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In Oregon, voters will pick their next governor. In Washington, a high-profile congressional seat is on the line.

Oregon naturalist leads the global Docktober movement, encouraging citizen scientists to discover and document the marine life thriving beneath public docks.

The Spokane Area Fires, comprising three large wildfires, have burned more than 8,000 acres as of Monday and are still uncontained.

The Supreme Court ruled nothing in federal law prohibits Washington, Oregon and other states from accepting ballots that arrive via mail after Election Day.

A Massachusetts judge blocked the order, meaning it won’t impact this year’s general election.

The potential super El Niño event this fall and winter could bring much needed rains to the region, experts said

The proposal could bring drastic changes to 5 million acres of forests and grasslands

Last September, the National Science Foundation removed two of its three floating observation stations off Newport, Oregon, and all three of its stations off Grays Harbor, Washington, from the water and warehoused them in Corvallis, Oregon.

Rising diesel prices are not just squeezing fishermen, but the fishing industry across the Pacific Northwest. It’s cutting into profits and adding new uncertainty to an already volatile business.

The juvenile whale had swum about 20 miles inland into the Willapa River. Researchers say it’s part of surge in gray whale deaths.

Project administrators announced the new $14.4 billion cost estimate on Tuesday morning.

University of Washington data shows at least 2,125 people arrested last fall, a massive spike in ICE enforcement.