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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.

Recent incidents in the region and a secession movement in Oregon show the Civil War era and its divisions still echo in the Northwest.

From the Oregon Trail to the Lake Washington Bridge, transportation infrastructure has often driven growth while promoting exclusion.