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Frank Chopp gives up gavel, makes room for new House Speaker
It will be months before a successor is named, but there is a short list of likely candidates.
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To fix salmon streams, leave it to beavers
At the height of the fur trade in the mid-1800s, Washington beavers were being trapped and killed for their pelts
Environment
Standing up for salmon in Alaska's boundary waters
In one of the most fertile fishing ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest, mines in British Columbia threaten Alaska waters.
Environment
The Orca Task Force finally has a plan. Will it work?
With time running out, the group presents a 30-page document meant to bring Washington’s endangered orcas back from the brink.