In a five-person submarine, scientists in Friday Harbor unravel the mysteries...
Marine scientists used a five-person submersible to learn more about the sand lance, a forage fish that is a staple of the chinook salmon diet. If the sand lance go away, the chinook will disappear, too.
View ArticleNASA satellite launched to measure Earth’s ice changes
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A NASA satellite designed to precisely measure changes in Earths ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice and vegetation was launched into polar orbit from California...
View ArticleDeluged by Hurricane Matthew, rural town waits for Florence
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — She takes a break from hauling rugs and family heirlooms into the attic to look out the front door and watch it rain and rain and rain some more. Nichole Worley studies the house...
View ArticleKitten named Survivor clings to owner amid flood rescue
NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — People aren’t the only ones being pulled from floodwaters in parts of eastern North Carolina inundated by Florence . Rescuers are helping pets to safety, too, including one aptly...
View Article2 storms, Florence and Mangkhut, different as water and wind
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nature expresses its fury in sundry ways. Two deadly storms — Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut — roared ashore on the same day, half a world apart, but the way they spread...
View ArticleAs Florence moves west, North Carolina prepares for recovery
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina must withstand more torrential rains, gusty winds, and river flooding from Tropical Storm Florence next week, but emergency leaders are already working on the...
View ArticleNC’s Outer Banks: ‘We were really blessed on this one’
Many residents who evacuated North Carolina’s Outer Banks ahead of Hurricane Florence made their way Saturday back onto the barrier islands, a popular tourist destination spared from the worst of the...
View ArticlePeter Donat, actor who played multitude of roles, dies at 90
Peter Donat was best-known recently for his recurring role as Agent Fox Mulder’s father in six episodes of “The X-Files.”
View ArticleFlooding fears surge as rivers rise; Wilmington cut off
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Catastrophic flooding from Florence spread across the Carolinas on Sunday, with roads to Wilmington cut off by the epic deluge and muddy river water swamping entire...
View ArticleFlorence death toll swells as rivers rise
NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — As the death toll from Florence grew and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina braced for catastrophic, widespread river flooding that could be the...
View ArticleFlorence death toll swells to 14 as rivers rise
NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — As the death toll from Florence grew and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina braced for catastrophic, widespread river flooding that could be the...
View ArticleWHAT’S HAPPENING: Rivers pose epic Florence flood risks
MIAMI (AP) — A heavy-duty response already is slogging through heavy rains and floodwaters to help people trapped or displaced by Florence’s watery onslaught. Storm winds might be dropping, but rivers...
View ArticleUS hurricane, Asian typhoon: 1 brings water, the other, wind
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nature expresses its fury in sundry ways. Two deadly storms — Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut — roared ashore on the same day, half a world apart, but the way they spread...
View ArticleFlorence’s rains: Coal ash landfill collapses in Carolinas
Duke Energy said Saturday night that heavy rains from Florence caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station near the North Carolina coast. Duke spokeswoman Paige Sheehan...
View ArticleSwollen NC rivers swamp dumps, raising water pollution fears
As rain from Florence continued to lash the Carolinas, the region’s swollen rivers were beginning to swamp coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms Sunday, raising concerns about water pollution. Duke...
View ArticleBefore and after a storm, the supply stores are critical
MIAMI (AP) — Before and after a hurricane, Ace is the place. And Home Depot and Lowe’s. And many other hardware and building supply outlets. Not surprisingly, these companies plan for storms such as...
View ArticleQ & A | How will new Washington state teacher contracts affect...
What, exactly, do the new teacher contracts that ended a summer of chaos mean for the financial future of Washington's school districts?
View ArticleSecond trial ordered for two brothers accused of 2016 killings in The Jungle...
On Aug. 9, a mistrial was declared after a King County jury became hopelessly deadlocked following weeks of evidence in the murder and assault trial of James and Jerome Taafulisia. A new trial is...
View ArticleWill Washington voters be nation’s first to approve fee on greenhouse-gas...
The carbon fee — estimated to raise roughly $1 billion annually by 2023 — would fund a surge in state spending to cut fossil-fuel use. Proponents say that is what’s needed to get the job done, while...
View ArticleFlorence claims 14th victim as truck loses control on flooded road in South...
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Florence claims 14th victim as truck loses control on flooded road in South Carolina.
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