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More Than 700,000 Acres of Wildfire Ravage Oregon
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters in the West are scrambling as new wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington, with at least one Oregon fire so large that it is creating its own weather. Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon was closed in both directions Tuesday between Ontario and...
In Washington state, Inslee’s final months aimed at staving off repeal of landmark climate law
SILVERDALE, Wash. (AP) — Standing at a transit center near four new wireless bus charging stations in a small community west of Seattle, Gov. Jay Inslee told transit and city leaders where money to pay for them — more than $1 million — came from. “It’s possible...
Walla Walla Sweets hosting Yakima Valley Pippins at Borleske Stadium
Walla Walla hosts collegiate summer wooden-bat baseball action Tuesday, July 23, at Borleske Stadium with the Walla Walla Sweets in a West Coast League matchup against the Yakima Valley Pippins. The Sweets go on to win, 10-1.
Ice cream eating contest to benefit terminally ill children
SPOKANE, Wash. – An ice cream eating contest will taking place at Brick West Brewing Wednesday to benefit the Wishing Star Foundation. The event, which is open to the public and will start at 6 p.m., will help fund granting wishes to terminally ill children. “Ten local teams will...
A former Woodway councilmember, gubernatorial candidate Bogen pledges to govern ‘from the middle for the middle’
You may never have heard of him – yet. He’s one of 28 gubernatorial candidates on Aug. 6 primary ballot, which will narrow the field to the top two vote getters. But judging from the latest Washington Public Disclosure Commission fundraising numbers he’s leading the pack of independents, coming in fifth overall behind the party-endorsed candidates Bob Ferguson, Dave Reichert, Mark Mullet and Semi Bird.
Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Thunderstorms and high winds are exacerbating it
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already the largest active blaze in the nation. The Durkee Fire, burning near the Oregon-Idaho border about 130...
WA utilities prepare public for possible power shutdowns to prevent wildfires
(The Center Square) – Puget Sound Energy and other utility companies in Washington state are preparing for the possibility of cutting the power in high-risk wildfire conditions. It has been a relatively quiet start to the fire season across Washington so far, though a large fire, called the Pioneer Fire is burning about 30,000 acres […]
WA Animal Response Team Successfully Rescues Great Dane in Need
Grab the tissues, after reading and watching this tremendous rescue, you'll need them. Late Saturday afternoon, July 20th, the WA State Animal Response Team received a call about a great dane named Luna who was in distress. The pup was on the Lake Serene Trail and unable to make it down.
Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave
The heat dome that descended upon the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021 met a population radically unprepared for it. Almost two-thirds of households earning US$50,000 or less and 70% of rented houses in Washington’s King, Pierce and Snohomish counties had no air conditioning. In Spokane, nearly one-quarter of survey respondents didn’t have in-home air conditioning, and among those who did, 1 in 5 faced significant, often financial, barriers to using it.
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