The Northwest is itself overdue for a megaquake — one we are ready for on neither a personal nor political level.

Pierce County could see decreased air quality for portions of the next two days due to smoke from the Bear Gulch Fire burning in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park, according to the ...

Savoring Those Pockets of Peace This week, my two youngest teens are off to beach camp, and I’m trading my work laptop for a ...

A fire that broke out on the north end of Lake Tapps on Sunday night has been contained by firefighters. Fire crews from East ...

The tsunami advisories from Tuesday are a good reminder for people in Western Washington to know their plan of when to ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and ...

Olympia oysters, a raindrop-shaped oyster no longer than a golf ball, used to take up an estimated 20,000 acres across Puget ...

• The 42nd Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival is set for Saturday at a variety of locations in downtown Joyce. The annual festivities will kick off with a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at ...

Reality is setting in with local fiber artists about the loss of selection and access to yarns and other sewing supplies following the closure of JoAnn fabrics. But, for many years, privately-owned, ...

The West Coast Tsunami Bulletin was issued at 4:24 p.m. PDT July 29 due to an earthquake 315 miles SW of Bering Island, ...