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Steve Rubin, a fish biologist with the United States Geological Survey, will dive into the frigid, briny water of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, roughly a mile from the mouth of the Elwha River. It will ...

Nurses at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, a 450-bed hospital in Vancouver, Washington, picketed outside their workplace on Thursday to demand higher wages and safer staffing ratios.

The niche sport has brought a welcome influx of cash and liveliness into the winter isolation of Hinsdale County. Restaurants and lodges cater to the ice climbers, altering their hours and menus to ...

This year’s gathering of global Indigenous leaders, activists and policymakers puts a spotlight on youth. If you learned something new or were moved by what you read here, help us do more of this work ...

The proposed designation of Bahsahwahbee National Monument would protect a religious site known for its juniper groves.

The increase to bonding requirements means that the government will have substantially more money set aside to pay for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells. In order to drill, energy companies put ...

They were one of the most ubiquitous crafts to come out of Japanese incarceration camps. But few knew their back story — ...

One supporter, Sonya Schaller, called Badger Mountain a “rare botanical garden.” Attendees proposed other locations for solar ...

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