Global Weather Center said, "The wait is over. AccuWeather's annual winter forecast for the lower 48 is out. As 2019 comes to a close, an active winter season will get un…
NOAA Fisheries is proposing to expand critical habitat for Southern Resident killer whales along the West Coast, based on information about their coastal range and habitat use.
ILWACO — Amanda Green was a young girl when she watched a movie about a fishing vessel and crew lost at sea and the frantic Coast Guard rescue that followed.
PORTLAND — NOAA Fisheries has released a draft plan for public comment to remove and kill as many as 416 California and Steller sea lions each year in a 180 mile stretch of the Columbia River …
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