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From its beginnings at a bucolic Canadian lake to shipwreck dangers at its mouth, the Columbia River has defined the region's history and culture.

The death of the whale at a Miami amusement park just before her planned release highlighted the species’ fraught relationship with humans.

People flocked to see a young orca lost in a river near Portland. Then she was killed, pickled and left in a tank on a mountainside.

A recent beluga whale sighting had Puget Sound agog. It wasn't the first time a whale visited a Northwest city.

We have a long history of wildfire in the PNW. But megafires are a new thing entirely.

From sewage to milk to vaccinations, naysayers have always obstructed mandates and measures.

Environmentalists call the decision a ‘watershed moment,’ as concerns about groundwater pollution mount in Yakima Valley and Whatcom County.

Unprecedented temperatures recall a 2015 heat wave that killed 99% of salmon returning to one stretch of the Snake River.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers listing Mt. Rainier ptarmigan on the federal endangered species list.