Nine popular Seattle beaches closed after 3M gallon sewage spill Three million gallons is roughly five Olympic-sized pools Isolde Raftery
Preventing another salmon escape: New rules for Puget Sound fish farms The four remaining Atlantic salmon farms in Puget Sound have new water quality permits from the Department of Ecology. Eilís O'Neill
Killer whales go through menopause, too, but the other orcas respect them Coming to terms with the millennia-long struggle to normalize and respect menopause John O'Brien
Firefighters see danger. These goats see dinner High on the hill was a lonely goatherd. His name is Todd Waits, and along with two working dogs, he’s shepherding about 325 goats. Kara McDermott
Wild coyotes live among us — is your cat on their menu? Wild carnivores live among us. We may not know the exact number of coyotes here in Seattle but we should get used to them being here because they probably won't be leaving anytime soon. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Escargot to hell, Port of Tacoma tells invasive snail The Port of Tacoma has been waging a slow war against (wait for it) a snail. John Ryan
Feds Say Hanford’s PUREX Plant Is Degrading, Needs Stabilizing Soon A new federal report says that a massive building at the Hanford Nuclear Site is worse off than managers thought. The so-called PUREX -- Plutonium... Anna King
For sale: Carbon credits. Contact King County King County has gotten into the business of selling carbon credits. Eilís O'Neill
It's the second week of July. So where's summer? Summer officially began June 21, but in the Pacific Northwest some say it doesn't really kick off here until the Fourth of July. Casey Martin
Taking The Temperature Of NPR's Climate Coverage For some, the coverage is not hot enough (and hard to find). Elizabeth Jensen
