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200,000 people around Seattle have no power as massive storm dumps heavy snow and record rain on Northwest
A major storm moving through Northern California on Thursday dropped heavy snow and record rain, flooding some areas, after killing two people…
Washington is a deep blue state with strong support for climate action. In the recent elections, Washington voted on two…
‘Direct attack on Democracy’: Hundreds of ballots have been destroyed in drop box fire attacks in Oregon and Washington
Incendiary devices were set off Monday at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland and another in nearby Vancouver,…
Starbucks welcomes new CEO Brian Niccol with a $113 million payday—and he can work remotely
Luring a CEO from another company to execute a turnaround is pretty expensive. Starbucks announced on Wednesday that it would…
Over 60 large wildfires are burning in Oregon and Washington as hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms slam the region
Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking…
Washington, D.C. and Milwaukee are particularly vulnerable to the threat of geomagnetic storms caused by activity on the sun’s surface—but…
BNSF Railway must pay $400m to a Native American tribe for intentionally trespassing by running 100-car crude oil trains over its reservation
BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday…
Two 39-year-old Estonian men are the alleged kingpins behind a massive half billion fraud targeting thousands of U.S. investors
The Department of Justice is advancing a case alleging that two men in Estonia cheated investors in a byzantine cryptocurrency…
Washington governor rejects recommendation to halve plans for the state’s largest wind farm, giving new life to the $1.7 billion project
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday rejected a recommendation to cut a proposal for what would be the state’s largest…
Topline Another solar flare was released from a massive sunspot Wednesday, meaning the Northern Lights may be visible again tonight,…