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 dams on the lower Snake River to protect endangered salmon and steelhead.
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 geologists at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.
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.
Some impacts are more subtle than others as water supplies, temperatures and growing seasons vary
ILWACO — Milt Gudgell sat in his truck overlooking the Ilwaco marina Monday morning and wondered what to do next.
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 Ocean, where they triggered climate changes throughout the northern hemisphere, new research publis…
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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 up agency preparations.
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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
Some impacts are more subtle than others as water supplies, temperatures and growing seasons vary
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ILWACO — Milt Gudgell sat in his truck overlooking the Ilwaco marina Monday morning and wondered what to do next.
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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.
American Classic Checker Taxi
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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The common murre is a self-sufficient, resilient bird.
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ILWACO — The commercial Dungeness crab season officially commenced over the weekend, ending a delay that stalled an early December start.
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LONG BEACH — Dawnya Davis used to sneak into her older brother’s bedroom to play Tomb Raider on a Sony PlayStation.
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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…
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ILWACO — There’s the frugal albacore fisherman gearing up for another go on a Canadian boat named after an American animated film.
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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…
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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.
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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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PENINSULA — Recent razor clam surveys conducted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reveal clams are thriving on the Peninsula. Early-season digging dates will be announced soon,…
Have you felt the ground move recently? A 6.3 earthquake seven miles under the seafloor west of Coos Bay, Oregon on Aug. 29 was noticed by some on the Long Beach Peninsula and as far north as …
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SOUTH OREGON — A powerful earthquake initially measured at 6.3 or 6.4 intensity occurred at 8:08 a.m. Thursday on a crustal fault 170 miles west of Bandon, Oregon.
A Washington State University agricultural weather service is reorganizing staff and expanding weather stations following a vacanies in staffing.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST — It’s been a summer of frenetic fishing in the Pacific Northwest, with rare sightings and record catch.
Grocery workers from across Oregon and southwest Washington state have voted to approve a strike if negotiations with four of the region’s largest supermarket chains deadlock.
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WALDPORT, Ore. — A 20-foot juvenile humpback whale washed shore north of the Alsea River near Waldport on Wednesday, Aug. 14, and remains beached Thursday morning.
Washington's drought retreated slightly over the previous week, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday, and federal climatologists said they're less confident fall will be warmer than average.
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WASHINGTON COAST — A whale expert is reporting a rare sighting of blue whales off the Washington coast. The largest animals on the planet have also been sighted in unusual numbers offshore of …
A weak El Nino went away in July as sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean along the equator cooled to within a normal range, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reporte…
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ABERDEEN — A drop in enrollment at Grays Harbor College has led to a loss of state funding, resulting in a round of layoffs as the college tries to right itself financially.
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ILWACO — One crew ran as far as 100 miles offshore hopeful to hit a fishing honey hole few others could reach. But it was the small boat, a 24-footer that barely cracked the 30-mile barrier th…
PORTLAND — The auction lasted 15 minutes July 29 and ended with EO Media Group buying the Bend Bulletin.
Four population groups of Pacific salmon in California, Oregon/Washington, and Idaho are especially vulnerable to climate change, according to a new study.
The Pacific Ocean along the equator cooled in June and is expected to be at normal temperatures in a month or two, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Thursday.
The Food and Drug Administration has revised nutrition label guidance for honey, maple syrup and cranberry juice, responding to complaints that a previous proposal would sour consumers on thos…
Firing up: Wildland firefighters, managers prepare for mixed season
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will review the status of seven threatened or endangered species in Washington state, including four types of pocket gophers found in only two westside counties.
A Washington State University Extension office has created a bilingual website mandated by state lawmakers and pushed forward by the belief that farmers have a high suicide rate.
SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. scientists will investigate why an unusual number of gray whales are washing up dead on West Coast beaches.
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China may slap more tariffs on U.S. cranberries, an often-targeted industry that has increased exports this year despite previous rounds of retaliatory duties, according to figures compiled by…
For the Pacific Northwest, long-range outlooks suggest fire danger will rise to be above average during the summer, particularly west of the Cascades where outlooks suggest a warmer than avera…
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Washington and Oregon have opened a portion of the Lower Columbia River to spring Chinook fishing four times since March 1.
The Clark County, Washington, measles outbreak is officially over, public health authorities announced on Monday.
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'We investigate something and we tend to destroy it if we go too far'
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The El Nino that was too late and too weak to have much influence last winter may stick around and grow stronger by next winter, according to the Climate Prediction Center.
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COWLITZ COUNTY — On April 13 at approximately 10:11 p.m., a Cowlitz County Deputy was shot while contacting a disabled vehicle. The shooting occurred near the 100 block of Fallert Road, near K…
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VANCOUVER, Wash. — Fish managers have developed options for Washington’s ocean salmon fisheries that reflect concerns over Chinook stocks and optimism about improved returns of coho projected …
BONNEVILLE — The number of sea lions at Bonneville Dam is below average and most are the larger Steller sea lions, not the California sea lions that have been showing up at the dam each spring…
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NEWPORT, Ore. — Blue whales reach their massive size by relying on their exceptional memories to find historically productive feeding sites rather than responding in real time to emerging prey…
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