Washington

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.

Washington health department officials say a norovirus-like illness has been linked to shellfish sold in stores and restaurants in the Northwest.

New estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau Tuesday suggest that overall the country had one of the slowest rates of population growth on record.

In the run-up to the inauguration anniversary, OPB reporters gathered perspectives across the political spectrum in two states. We conducted 20 interviews with voters or would-be voters from cities, small towns and rural areas from Klamath County, Oregon to Vancouver, Washington.

Over the past decade, invasive European chafer beetles have taken hold in Western Washington. Crows, racoons and other animals are tearing up lawns in search of the grubs.

The judges ruled in favor of local officials who sought to force the federal government to keep the SNAP program running in November.

PeaceHealth announced another round of employee layoffs this week.

The states are among many that are going to court to force the federal government to use emergency reserve money to prop up the federal food assistance program.

Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez’s release came suddenly Wednesday morning without a court order.

Attorneys for Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez argue his rights to due process were violated when immigration enforcement officials arrested him last month.