New Lab To Give Scientists Underwater Access
Scientists are eager for access to information from a quarter-billion dollar lab at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that they hope will teach them about climate change, earthquakes and even the origins of life on Earth and other planets.
Guilt-Ridden Hunter Mails Wildlife Dept. $6,000 Check 40 Years After Killing Deer
A guilty Montana hunter, only identified as Roy, felt the need to unburden his conscience of a poaching crime that he committed more than 40 years ago.
Researchers: 10,000 People Could Die When Monster Quake, Tsunami Hit Pacific Northwest
More than 10,000 people could die when — not if — a monster earthquake and tsunami occur just off the Pacific Northwest coast, researchers told Oregon legislators Thursday.
Federal Budget Cuts Threaten To Layoff Crews Fixing Nuclear Waste Leaks
Federal budget cuts may disrupt efforts to close the radioactive waste tanks currently leaking at Hanford Nuclear Reservation and lead to layoffs or furloughs among workers there, officials said Tuesday.
Gray Whale Dead At Bremerton Had Old Orca Wounds
Severe scars on a gray whale found dead at Bremerton indicate a killer whale attack years ago left it too weak to complete this year’s migration from Alaska to Mexico, a biologist said.
NOAA: Dead Newborn Orca Belonged To Endangered Population
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service says a dead newborn orca calf found on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula last week belongs to a population of endangered killer whales.
Forecasters: Air Stagnation Problems On The Way
Forecasters say a temperature inversion of warmer air aloft is trapping colder air close to the ground where wood smoke and vehicle exhausts build up. Without winds, the pollution could cause trouble for people with breathing problems.
Tag Reveals Winter Movements Of Puget Sound Orcas
Biologists are gaining new information about the winter movements of endangered Puget Sound killer whales by tracking the daily activities of one orca by a satellite tag.
Feds Propose Critical Habitat For Local Fish
Federal fisheries managers are proposing to designate critical habitat for two threatened species of fish.
Officials Checking Dock Ashore in Washington
A dock that apparently was ripped away from Japanese waters by a tsunami and drifted for more than a year-and-a-half across 5,000 miles of the Pacific was spotted by the Coast Guard on the Olympic Peninsula.



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