Gene Johnson, Associated Press

The federal government has granted the Makah Indian Tribe state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999.

King County purchased the 85-room motel as an emergency quarantine shelter during the pandemic but says it doesn’t have the resources to open it for migrants.

Female killer whales take about 20 years to reach peak fertility, but they may not be living long enough to ensure the growth of their population, according to research published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution.

Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, a transport for NASA’s space shuttles, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft.

Sherman was arrested Wednesday after crashing his black Mercedes and then trying to force entry into his in-laws’ residence, according to law enforcement.

Seattle hit 108 degrees by evening. Portland, Oregon, reached 116 after hitting records of 108 on Saturday and 112 on Sunday.

The sea lions have posed a long-running conundrum for wildlife officials, pitting mammals protected under federal law against protected — and valuable — fish runs.

Crews aborted an attempt early Friday morning to dismantle part of the barriers set up around the zone.

Families, couples and friends — separated for weeks by the pandemic-fueled closing of the border between the U.S. and Canada — are flocking to Peace Arch Park.

The two founders of Total Reclaim Inc. — whose clients included the cities of Seattle and Juneau — were sentenced to more than two years in prison.

The industry says it has been stifled by over-regulation.

Investigators allege the company lied to customers by having mercury-containing flat-screen monitors shipped overseas instead of disposing of them safely in the U.S.

A weather pattern partly linked with El Nino has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing spring-like warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow across the West that even skiing slopes have been overwhelmed.

Many voters don't have the money to donate to political candidates or don't care enough to bother. But what if the government gave them $100 to dole out as they saw fit?

Bremerton School District officials said in a statement late Wednesday that assistant football coach Joe Kennedy's leave was necessitated because of his refusal to comply with district directives that he refrain from engaging in overt, public religious displays on the football field while on duty as a coach.