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Published December 19th, 2011 - 7:19AM
WASHINGTON – At least 32 mostly coal-fired power plants in a dozen states will be forced to shut down and an additional 36 might have to close because of new federal air pollution regulations, according to an Associated Press survey.
Published December 18th, 2011 - 12:42PM
A local conservation group has bought a swath of Eatonville-area land that it says is critical to the effort to restore and protect the shoreline of the Mashel River.
Published December 18th, 2011 - 12:37PM
PORT ANGELES – Some debris from the March tsunami in Japan has reached the West Coast.
Published December 13th, 2011 - 8:30PM
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency elevated the burn ban in Pierce County on Tuesday due to worsening air quality and cold weather.
Published December 13th, 2011 - 6:42AM
A record six blue whales were spotted off the Washington coast last week, the most known sightings of the species ever off the state’s coast and only the third confirmed sighting in the last 50 years, according to Cascadia Research.
Published December 12th, 2011 - 6:33AM
LONGVIEW — Officials and residents are concerned after a horse was shot and butchered near Silver Lake on Thursday and four others appear to have been abandoned there later in the week.
Published December 11th, 2011 - 5:00PM
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has issued a stage 1 burn ban for Pierce and Snohomish counties that took effect at 5 p.m. Sunday. The bans will remain in effect until further notice.
Published December 11th, 2011 - 8:20PM
Gig Harbor officials question why their city is included in Pierce County’s proposed taxing district to pay for flood control when the county’s flood management plan has no projects in the peninsula area.
Published December 9th, 2011 - 5:51PM
For the past four years, air quality officials have been using the carrot approach to bring Pierce County's wood stove polluters into compliance with national health standards.
Published December 6th, 2011 - 10:42AM
The air quality is getting worse in Pierce and Snohomish counties, prompting the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency to elevate a burn ban.
Published December 6th, 2011 - 7:51PM
Nearly a third of Washington's year-round state parks staffers are being notified this week that they likely will be laid off as a result of lagging sales of the new Discover Pass.
Published March 9th, 2008 - 2:00AM
It was a slow night at the bleach plant. Randy Isaksson worked alone in the gas house, filling 7-foot-long pressurized containers with chlorine.
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