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Federal report: Climate change imperils some farms, but there’s hope

National assessment on climate change projects rising temperatures and rising pressure on agriculture to adapt

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Ocean temperatures rise, boosting odds of El Niño ahead

Pacific Ocean temperatures are rising along the equator, a signal that winter likely will be warmer than normal…

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Planning for No. 2 after the Big One

Horror tales from recent earthquakes overseas are moving people in the Pacific Northwest to give a crap about…

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Drought lingers across Northwest

More hot and dry weather is expected to hang around the Pacific Northwest, exacerbating drought conditions that have…

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Wildfires burn 6 million acres across West

Vicki Markley remembers the scene vividly. The owner of Pinehurst Cabins & RV Park stood on her doorstep…

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WDFW resisted sending copter, sheriff to save woman treed by wolves

Washington wildlife managers initially opposed sending a helicopter or a search-and-rescue team to save a woman treed by…

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Outhouse damsel rescued from pungent predicament

KLIPSAN — When a woman dropped her cell phone in a Klipsan Beach outhouse in June, she ended…

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Act introduced to permanently prohibit offshore drilling

U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) have introduced the West Coast Ocean Protection Act to…

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New wage law goes into effect Jan. 1

WASHINGTON ─ Minimum wage in Washington will increase to $11 an hour, from the current rate of $9.47,…

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New technique can help researchers forecast appearance of harmful algal blooms

In one of the most comprehensive studies to date, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have…

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