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July 31, 2020 at 12:17 pm

US: Snake River dams will not be removed to save salmon

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. government announced Friday that four huge dams on the Snake River in Washington state will not be removed to...

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July 21, 2020 at 11:03 am

Environmental group sues feds over North Cascades grizzly bear decision

The suit comes after U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced his agency will not conduct the environmental impact statement needed to reintroduce...

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FILE – In this June 2, 2016, file photo, a grizzly bear at the Woodland Park Zoo waits for a salmon to be tossed to him in Seattle. Grizzly bears once roamed the rugged landscape of the North Cascades in Washington state but few have been sighted in recent decades. The federal government is scrapping plans to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades ecosystem. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) LA601 LA601

July 11, 2020 at 8:02 am

Conservation groups upset by North Cascades grizzly decision

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt last Tuesday announced his agency will not conduct the environmental impact statement needed to move forward with...

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July 7, 2020 at 2:05 pm

Bodies of 6 of 8 Idaho plane collision victims recovered

Specialized divers were searching the bottom of Lake Coeur d'Alene for the remaining two victims, sheriff's Lt. Ryan Higgins said.

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FILE – In this May 26, 2020, file photo, a grizzly bear roams an exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo, closed for nearly three months because of the coronavirus outbreak in Seattle. Grizzly bears once roamed the rugged landscape of the North Cascades in Washington state but few have been sighted in recent decades. The federal government is scrapping plans to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades ecosystem. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) LA202 LA202

July 7, 2020 at 11:53 am

Feds scrap plans to reintroduce grizzlies to North Cascades

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The federal government on Tuesday decided to scrap plans to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades ecosystem in Washington state....

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July 6, 2020 at 9:17 am

Sheriff: At least 8 killed in plane collision at Idaho lake

A sheriff's dive team located the wreckage in about 125 feet of water, and the bodies of three victims have been recovered so far, the...

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In this photo taken on Friday, June 26, 2020, Natasha Scott, right, provides flyer information about the Peacekeeper Society to Patricia Randall, center, and Floraine Gardee, left, during a drive-thru distribution of food and emergency supplies at Harrah City Hall in Harrah, Wash., during the coronavirus pandemic. (Amanda Ray/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP) WAYAK904 WAYAK904

July 3, 2020 at 11:07 am

Surge in state COVID-19 cases driven by Eastern Washington

In the past week, more than 40% of the state's newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 occurred within the three metro areas of Yakima, Spokane and...

June 26, 2020 at 2:06 pm

State commission rejects petition to limit killing of wolves

The petition was filed in May by four conservation groups who sought to prevent conflicts that have led to the killing of 31 wolves in...

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June 25, 2020 at 4:31 pm

As COVID-19 spreads in Spokane, Inslee visits and meets unmasked resistance

The rate of people being hospitalized for COVID-19 in Spokane has doubled in the past week, and the state's second-largest city is “on the edge...

FILE – In this May 7, 2020 file photo Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample brought in from Japan for research in Blaine, Wash. A dead Asian giant hornet has been found in Washington state, and officials said Friday, May 29, 2020, they were trying to learn if the honey bee predators have established colonies. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, Pool,File) LA520 LA520

May 29, 2020 at 12:55 pm

Another Asian giant hornet found in northwestern Washington

The Washington state Department of Agriculture said it was the first confirmed sighting of an Asian giant hornet in Washington this year.

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