Northwest
New lawsuit seeks protection zone for Northwest orcas
Groups say NOAA Fisheries has failed to act on a petition it filed in 2016.
Northwest
Ritzville rallied to help farmer fighting cancer
He had stage four melanoma. 30-plus years of harvesting his own crops was about to end.
Northwest
Pilgrims travel to Kodiak from afar to celebrate St. Herman
The 49th Annual St. Herman of Alaska Pilgrimage stops at the small wooden chapel where he lived and…
Northwest
Spokane woman breaks jaw in Lime scooter accident
Lime said it fixed a bug that “under rare circumstances could cause sudden excessive braking.”
Northwest
Portland (and Trump) awaits right-wing rally, counter protests
Militias, white nationalists and neo-Nazis are expected to clash with anti-fascists during the rally.
Northwest
Arrests precede major demonstrations in Portland, Oregon
Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson is urging his right-wing followers to “show up one hundred-fold” in response.
Northwest
Washington leads 13-state legal challenge to immigration rule
Attorney General Bob Ferguson called the law “un-American, anti-immigrant and unlawful.”
Northwest
Washington justices reject challenges to 3 strikes law
Defendants say the sentence is unconstitutional if one of their crimes was committed as a young adult.
Northwest
Emails: Spokane lawmaker tied to group training for holy war
Rep. Matt Shea, a Republican, had a “Team Rugged” video posted on his public Facebook page.
Northwest
Seattle Children’s Hospital fixes cause of mold infections
14 operating rooms had closed after Aspergillus mold sickened patients and resulted in one death.
Business
Feds: Capital One suspect may have hacked 30-plus companies
Investigators are still working to identify the affected organizations.
Northwest
Both orca babies alive, all 3 southern resident pods spotted
The whales had an unprecedented two-month absence from their summer habitat in the inner Salish Sea.
Northwest
Portland braces for far-right rally, counterprotest
“It’s Portlandia, and in the public mind it represents everything these (far-right) groups are against.”
Northwest
3 mobile homes destroyed by mudslide in Wenatchee
Residents, including children, were rescued from one home and were uninjured.
Northwest
Sage grouse numbers continue to drop in Idaho
Idaho Gov. Brad Little said more information is needed before sounding any alarms.
Northwest
Scientists warn of too many pink salmon in North Pacific
Comprise nearly 70 percent of what’s now the largest number of salmon populating the North Pacific.
Northwest
Fall mushroom season starts early in Northwest
Edible wild mushrooms are now flooding wholesale markets.
Northwest
Spokane police investigating rumors of neo-Nazi ‘hate camp’
The secretive network has the explicit goal of plotting and training for terrorist attacks.
Northwest
Retiring FBI agent meets the baby boy he rescued 22 years ago
The man, now a U.S. Marine Corps Corporal, was kidnapped as an infant from a Lakewood hospital.
Northwest
Glacier water flow on Mount Rainier damages road, trail
Geologists say similar glacier bursts could occur in the coming weeks or months.