Washington

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.

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.