Pacific NW

Biologists spotted a new calf among the endangered southern resident orca pods this week, a hopeful sign tempered by the apparent disappearance of another calf born earlier this year. Calf L130 was seen for the first time Sunday traveling with the female L91 near East Sooke, B.C., by Center for Whale Research biologists, who estimated the young whale was between one and three months old. ...

From 1976: Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan arrived in Spokane “amid tight security” to deliver a speech at the Washington State Republican Convention in Spokane.

Michael “Mike” McGarr, former air traffic controller and retired copy editor for The Spokesman-Review, isn’t sure how to convince voters that he’s the guy to end three decades of Republican control of Eastern Washington’s congressional seat.

PRICHARD, Idaho – Walking up the Revett Lake Trail in Coeur D’Alene National Forest on Sunday, hikers, anglers and paddlers alike shared the trail as trains of families with kids and dogs marched to the stunning Revett Lake at the end of the 2-mile path up the Idaho mountains.

New King County data shows jail bookings declined for people who got stable housing through the region’s main approach to resolving homelessness, which the Trump administration has sharply criticized and moved to slash funding for.

What a crazy spring we are having this year. It started early, which got everyone fired up and ready to plant. A few warm days here and there got things growing, but it was still early and Mother Nature was still in charge. She demonstrated that early last week when gardeners north of Spokane experienced frost.

Teenagers from Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church in Spokane will spend a week on Bainbridge Island in July, for the second half of a mission exchange between two Presbyterian congregations nearly 300 miles apart.

From 1976: A second case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, transmitted by ticks, was reported in Spokane County.

At Manito Park, the stalkers have become the stalked.

It’s not clear how badly Camp Sekani was damaged in the Upriver fire that ignited Tuesday, but the prognosis isn’t bright. The entirety of the park will remain closed to the public for the time being, with city crews working on installing signs along the numerous entry points warning people to turn back.

Democratic lawmakers in Washington paired their new income tax on high earners with a pledge to use billions of dollars from the annual proceeds to help small businesses compete and lower-income families get by.

After a Border Patrol agent shot him in the leg in Blaine, Washington, on Tuesday, a Whatcom County man reportedly made a request.

While the FIFA Men’s World Cup will capture the attention of billions of fans around the world, Shelley Livingston’s eyes will be glued to a different screen. As crowds descend on Sodo over the next six weeks to watch the matches in Seattle for the first time, Livingston will be stationed about 3 miles south in Georgetown, at Providence Swedish’s medical mission control. There, she and other ...