Alaska snow crab harvest slashed by nearly 90% VIEW
Officials have announced a massive reduction in the catch of snow and king crab. Researchers said survival rates appeared to have plummeted during a period...
Kitsap County-based sub hits object in South China Sea, injuring sailors
Sailors were injured, though none seriously, when a Kitsap County-based submarine struck an object while while operating in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region on...
BP to more than double renewable diesel production at Washington state's biggest oil refinery
BP will spend $269 million at the Cherry Point refinery in Whatcom County to produce more renewable diesel, a biofuel, and make other improvements that...
Valuable crab populations are in a ‘very scary’ decline in warming Bering Sea VIEW
King and snow crab populations in the Bering Sea have plummeted ahead of the harvest season, some by 99% compared to previous years. Scientists say...
Sighting of rare, giant creatures thrills scientists off Alaska WATCH
The North Pacific right whale was nearly hunted to extinction, and the population off Alaska has never recovered, numbering some 30 whales today. But two...
Algeria to Afghanistan: Our reporter’s dispatches from the front lines of the 9/11 wars WATCH
On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, reporter Hal Bernton invites reflection on America's longest war. He shares dispatches from his decade-plus of coverage of the...
Seattle native Will Swenson, a Medal of Honor recipient, reflects on the war in Afghanistan now lost
Fighters closed in as Seattle native Will Swenson tried to stanch the bleeding of a fallen soldier. He tossed a grenade, then resumed first aid....
'They are scared and confused': Northwest aid groups respond after Kabul attack
The Afghan community in Washington is agonizing over the safety of relatives and worrying about what comes after the Kabul bombing.
Seattle actor tries to forge a lifeline for theater colleague in hiding in Afghanistan
This month, as the Taliban took over Afghanistan, a Seattle actor has reconnected with a member of a theater group in Afghanistan who has gone...
Opposing rallies in Portland result in clashes between protesters VIEW
A far-right group held a rally in northeast Portland Sunday afternoon that drew about 100 people and included chants to free the “political prisoners,” referring...