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Two options that might speed up removal of radioactive waste from leaking underground storage tanks at Hanford will be evaluated, according to the terms of a settlement agreement reached Wednesday. The Department of Energy and the Washington state Department of Ecology, a Hanford regulator, reached agreement in August on the approach to waste leaking from Hanford’s tanks.

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On September 2nd, 1945 the United States and Japan signed the official treaty in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. It was a war that would have a lasting impa...

Out of the millions of fungal species in the world, only a few hundred can make people sick. Coccidioides is one of them — and it lives in desert dust. Microscopic spores are kicked up when the ground is disturbed; if inhaled, they can cause an infection known as Valley fever. Most people recover without ever knowing they had it, but others will experience far more intense symptoms, ranging from pneumonia to meningitis. Coccidioides is also really good at eating … meat.

SEATTLE — President Joe Biden announced this week an agreement with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to end tariffs on exports of Washington apples, chickpeas and lentils.

The Indian government imposed a 20% tax increase on U.S. apples after the U.S. imposed tariffs on India for steel and aluminum in 2018.

According to Washington State's Congressional Delegation, the state's apple exports to India were worth $120 million in 2017 but dropped to $3 million in 2022 due to the tariffs.

One day around 15,000 years ago, a wall of ice 2,000 feet tall and 30 miles wide suddenly broke wide open, and it unleashed the largest flood that we know of in the history of Earth. Come and hit the road with me as we search for the geologic fingerprints of the Missoula Ice Age Floods, and learn the story of one of the worst natural disasters that’s ever happened!

On average over the last year, Washington homeowners lost about $74,300 in equity, a measure of the difference between how much a home is worth and how much the owner owes on the mortgage, according to the real estate data company CoreLogic. That 18% decline marked the largest drop in the country from the first quarter of last year to the first quarter of 2023.

Local history can sometimes be a “local mystery.” And occasionally, one possible explanation for some aspect of local history gets turned on its head when new information appears.

Patients have been flocking to Washington, where the procedure is legal, since the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year.

During an El Niño winter, the Pacific Northwest is usually drier and warmer, while the southern United States will experience wetter-than-usual conditions. El Niño doesn’t have as big of an impact on the Pacific Northwest in the spring and summer, National Weather Service meteorologist Joel Tannenholz previously told McClatchy News.

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.