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Federal, state response to contaminated wildlife and tar balls continues

SEATTLE — Federal agencies along with Washington and Oregon state agencies continued responding Wednesday, May 22, to a…

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Climatologists expect La Niña to return before summer ends

The surface of the Pacific Ocean along the equator is cooling and likely will continue to cool, triggering…

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Deceased whale washes up in Seaview

SEAVIEW — A deceased 40-foot gray whale washed ashore near the Seaview beach approach last week, first reported…

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Artificial intelligence enhances monitoring of threatened marbled murrelet

CORVALLIS — Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for…

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New beach grass hybrid running wild

Over a century ago, settlers irreversibly altered the Pacific Coast’s natural shape with the introduction of two nonnative…

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FDA: Bird flu virus fragments found in pasteurized milk; supply remains safe

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week reported that it has found highly pathogenic avian influenza fragments…

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Passion for search and rescue: Coast Guard certifies Brian Fuller as latest surfman

ILWACO — Breaking 18-foot Benson Beach swells crashed over the bow of the 47-foot Coast Guard motor lifeboat…

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Climate change flying too fast for migrating birds

At a glance, the male western tanager looks like a little flame, its ruby head blending seamlessly into…

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Chinook man seeks payout for botched conviction

When Oregon lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1584 in 2022, they sought to give people who had been wrongfully…

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Broken buoys bother boaters: Weather info lacking

ILWACO — On the first day of commercial Dungeness crab season, Kelsey Cutting began his morning the way…

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