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Washington state boaters now need to stay 1,000 yards away from any Southern Resident killer whales, after new rules went into effect at the start of the year. But just how far is 1,000 yards?

Jan. 3—OTHELLO — The Adams County Pet Rescue had a successful year taking in 604 dogs and 432 cats in 2024. Of those pets, 383 dogs and 321 cats found permanent homes through adoptions. There were 180 transfers to other shelters. "It feels good. I feel like we've adopted more in the past," ACPR manager Anita Plancarte said. "This last year, it was slow with adoptions, with both cats and dogs ...

Editor’s note: This article is being republished courtesy of cascadepbs.org. Skye Pelliccia knows an invasive plant when she sees one. “[They] could be [in] a development area, roadsides, somewhere that is being physically developed, like urban areas that just have soil availability,” she said. And Pelliccia knows these plants — more commonly known as weeds — aren’t harmless. Pelliccia is an ...

Look up into the sky above Washington state this month on a clear night, and you might see a rare celestial occurrence in the sky.

Who doesn’t, on a cold Tacoma day, want to say, screw it, I’m moving to Hawaii. Cats might, too, if they could figure out how to buy an airline ticket.n greenhouse at Wright Park was closed Monday, ...

Idaho lawmakers are preparing to head back to the Capitol for the upcoming legislative session next week, and this year, you can expect to see proposals reflecting a Legislature that has shifted even further to the right.

President Joe Biden will travel to New Orleans on Monday to meet with families of the victims who were killed or injured in the early hours of New Year’s Day by a driver who rammed a truck bearing an Islamic State flag into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street.

A 5-year-oo woods by a coyote until his mom stepped in, Washington officials said the boy was nearly dragged into the woods.