The State of Washington — The Evergreen State

CWU's Nick Zentner presents 'Lake Chelan Geology' - the 18th talk in his ongoing Downtown Geology Lecture Series. Recorded at Hal Holmes Center on February ...

Washington state has overtaken California as the state with the highest gasoline prices.

A warming climate has claimed three glaciers on Mount Rainier, home to more ice than any American mountain south of Alaska.

The Washington State Senate today passed SB 5729, legislation to ensure that Washingtonians with diabetes would continue to pay no more than $35 a month for insulin. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Karen Keiser (D-Des Moines) and passed unanimously.

18.0-mile point-to-point trail near Leavenworth, Washington.

The National Park Service confirmed that a moose was seen in Mount Rainier National Park, the very first moose sighting in the park's history.

3D renders of vintage map using modern elevation data by Sean Conway.

This map shows population density of Washington. Population estimates are bucketed into 400 meter (about 1/4 mile) hexagons.

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Washington held its second carbon emission auction to allow gas and oil companies to bid for a limited amount of carbon emission allowances.

With imagery representing Puget Sound, the Cascade Ranges, and expansive orchards, a new state flag seeks to foster both pride and preservation.

Two people were killed and several others were wounded in a mass shooting at the campgrounds near Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre during an electronic dance music festival Saturday night, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.

A video of a Washington state pastor saying parents of transgender children should be shot in the head has gone viral online.

Jason Graber, pastor of Sure Foundation Baptist Church in Spokane said he believed parents of transgender children deserved to be killed.

A precarious glacier in the crater of Mount St. Helens grows at an unprecedented rate, due to being in constant shade from the sun. It's posing potential danger to the valley below.

Threats, Resources, and more. Beautiful interactive map showing the geology of Washington State

The Pig War occurred in 1859 after an American living on the contested San Juan Islands shot a pig rooting through his garden. The pig belonged to a British resident who reported the American, Lyman Cutlar, to the island's British authorities.

Not all fossils are bones. (Or shells. Or teeth.) Most of us would agree that mammoth tusks and Stegosaurus spikes are pretty darn cool. And yet, the fossil record is not limited to old body parts. "Fossils" are defined as any "naturally preserved remains or traces of [life forms] that existed in the geologic past."

As for why Washington has such a high incidence of skin cancer in the first place, it might have something to do with people falsely assuming they don't need to take precautions in cloudy weather —