Pacific, WA

It seems this time of year we always have a chance of rain in the forecast, even when it isn’t raining! That’s November for you. We can enjoy a few hours of sunshine, perhaps even an entire day, but somewhere out over the Pacific, another weather system is waiting its turn. The rain chances seem to follow us around like a shadow.

We Pacific Northwesterners are 100 percent “vegan, nonbinary, Subaru-driving, beer- and coffee-guzzling, California-hating, hipster tree huggers” — aren’t we?

Diesel pump prices across the Pacific Northwest tell the story of how global conflicts ripple through local gas stations. Continue reading…

Five people, including two children, have been rescued in the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati after three months drifting at sea in a 20-foot skiff.

David Crowder's work predicting pest outbreaks is helping farmers spray smarter, not just harder, across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Contin...

Bunge just took over a major grain processor in Richland, WA, giving the company direct rail access to move feed across the Pacific Northwest faster t...

PUYALLUP, Wash. - The Whitworth Pirates (4-3, 3-2) took down the Pacific Lutheran Lutes (3-5, 2-3), 33-14, to win their fourth in a row against the Pu...

The owner of the only remaining coal power plant in the Pacific Northwest is doggedly proceeding with a plan to extend its life by converting to natural gas fuel over the next two years. TransAlta Corporation got political support, signed a utility to take the electricity and is accumulating the necessary permits to remodel the currently idled power station near Centralia.

Local farmers just got a major boost. The USDA is spending nearly half a billion dollars on Pacific Northwest crops like lentils, hazelnuts, and peas....

The start of the fall season, when cooler temperatures and rainy, windy days return to the Pacific Northwest, began this year with drier and warmer weather than usual.