The Latest Breaking News from the Pacific Northwest

Scorching heat across the U.S. already has caused more than a dozen deaths in Texas alone and led to mounting misery from the Pacific Northwest to the South

Scorching heat across the U.S. already has caused more than a dozen deaths in Texas alone and led to mounting misery from the Pacific Northwest to the South

The heat dome that descended upon the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021 met a population radically unprepared for it.

SEATTLE — Brandy Clark has lived in Nashville, Tennessee, so long that most people outside her home state of Washington don’t realize the decorated singer-songwriter hails from the Pacific Northwest. But that’s about to change, thanks to her perfectly unvarnished new album, produced by another Washington star.

An early heat wave took hold Saturday in parts of the Pacific Northwest, with temperatures nearing or breaking records in some areas and heat advisories in place through Monday.

An unusually early heat wave is expected to start Saturday and last through Monday in parts of the Pacific Northwest

An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest

The excessive heat event is in keeping with climate change-driven trends.

The Pacific Northwest suffers as temperatures drop 10 degrees Fahrenheit below historical averages up and down the I-5 corridor.

When it comes to civil rights history, the focus is often on the marches, boycotts, sit-ins and other protests that took place in the South. In “Washington State Rising,” Marc Arsell Robinson, assistant professor of African American history at California State University, San Bernardino, takes a look at the civil…

Experts have predicted an earthquake could erupt, causing devastation to the Pacific Northwest area of the US after a crack was discovered in a 600-mile long fault line