Whale watchers spotted a new whale calf Wednesday afternoon, in Haro Strait, between Canada’s Sidney Island and Washington ...

Next month, paddlers and pickleball enthusiasts in the Pacific Northwest have a chance to compete in a brand new competition: ...

An upper-level ridge of high pressure will build over the region today into Sunday, with dry conditions persisting through Sunday morning. Temperatures will be warming during this period as well, ...

Coll Thrush's new book, "Wrecked," examines the shipwrecks in the Graveyard of the Pacific, the Northwest Coast.

Northwest Folklife Festival announces “Ikigai” as the cultural focus for its 54th annual festival. It is returning to the Seattle Center in Washington on Memorial Day weekend, May 23-26, 2025. This ...

A new study from researchers at Virginia Tech says that there is an increased risk of flooding and tsunamis in the Pacific ...

The first baby humpback whale of the season has been spotted swimming in the Salish Sea off Washington, photos show. Big Mama was seen with her baby Wednesday, May 21, in the Haro Strait, northwest of ...

That’s Powell’s City of Books in Portland – a bibliophile’s paradise so vast it requires a map, and yes, they actually provide one. The term “bookstore” feels woefully inadequate here, like calling ...

Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board to reject Metra’s request for trackage rights in Chicago, raising ...

An historical season, which included a fourth straight California Collegiate Athletic Association title and a third consecutive trip to the NCAA Division II Super Regionals, ended Friday after the ...

Some 310 Spokane Valley-based laboratory workers’ jobs will be affected after their parent company was purchased by an industry giant.

A powerful underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast may erupt. Though scientists say it poses no ...