Sky watchers in the Northwest can anticipate a large, pink moon Wednesday night, June 27. Read More
Earlier this month the Washington state Supreme Court brought to an end to a school funding fight which began more than a decade ago. What's the history of the very important decision?Read More
As housing prices increase in SeaTac, one group of mobile home owners has banded together to buy their land - and save their homes.Read More
The story of Seattle’s first Major League team, and how its single disastrous season led to the creation of the Mariners.Read More
In 1889, three massive - and mysterious - fires engulfed Washington cities. Read More
Orcas survive largely on a single food source: Chinook salmon migrating from Northwest rivers. As Chinook populations have declined, orcas have struggled to find enough to eat.Read More
In January 2018, around 100 homes were destroyed by mudslides in Montecito, California. The same conditions that brought that destruction could exist here in the Northwest – after all, we’ve had the same kinds of wildfires that California saw in December.Read More
Snow in the Cascades. Rain in Seattle. Both on the Palouse. It must be another Northwest Christmas. Looking for something to do, or just want to learn a bit more about this amazing region? Here are five things to know, from Christmas lights to Christmas-time disasters.Read More
The western monarch butterfly is disappearing. With its distinct orange-and-black wings, the monarch is one of America’s best-known butterflies. But for the past few decades, their numbers have dropped, threatened by climate change, pesticides and habitat loss.Read More
Gun dealer Don Teague behind the counter at his gun store in west Olympia. Guns and domestic violence are a deadly combination. Now domestic violence survivors in Washington can find […]Read More
The end result of careful selection and pollination: an edible apple, in this photo a crimson gala. Photo credit: John Clements Facebook Google+ Twitter Email Anyone who’s tried to plant […]Read More
Malus sieversii, the ancient apple, seen here in Kyrgysztan. Sieversii comes in many sizes and colors, but are generally inedible. Photo credit: Creative Commons The apple as we know […]Read More
The Northwest is home to many of the world’s most popular apples. But it also has apples many believed no longer exist. On eastern Washington’s Steptoe Butte, researchers found two apple […]Read More
Before robots will begin picking apples, machines like this, which help human pickers do their jobs faster and more easily, will bridge the gap. Right now, your apples are […]Read More
Honeycrisp apples are popular and profitable – but only as long as the quality keeps up. Photo credit: “Andria,” Creative Commons Facebook Google+ Twitter Email The sweet, tart crunch […]Read More
Brandon Hopkins is a WSU honey bee researcher who developed a method for freezing honey bee semen, allowing for easier bee breeding. Photo credit: Max Bartlett American honey bees […]Read More
A honey bee feeds on – and pollinates – an almond blossom at a California orchard. Bees are essential to the almond industry. Forty-two percent of America’s honey bees died […]Read More
Mt. Rainier seen in October 2014 It was a warm winter in the Northwest this year. It certainly rained, and it was plenty gray, but there wasn’t much snow. […]Read More
A fire fighter burns out fuel to create a containment line. Burning fuel that fires could use to spread is one of several methods to create a fire line, including […]Read More
The Benton County Courthouse in Prosser. Facebook Google+ Twitter Email Imagine you’ve committed a crime, served prison time, and been released. You’re trying to rebuild your life when there’s a […]Read More
