In recent years, the global climate has become increasingly extreme, with intensifying alternations of droughts and floods—particularly in ecologically vulnerable mid-latitude regions. But what is ...

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The jet stream buffered the US in hurricane season The jet stream also played a role in the 2025 hurricane season. Given its west-to-east wind direction, the southward dip of the jet stream—along with ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wa. — Soldiers from the United States Army Air Ambulance Detachment (USAAAD), 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted emergency ...

Officials in West Richland and other communities along the Lower Yakima River are bracing this week for the worst flooding in nearly 30 years. The National Weather Service in Pendleton issued a flood ...

THE YAKIMA RIVER BASIN – Heavy fall rains might have returned to Western Washington, but east of the Cascade crest, people still look to the skies, waiting for much-needed water. They’ve been watching ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

While some brands are known to simply craft any sort of camper under the sun, others specialize in just one model, albeit taken as far as it can for just how much it costs. One such team is South ...

YAKIMA, Wash. — For the first time in state history, the Washington Department of Ecology is ordering a halt to surface water use in the Yakima Basin, citing critically low reservoir storage and ...

KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash. — People in Kittitas and Yakima counties are being warned of potentially unhealthy air quality due to wildfire smoke. An Air Quality Alert issued by the National Weather Service ...

Fourteen Yakima Police Department officers, detectives and command staff were part of a fatal shooting in downtown Yakima on Saturday night that followed a domestic violence-related homicide earlier ...

Yakama Nation officials are authorized to shoot pelicans near Tri-Cities for research. Tribe aims to study pelicans’ diet and salmon impact under federal collection permit. White pelicans remain ...